HATTIESBURG - Caitlin Jenkins probably shouldn't be where she is today.
The starting center on the Southern Miss women's basketball team is a two-time Conference USA Freshman of the Week honoree, a recent National Freshman of the Week selection by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and the second-leading freshman rebounder in the country halfway through her first season as a Lady Eagle.
Besides the already superior talent Jenkins touts, however, the 6-foot-3 Shreveport, Louisiana, native also sports an unfailing and deep-rooted competitive spirit. She probably should never have gotten to this point in her athletic career. But it's that very notion which is likely one of the biggest reasons why she has.