Chad Jenkins Class: Junior Hometown: Canton, Ga. High School: Cherokee HS Height / Weight: 6-4 / 240 Position: Pitcher Bats/Throws: R/R

2008
Started 13 games ...Selected as Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 28 after pitching his second complete game of the season in a 5-3 win over Campbell in which he gave up only two earned runs on five hits, one walk and struck out eight batters...Had a season high strikeouts in a game against East Tennessee State in which he pitched 6.0 innings and struck out 11 batters...Was 4-5 in conference play with a 3.84 ERA in 79.2 innings pitched and 68 strikeouts...Finished first on the team in a number of categories including: ERA (3.96), wins (5), innings pitched (88.2), games started (13), opposing batting average (.264), strikeouts (78), batters struck out looking (23)...Did not allow a walk in his last 22 innings of work...Allowed no runs on five hits and struck out six in 7.0 innings of work in a complete game shutout against Jacksonville in his last game of the season...Finished seventh in the A-Sun with a 3.96 ERA, second with 88.2 innings pitched, tied at second with 78 strikeouts, tied at first with one shutout, tied at second with three complete games and eighth with a .264 opposing batting average.

2007
Appeared in 17 games, starting four for the Owls...Combined with his teammates for one shutout...His 44 strikeouts were good enough for fifth on the team...Went 1-2 in seven conference appearances...Jenkins made his first collegiate appearance in the season-opener at Georgia Tech (2/13), throwing 1.2 innings and giving up two runs on one hit while striking out four...He had his best outing of the season against UAB (3/16), going six innings and allowing no runs on five hits while striking out a season-high eight batters...Pitched three scoreless innings, allowing only two hits and striking out five against Georgia Southern (2/20)...Fanned three batters while walking none and allowing no earned runs in 3.1 innings of work versus Brown (3/4) for his first collegiate save...Pitched 1.1 scoreless innings and struck out two batters against North Florida (4/15)...Struck out at least one batter in 15 of his 17 appearances...He finished the season with a 2-3 record and a 4.02 ERA and one save...He had a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.2...Pitched 40.1 total innings, allowing 45 hits and 18 earned runs and walked only 20.

Prep
Chad came to Kennesaw State after a successful prep career at Cherokee High School...He was named Cherokee County Player of the Year, Cherokee County All-County Selection...Rated in the top 50 Georgia prospects by the AJC...Graduated in the top 5 percent of his class.

Personal
Was born Stephen Chadwick Jenkins in Chattanooga, Tenn. ...Is the son of Steve and Gail Jenkins...Chad is majoring in Accounting.