Claire Jenkins

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Accolades

Has started 37 games
Posted back-to-back three RBI performances against Notre Dame (Feb. 13) and Louisville (Feb. 14)
Hit a three-run home run on her senior day against Liberty (Feb. 20)
Earned a hit in four of the five games at the T-Town Showdown (March 5-7), including two in the finale against South Alabama
Drove in a career-high six RBIs as part of a 3-for-4 day in game one against Texas A&M (April 1), including a first inning grand slam

Started 69 games at shortstop
Earned a hit in every game at the Trojan Classic
Drove in a career-best three RBIs against Troy (Feb. 8) on a home run and bases-loaded walk
Scored twice in the 6-1 win over No. 9 Arizona (Feb. 16)
Earned two hits and drew a walk against No. 24 Minnesota (Feb. 22), coming home to score as the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh
Hit a home run in all three games of the series vs. Missouri (March 8, 10), scoring a career-best four runs in the game two comeback and driving in a combined five runs over the weekend
Earned a hit in five of the six games at the Rainbow Wahine Classic, including a 2-for-4 performance with three RBIs on a double and a home run against SIUE (March 13)
Hit two solo home runs over the Texas A&M series (March 22, 24)
Smashed a go-ahead grand slam against Georgia Tech (March 27), the difference in the 4-3 win
Hit a two-run home run in the 17-1 win over UAB (April 3)
Knocked out a pair of home runs in the series opener against South Carolina (April 5), her first career multi-home run game
Went 2-for-4 against Georgia State (April 10), scoring a run and driving in another
Had two hits in the opening game against Oklahoma (May 30) at the Women's College World Series, including a solo home run

Started 31 games, primarily at third base
Made her first start of the season against Lamar (Feb. 9), hitting a two-run single in the fourth inning and later scored the final run in the eventual 13-0 victory
Hit home runs in back-to-back games, blasting a two-run home run against Southern Miss (Feb. 16) before knocking a solo shot against 24th-ranked McNeese (Feb. 17)
Was 2-for-2 with a pair of runs scored against Northern Iowa (Feb. 24)

Appeared in 57 games, including 40 starts
Went 2-2 in her first career start against Youngstown State (Feb. 11) with a pair of RBI singles
Earned a hit in each of the first two games at Louisiana (Feb. 18)
Went 2-3 with a run scored against UCF (Feb. 24)
Scored twice in the first win over Drake (March 3) before going 2-2, including a two-run homer, in the rematch against the Bulldogs (March 4)
Went 3-4 in the weekend finale against Jacksonville (March 5)
Hit an RBI single in the game three win over Arkansas (March 12)
Hit a two-run single against Kent State (March 28)
Hit a seventh-inning RBI single in game one against Washington (April 21)
Scored the game-tying run in game three against Auburn (May 7)

Attended Cullman High School
Finished fourth in the 6A state championships in 2015 and 2016
2016 6A All-State Hitter of the Year
Two-time area Player of the Year (2015-16)
2014 All Area Hitter of the Year
2016 Super All State
2016 Max Preps All-American
Flo Softball Hot 100
2014 All-Area hitter of the year
2013-2014 All-Area
Played club softball with Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier, finishing third at the 2016 PGF nationals
Played with the PGF All-American Team East in 2016