Charles Jenkins (basketball)

Charles Jenkins

No. 22   Golden State Warriors
Point guard/Shooting guard
Personal information
Date of birth	February 28, 1989 (1989-02-28) (age 22)
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Nationality	American
High school	Holy Cross Springfield Gardens
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College	Hofstra
NBA Draft	2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44th overall
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Pro career	2011–present
League	National Basketball Association
Career highlights and awards
3× Haggerty Award winner (2009–2011) 2× CAA Player of the Year (2010-2011) Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award (2011)

Charles Jenkins (born February 28, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1]

While attending Hempstead, New York's Hofstra University. Jenkins, a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) guard for the Hofstra Pride men's basketball team, had already amassed 1,767 points, 440 rebounds, 331 assists and 156 steals through his first three seasons.^[2] He is Hofstra's all-time leading scorer (2,463), breaking Antoine Agudio (2,286) set in 2007–08, and graduated as the second leading scorer in Colonial Athletic Association history behind Hall of Famer David Robinson, who scored 2,669 points at Navy.^[3] Jenkins had his jersey retired by Hofstra prior to his final home game of his senior season, making him the fourth player in school history to be so honored, and the first to have it retired while still active.^[3]

Early life and high school

Jenkins was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he lived in the Brownsville section for six years until moving to the Rosedale, Queens.^[4]

He commuted to Holy Cross High School^[5] until transferring to Springfield Gardens High School, where he played high school basketball for three seasons.^[1][4][5] As a senior in 2005–06, he averaged 21.1 points, 7.2 assists and 5.1 rebounds en route to a New York Post selection to the All-New York City Team.^[1]

Hofstra University

Freshman

After redshirting his true freshman season of 2006–07, Jenkins began competing for the Hofstra Pride in 2007–08.^[1][2] He played in 29 games and averaged 15.0 points and 4.6 rebounds, led his team in free throw percentage (78.0), and finished 10th in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in scoring (first among freshmen).^[1][2] Jenkins was named the CAA Rookie of the Year, Metropolitan New York Rookie of the Year and to the Third Team All-Metropolitan New York.^[1]

Sophomore

In 2008–09, Jenkins averaged 19.7 points and 4.8 rebounds in 32 games played. In the last game of the regular season against UNC Wilmington, he surpassed the 1,000-point milestone, joining Agudio as the only two sophomores to reach 1,000 points prior to their junior seasons.^[1] At the season's end, his 1,065 points stood 47 points more than Agudio's pace at the end of his respective sophomore season. Jenkins garnered numerous awards for his year. Among them was the coveted Haggerty Award, which is an award given annually to the greater New York Metropolitan area's best Division I men's basketball player.^[6] He became just the fifth sophomore overall (and first since Ron Artest in 1998–99) to earn it in the 73-year history of the award to that point.

Junior

As a junior in 2009–10, Jenkins once again increased most of his season averages. He scored 20.6 points, grabbed 4.5 rebounds, dished out 3.9 assists and shot 40.9% from three-point range.^[2] On November 30, 2009, in an 84–80 win versus Fairfield, he scored a career high 38 points on 12-for-17 shooting and went 9-for-9 in free throw attempts.^[2] Although the Pride would finish the year with a 19–15 overall record, Jenkins' personal play was good enough to make him the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year.^[7] Additionally, he became just the ninth repeat winner of the Haggerty Award.^[6][8]

Senior

Jenkins became just the third player all-time to win the Haggerty Award three times, joining Jim McMillian (Columbia, 1968–70) and Chris Mullin (St. John's, 1983–85), both of whom later achieved great success at the NBA and/or Olympic levels of competition.

Professional

In the 2011 NBA Draft, Jenkins was selected in the second round (44th overall) by the Golden State Warriors.

Personal

Jenkins has one brother and one sister.^[1] He cites Pearl Washington as his favorite athlete, and prior to selecting Hofstra he had also been recruited by St. John's and Liberty.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "Charles Jenkins". Player biography. Hofstra University. 2009. http://www.gohofstra.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22200&ATCLID=3716182. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Charles Jenkins stats". ESPN. 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=31911. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Satriano, David (February 27, 2011). "Hofstra's Jenkins shows Pride in finale". New York Post (nypost.com). http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/college/basketball/jenkins_shows_pride_in_finale_j3EXFwDefT9IDy4t2f8JGJ. Retrieved March 6, 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Jenkins keeps brother's dream alive all the way to NBA". CBSSports.com. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/15256641/jenkins-keeps-brothers-dream-alive-all-the-way-to-nba. Retrieved 2011-06-22. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Thamel, Pete (March 5, 2011). "Hofstra's Jenkins Stayed Home and Stayed Focused". NYTimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/sports/ncaabasketball/06jenkins.html. Retrieved 2011-03-06. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Sass, Max (22 April 2010). "Charles Jenkins wins second-straight Haggerty Award". The Chronicle. http://www.hofstrachronicle.com/sports/charles-jenkins-wins-second-straight-haggerty-award-1.1379128. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
7. ^ "Hofstra's Jenkins Earns CAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year Honors" (Press release). Men's Basketball News. Colonial Athletic Association. 4 March 2010. http://www.caasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8500&ATCLID=204901228. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
8. ^ "Hofstra's Jenkins Repeats as Haggerty Award winner" (Press release). Men's Basketball News. Colonial Athletic Association. 21 April 2010. http://www.caasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8500&ATCLID=204933411. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 

External links

• Hofstra biography
• Charles Jenkins at Basketball-Reference.com
• Charles Jenkins at ESPN.com

Persondata
Name	Jenkins, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	American professional basketball player
Date of birth	February 28, 1989
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of death
Place of death