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Career Highs A second-year captain for the Terps, Jenkins returns as the 1999 ACC Player of the Year. She was the team's second-leading scorer last season with 55 goals and 30 assists for 85 points. A deadly weapon in the midfield, she returns as the Terps' top scorer at that position. She is a preseason first-team All-American by College Lacrosse USA, Inside Lacrosse, and LaxPower. She has started every game of her three-year Maryland career and is a member of the U.S. Developmental squad. Jenkins will undoubtedly play a key role in the Terps' quest for a sixth straight title.
As a junior in 1999: Jenkins was named the ACC Player of the Year and also captained the team to its fifth straight national championship
a first-team Brine/IWLCA All-American and a member of the ACC and NCAA all-tournament teams, she was Maryland's second-leading scorer with 55 goals and 30 assists
her 55 goals in 1999 placed her fifth on the single-season goals list, while her 30 assists are tied for eighth-highest single-season total, and her 85 points are the fourth-highest single-season total in Maryland history
she finished 16th nationally with her 4.05 goals per game average
her career-high seven goals came against Harvard (4/11)
had 10 other games with three or more goals, including five-goal totals against Dartmouth (3/20) and North Carolina (4/24), four-goal efforts against Virginia in the ACC championship game (4/25) and Georgetown in the NCAA quarterfinals (5/8), and three-goal games against Penn State (3/2), Old Dominion (3/27), Temple (3/30), James Madison (4/3), Towson (4/7), William & Mary (4/21), and Penn State in the NCAA semifinals (4/14)
scored in every game but the North Carolina (3/7) and the Virginia (3/16) contests
her career-high four assists came against Towson (4/7)
her career best for points is eight, set in 1999 against Harvard (4/11)
she took 139 shots and scooped 55 groundballs
she started all 21 games for the Terps, had 25 draw controls and forced 42 turnovers.
As a sophomore in 1998: A second team All-American
named All-ACC
started in all 21 games
one of only eight Terps to start and play in all 21 games
totaled a career-high 39 points after scoring a career-high 30 goals and charting nine assists
her 30 goals was fourth on the team
scored a career-high four goals and totaled two assists against No. 12-ranked Dartmouth
scored at least one goal in 10 consecutive games
scored at the 25-minute mark in the first half of Maryland's national championship game against Virginia which put the Terps ahead 2-1 and gave them a lead they would never relinquish
equaled her then-career-high three-goal performance she set as a sophomore four times, including three goals against James Madison in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament and against North Carolina in the semifinals of the NCAA championship
totaled a season-high two assists against Brown
played the entire 60 minutes against North Carolina in the NCAA semifinals and all but three minutes against Virginia in the NCAA championship game.
As a freshman in 1997: Started in all 22 games
one of only three freshmen to play in all 22 games and the only first-year player to start all 22 games
started all three of Maryland's postseason games and its two NCAA championship games
finished tied for fourth on the team with 37 total points while finishing fourth in goals with 26
also added 11 assists which was good for fifth-best on the team
scored the Terps' third goal in the NCAA championship game vs. Loyola (Md.), giving the Terps a 3-1 lead midway through the first half ... posted two goals vs. Temple in the NCAA semifinals
her goal broke a 2-2 tie
her second goal gave the Terps a 6-4 lead with just over 20 minutes remaining in the contest
played all but three postseason minutes as she played the entire 60 minutes vs. Temple in the semifinals, and 58 of the 60 minutes in the NCAA championship game
scored a career-high three goals vs. James Madison during the regular season and vs. Duke in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.
Before Maryland: A graduate of Penncrest High School
a 1996 high school lacrosse All-American
a three-sport athlete at Penncrest, playing lacrosse, basketball and volleyball
named varsity captain in both basketball and volleyball
helped guide Penncrest's lacrosse team to a 13-1 record and the state runner-up trophy in 1995
also helped lead the volleyball team to the 1995 league championship and a fifth-place finish in the state
volleyball team recorded a 21-3 record in 1995
a two-time first team all-league and first team All-Delco selection in lacrosse
a two-time member of the Pennsylvania Area National Lacrosse Team in 1995 and 1996
also a two-time first team all-league selection in basketball, and a second-team All-Delco selection
named second team all-league in volleyball in 1994 and 1995.
Personal: Christie Jenkins is the daughter of Marilyn Mellor and Richard Jenkins
born on Nov. 21, 1978
majoring in communications.
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