Amani Jenkins has become the latest women’s basketball recruit to flip from Marquette to Virginia Tech.
Jenkins, a 6-foot-2 forward from Johnston High School in Iowa, announced her commitment to Tech on Twitter on Sunday.
She is rated the No. 82 player in the graduating class of 2025 by ESPN.com — three spots above fellow Tech recruit Kate Sears.
Jenkins verbally committed to Marquette in October, back when Megan Duffy was the Golden Eagles’ coach. Jenkins reopened her recruitment in early April after Duffy left Marquette to take the Hokies’ reins.
Jenkins is the third player who has flipped from Marquette to Tech in the wake of Duffy’s job change. Duffy signed two high school recruits in the spring who had originally signed with her last fall when she was at Marquette — Kayl Petersen, who was rated the No. 68 player in the high school graduating class of 2024 by ESPN, and Leila Wells.
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Former Virginia Tech runner Vincent Ciattei and ex-Virginia runner Henry Wynne advanced to the final of the 1,500 meters Saturday on the second night of the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene. Ore.
Wynne, who won the mile at the 2016 NCAA indoor championships, finished third overall in the semifinals with a time of 3:34.40. Ciattei, who helped the Tech men’s distance relay team win gold at the 2018 NCAA indoor championships, finished sixth overall in the semifinals (3:34.63). Both advanced to Monday’s 12-man final. Both previously made that final at the 2021 trials.
UVa’s Wes Porter finished 19th overall in those semifinals Saturday (3:39.33).
