Wisconsin Badgers

2017 Preseason Honors:
- Fastpitch News Preseason second-team All-American
- Fastpitch News Preseason top 50 hitters

Honors and Awards:

• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2016, 2017, 2018)
• First three-time first-team All-Big Ten selection in program history
• 2017 All-Big Ten Defensive Team
• NCAA Tournament All-Region Team
• NFCA Great Lake All-Region second team (2017, 2018)
• First freshman in UW history to be named First-team All-Big Ten (2015)
• 2016 Best Offense Award (UW Coaches)
• 2015 Canadian Junior Women's National Team 

2018: Started every game of her career, including 52 starts at second base as a senior … was a unanimous selection for first team All-Big Ten honors and was also named to the Great Lakes All-Regional second team … finished first in the Big Ten during the regular season in batting average (.420) and on-base percent (.578) … led the team with 43 runs, 59 hits and 45 walks … set a school record for most consecutive games reaching base at 40 and got on base in all but one game in 2018 … collected her 146th career run against Fresno State (2/23) to become UW’s all-time leader in that category … had a season-high five RBI against Wright State (3/3), including her first home run of the season … earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors (4/30) after hitting .800 (8-10) with eight RBI in UW’s first series sweep of Nebraska in school history … registered a team-high 17 multiple hit games … set a single-season school record in on-base percentage (.569) and single-season school records during Big Ten play in batting average (.462) on-base percentage (.622) … set career records with an on-base percentage of .527, 180 runs, 181 walks and ranked in the top five in batting average (.369), slugging percentage (.555), hits (218), doubles (40), RBI (127) and total bases (329)

2017: Started all 52 games for the Badgers at second base, serving as the leadoff hitter nearly every game … hit the third-best batting average (.321) on the team, scoring the second-most runs (47) and collecting the most walks (45) … her 47 runs ranks fourth in program single-season records … her .513 career on base percentage ranks first in Wisconsin career records … had 124 assists from second base, ranking 10th in a single season … her 308 career assists ranks sixth all-time … tied her career-high four walks against Nebraska (4/2) … held the longest reached-base streak in program history at 31 games … went 4-for-4 against Sam Houston State (3/3), tying her career-high hits in a game … had a 10-game hitting streak from March 10-31, collecting 14 hits in that span … recorded the program’s first leadoff home run since 2013 against Purdue (4/16) … teamed up with Chloe Miller to record back-to-back home runs at Colorado State (3/12) … named to the All-Big Ten Defensive Team, as well as the NCAA Tournament All-Region Team

2016: One of three players to play and start in all 53 games … earned her second consecutive first-team All-Big Ten honor again as a sophomore, becoming Wisconsin's 11th all-time honoree and just the third two-time selection in program history … also earned her first NFCA Great Lakes All-Region second team honor in 2015-16 after clinching the highest on-base percentage (.568) and second-highest single-season batting average (.409) in school history … shattered the UW single-season walks record that she had already set as a freshman, led the conference and ranked seventh in the nation with 49 walks … led Wisconsin with 16 multiple-hit games and reached base safely in 38 consecutive games, double the amount of any of her teammates … Jenkins also led the Badgers in eight separate categories in 2016: batting average (.409), on-base percentage (.568), runs scored (49), hits (61), home runs (7), walks (49), stolen bases (15) and steal attempts (21) … her 49 runs were the second-most in a single season in program history … knocked in a career-high and team-high four hits in the 6-3 upset over No. 21 Minnesota (4/12), which was also the second-most hits in a single game in school history … brought in a career-high four RBI at NC State (2/21) … her .423 batting average in conference play ranked third in program history while her .573 conference on-base percentage was second … she had the second-most hits (30) and runs (20) and third-most RBI (17) in Big Ten play in UW’s single-season records

2015: Started all 52 games ... set the UW single-season record for freshman and all players with 42 walks ... also set a new freshmen record for stolen bases in a single season with 18 ... recorded a career-high three home runs at Rutgers (5/1), tying the UW school record for most home runs by an individual in one game ... led the team in slugging percentage (.561), home runs (six), total bases (78), on-base percentage (.495) and walks (42) ... was one of six players and the only freshman to start all 52 games ... hit a triple vs. Iowa (4/12) ... recorded two doubles vs. Marist (3/14) and Green Bay (4/14) ... tallied a career-best three RBI vs. Green Bay (4/14) and Illinois (4/17) ... notched a team season-high 12 bases vs. Rutgers (5/1) ... earned a UW season-high four RBI at Rutgers (5/2) and six assists vs. Portland State (3/6)

High School: Made 119 appearances for Sabino High School ... held a .540 batting average and had a .603 on-base percentage ... notched 207 hits and gained 191 runs ... also had 75 RBIs ... stole 89 bases in 92 attempts ... established as the 2014 Tucson Unified School District Female Athlete of the Year ... as a senior, was distinguished as the team MVP for the second time ... named to the All-Arizona first-team ... earned All-Southern Arizona first-team honors for the third time ... as a junior, lead all Division II athletes with a .629 batting average and 29 stolen bases ... her 66 hits that season was the most across the state in all divisions ... honored as the Southern Arizona Player of the Year ... was named the Sabino Offensive Player of the Year in both her sophomore and junior years ... also received All-Arizona honorable mention as a sophomore ... as a freshman, was named Rookie Player of the Year and earned All-City honorable mention honors ... was a member of the Arizona Hotshots 18U Gold for Keith Householder and Stephanie Ewing along with fellow Badger Annie Davis ... started on the varsity team for soccer all four years ... gained the "Game Changing Player" Award as a freshman ... nabbed Defensive Player of the Year accolades as a sophomore and junior ... was All-Southern Arizona first-team as a senior ... involved in National Society of High School Scholars from 2012-2014.

Personal: Parents are Brian Jenkins and Shannah Biggan ... has two younger siblings Drew (16) and Regan (13) ... mother, Shannah, played on the Canadian National Softball Team and played softball at Wichita State ... her Aunt, Jodie Biggan Porteous also played on the Candian National Softball team as well as the Canadian National Soccer team, she also played softball at Wichita State and Simon Fraser University along with playing soccer at the University of British Columbia ... another Aunt, Alison Biggan McLeod, also played soccer at the University of British Columbia as well as playing for the Canadian National Junior Softball team ... intends to major in pre-business.

Coach Healy on Jenkins: "We're thrilled to welcome Kelsey Jenkins to the Badger softball family. KJ is an amazing middle-infielder from Arizona. She'll bring a boost of offense from left side, along with a gift for stealing bases and scoring runs. Playing in Keith Householder's Arizona Hotshots program has helped her emerge as one of the most dangerous leadoff hitters in the country, while competing against great national talent. Kelsey's softball IQ is through the roof."