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“The Only Thing That Matters is Winning:” Daniss Jenkins Prepares for the 2023-2024 Season

Related Topics: Daniss Jenkins, Rick Pitino

St. John’s University has entered a new realm of basketball, complete with a roster full of transfers from the portal. A few of these transfers followed new head coach Rick Pitino from Iona to Queens to elevate the school back to its former status in the Big East Conference and beyond. Among those transfers is graduate student Daniss Jenkins, a 6-foot-4 guard from Dallas.

Jenkins began his collegiate career at the University of Pacific in the West Coast Conference (WCC) from 2019-2021. He earned an All-WCC Honorable mention during his last season there for leading the team with 12.