| Title: | Hall of Fame 2017 |
| Year: | 2017 |
Kristina Jenkins '07 (Women's Bowling) – Jenkins ranked as one of the top female bowlers in the nation during her two-year career at Hudson Valley Community College, where she won the Kerm Helmer Award as the Individual All-Event Champion and led the Vikings to a Second-Place finish at Nationals for the second consecutive season. Jenkins, a Region 3 Champion, was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd section in August of 2007 and had the Vikings ranked 16th in the final Bowling Writers Association of America poll, the highest mark among all two-year colleges in the nation. Jenkins was named the NJCAA Betty Jo Graber Female Athlete of the Year and the Lester Higbee Memorial Award winner as the Most Outstanding Female Athlete. She finished her career at Hudson Valley as a two-time NJCAA All-American and a two-time First Team All-Region student-athlete. Jenkins graduated and attended the University of Central Florida to continue her bowling career and later became a member of the United States Bowling Congress College Level team where they finished in Second-Place in 2008 and First-Place in 2009. Jenkins also holds the NYSPHSAA High-Game Award (2004) and High-Series Award (2005) while at Columbia High School.
