University of Connecticut Athletics
2025 Softball Roster
Grace Jenkins
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- St. Francis Catholic High School
- Hometown:
- Folsom, Calif.
2025: Named BIG EAST Player of the Year...All-BIG EAST First Team selection...NFCA First Team All-Region selection...Started in all 54 games...Posted the second highest batting average in a season in program history, hitting .424...Broke six single season program records;Â doubles (19), home runs (21), RBI (68), runs scored (65), walks (39), and total bases (154)...Second most hits in a season in program history (72)...Had a career game high 7 RBI at Creighton (3/28/25)...906 slugging percentage...535 on-base percentage...18 multi-hit games...Led the team with 19 multi-RBI games...Three multi-home run games...Finished the season with a 32-game on-base streak...Had a 12-game hitting streak...193 putouts, 13 assists, .990 fielding percentage...Named to the BIG EAST Tournament All-Tournament Team...Broke career program records for doubles (51), and RBI (138)...BIG EAST Player of the Week once...Earned BIG EAST Honor Roll four times.
2024: Played and started in 50 games for the Huskies...Led the team with 40 runs batted in, 16 doubles, and 23 walks...Held a .344 batting average, tallying 53 hits, seven home runs, and 37 runs scored...Had 16 multi-hit games...Led the team with 13 multi-RBI games...Held an eleven game on base streak...Named to All-BIG EAST Second Team for the second year in a row...Surpassed 100 career hits on May 3 at Georgetown...Hit second career grand slam on March 20 against Yale...Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll three times.
2023: Played and started in all 49 games...Drove in a team high 44 runs, with 17 doubles...Held a slash line of .352/.572/.444 tallying 51 hits, 5 home runs, and 29 runs scored...Had 16 multi-hit games...Had 12 multi-RBI games...First career home run was a grand slam at Georgia Tech on February 10th...Had two home runs against Bowling Green on February 17th...Had three game winning hits for the Huskies...Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year...Named to All-BIG EAST Second Team...Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week three times.
Before UConn: Four-year letter winner…Three-time All-Delta League First team…Two-time All-Metro first team…Three-time preseason All Sac-Joaquin top players to watch…Two-time MaxPreps All-Section team…SBLive’s 2022 second team All-State…49ers SacHi Co-Player of the Year (with twin sister Hope)…2022 PGF Regional finalist…Sac Joaquin Section D2 runner-up, California Regional Softball Championship top eight…Triple Crown International Challenge First Place with Team USA Blue (2021)…Holds high school single season record for home runs with twelve.
Personal: Daughter of Charlie and Kathleen Jenkins…Has two brothers and one sister, Charlie, Jack, and Hope…Studying Political Science.Â
