HAMPTON, Va. – Hampton University senior guard Jericka Jenkins has been featured on the website for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, her story told by her high school basketball coach.

Beverly Lockett, who coached Jenkins at Lancaster High School in Lancaster, Texas, shared her account of Jenkins’ high school career – including her battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which was diagnosed after Jenkins’ freshman year.

Lockett detailed Jenkins’ battle and how she never missed a game or practice during treatment.

Read Lockett’s account here.

As of Feb. 13, Jenkins leads the nation in assists with 8.0 per contest, and she is second on the team in scoring with 14.2 points a game. Jenkins has recorded at least six assists in each of her last 13 games, leading the Lady Pirates (18-4, 10-1 MEAC) to a tie for first place in the MEAC heading into Saturday’s 4 p.m. tilt against Maryland Eastern Shore.

The Kay Yow Cancer Fund was founded in 2007 in the memory of legendary N.C. State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow, who died of breast cancer in 2009. Yow formed the Kay Yow Cancer Fund prior to her death, thanks in large part to partnerships with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and The V Foundation

Since its inception, the fund has raised %5.2 million and granted $2.15 million for research. To learn more about the foundation and how to help, visit www.kayyow.com.

Jenkins and the Lady Pirates will be back in action on Saturday, when they take on Maryland Eastern Shore at 4 p.m. at the HU Convocation Center. For more information on Hampton University basketball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.