Aaliyah Jenkins was named the 2024-25 Mountain West Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Wednesday. The announcement makes Jenkins the first female recipient of the honor, and the second Wolf Pack student-athlete recognized overall, joining Jordan Dobrich (football, 2015-16 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year).

Established by the Mountain West Joint Council in 1999, the MW Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award is the highest honor presented to a student-athlete by the Conference. The award is bestowed annually to one male and one female who best exemplify the term “student-athlete” by achieving excellence in academics, athletics, and community involvement over the course of their intercollegiate careers.

In addition to athletic achievement, recipients of the MW Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award must have a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average, demonstrate leadership, and exhibit good character and conduct on and off the playing field. Each honoree will receive a $2,500 postgraduate scholarship.

Jenkins concluded one of the best individual seasons, and arguably one of the best Wolf Pack careers, in program history in 2025. Helping lead the Wolf Pack to its first Mountain West regular season title and a 41-14 overall record (18-4 MW), Jenkins was named Mountain West Player of the Year and to the All-Mountain West First Team, in addition to being named to the NFCA All-Mountain First Team. In late May, she was named to the D1Softball All-America Second Team at catcher, becoming the program's first All-American since 2008 and only the second All-American in program history since the sport was reinstated in 2003.

Over her four seasons at Nevada, she also claimed Mountain West Freshman of the Year (2022) in addition to being named All-Mountain West each season (thrice to the First Team). She leaves Nevada as the program's all-time leader in four major statistical categories: home runs (54), RBIs (196), total bases (447) and slugging percentage (.719).

As a senior, Jenkins ranked in the top 50 nationally in total bases (seventh, 152), runs (eighth, 64), slugging percentage (12th, .916), batting average (19th, .446), on-base percentage (19th, .546), stolen bases (20th, 31), doubles (21st, 17), hits (26th, 74), RBI (31st, 60), and home runs (41st, 17). A five-tool player, Jenkins was the only NCAA DI player to steal 30 bases and hit 10 homers.

The Tracy, California, native won five Mountain West Player of the Week awards, the first player to do so since 2005. In conference games, Jenkins led the Mountain West in batting average (.522), on-base percentage (.607), slugging percentage (1.159), runs (29), hits (36), RBI (32), triples (four), home runs (10), total bases (80), and stolen bases (16). Jenkins set a Mountain West senior record with her batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, triples, and stolen bases.

Jenkins graduated in May with a degree in kinesiology, finishing with a 3.56 GPA. She was a four-time Academic All-Mountain West selection and is a three-time recipient of the Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award. Jenkins earned Academic All-District honors as a senior in 2025, advancing to the Academic All-America ballot.