Darian Jenkins
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darian Michelle Jenkins | ||
Date of birth | January 5, 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Murray, Utah, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | OL Reign | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2012 | Sparta United | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | UCLA Bruins | 76 | (29) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | SoCal FC[1] | ||
2017–2018 | North Carolina Courage | 13 | (0) |
2019– | OL Reign | 18 | (4) |
2019–2020 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 12 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2012 | United States U17 | 5 | (2) |
2014 | United States U18 | ||
2017–2018 | United States U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 29, 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 19, 2020 |
Darian Michelle Jenkins (born January 5, 1995) is an American soccer forward for OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for Melbourne Victory and North Carolina Courage.
College career
UCLA Bruins
Jenkins scored 29 goals in 76 appearances for the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team, and was team co-captain in her 2016 senior season. In their 2016 season opener, Jenkins scored a hat trick in the first half of the match, the Bruins' first hat trick since Sydney Leroux scored one in 2011.[2] She broke her fibula in a match on October 2, 2016, ending her collegiate career.[3]
Club career
North Carolina Courage, 2017–2018
Jenkins was the North Carolina Courage's second pick in the 2017 National Women's Soccer League College Draft in January 2017, selected 7th overall. She signed with the Courage on April 10 and was immediately placed on the 45-day disabled list while she continued to recover from her fibula injury.[4] Jenkins was not added to the active roster in 2017 as she continued to recover from injury.[5]
She would make her debut for the Courage on March 24, 2018 against the Portland Thorns, appearing as a second half substitute.[6] Jenkins appeared in 13 regular season games for the Courage in 2018. She was a stoppage time substitute in the Championship Game as the Courage won the 2018 NWSL Championship by defeating the Portland Thorns 3-0.[7]
Reign FC, 2019–present
On December 17, 2018 Jenkins was traded to the Reign FC in exchange for Seattle's 9th overall pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.[8]
Honors
North Carolina Courage
Individual
References
- ^ "Four Former SoCal FC Players Drafted by NWSL Teams". SoCal FC. January 14, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
- ^ "Darian Jenkins". www.uclabruins.com. UCLA Bruins. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "Bruin Bites: UCLA Women's Soccer Scoring Leader Darian Jenkins Out for Season". SBNation. October 6, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ Castro, Melissa (April 10, 2017). "Darian Jenkins and Lauren Kaskie of UCLA Women's Soccer Sign With NWSL Teams". SBNation. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "Darian Jenkins talks recovery and playing for the North Carolina Courage". June 18, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ "Darian Jenkins Stats". July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ "Courage cap off record-setting season with NWSL Championship win". September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ "Courage trade Darian Jenkins to Reign FC in exchange for 2019 first-round draft pick". December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ "Champions City dominate PFA's LUCRF Super W-League Team of the Season". PFA. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
External links
- US Soccer player profile
- Darian Jenkins at the National Women's Soccer League
- North Carolina Courage player profile
- UCLA player profile
- Darian Jenkins at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- African-American women's soccer players
- American women's soccer players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- North Carolina Courage draft picks
- North Carolina Courage players
- People from Riverton, Utah
- OL Reign players
- Soccer players from Utah
- UCLA Bruins women's soccer players
- Women's association football forwards
- American women's soccer biography stubs