Michael Jenkins

Education

Kinston High School.

Career

He played college basketball for Winthrop University. In his four-year career at Winthrop, Jenkins played 131 games (70 starts) while averaging 9.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 22.6 minutes per game. As a senior, he led the Eagles to their fourth straight conference title and was named the 2008 Big South Tournament Most Valuable Player after scoring 33 points to return the Eagles to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.

The 6"3" combo guard averaged 13.9 points per game in 2007-2008 while leading the Eagles to a 23-10 record.

2008-2009 season

After going undrafted in the 2008 National Basketball Association draft, Jenkins was selected with the first overall pick in 2008 College of Business Administration draft by the Albany Patroons on September 23, 2008. However, he left the Patroons after appearing in just three games.

2009-2010 season

On June 25, 2009, Jenkins signed with Tigers Tübingen for the 2009-2010 Basketball Bundesliga season. 2010-2011 season

On July 22, 2010, Jenkins signed with Liège Basket for the 2010-2011 Ethias League season.

In January 2011, he left Liège after appearing in 13 league games, six EuroChallenge games and two Eurocup games.

2011-2012 season

On September 2, 2011, Jenkins signed with Optima Gent for the 2011-2012 Ethias League season. 2012-2013 season

On September 8, 2012, Jenkins signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa for the 2012-2013 Legadue Basket season. 2013-2014 season

On July 12, 2013, Jenkins signed with Pallacanestro Cantù for the 2013-2014 Lega Basket Serie A season.

2014-2015 season

In July 2014, Jenkins joined the Brooklyn Nets for the 2014 National Basketball Association Summer League where he averaged 6.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals in five games.

On September 29, 2014, he signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, he was later waived by the Thunder on October 24, 2014 after appearing in all seven of the team"s preseason games while averaging 6.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 17.5 minutes per game.

On November 4, 2014, he was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue of the National Basketball Association Development League as an affiliate player and went on to play 14 games before terminating his contract with the team on December 31, 2014 in order to sign in Turkey. On January 2, 2015, Jenkins signed with İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor for the rest of the 2014-2015 Turkish Basketball League season.

2015-2016 season

On June 4, 2015, Jenkins signed with Türk Telekom of Turkey for the 2015-2016 season.

Achievements

• On February 12, 2009, he signed with Budućnost Podgorica of the Montenegrin Basketball League where he spent the rest of the season and helped the team win the 2009 Montenegrin Cup. Later that month, he was part of the TBL All-Star Weekend at Ankara Arena, where he came away as the champion of the three-point contest.

Membership

He was also a two-time member of the Big South Conference All-Tournament team and led the Eagles in three-point percentage in 2006-2007.