UTEP Miners

PRIOR TO UTEP: Three-year member of the varsity team at Victory Christian HS, starting as a junior and senior ... played on both sides of the ball ... garnered first team 3A District 7 honors as an offensive lineman his senior year ... chosen as the offensive tackle and offensive lineman MVP at the Max Emfinger All-American Bowl in Baton Rouge, La. ... served as a captain at the event, a role he also held at his high school ... also lettered in baseball and basketball during his prep career ... involved with four mission trips to Ecuador, Jamaica and Mexico while also volunteering for Kids Against Hunger International, Habitat for Humanity and Victory Mobile Kids Club Sidewalk Trucks. PERSONAL: Full name is Trinton Thomas Jenkins ... parents are Lee and Paula Jenkins ... born 4/16/92 (Shreveport, La.) ... has one sister.