Hempstead, N.Y. - Former Hofstra guard Charles Jenkins will learn where the next stop in his basketball career will be this evening, when the NBA holds its annual draft in Newark, New Jersey (televised live by ESPN at 7 p.m.).

Jenkins is expected to become the first Hofstra player chosen in the NBA Draft since Speedy Claxton was a first-round pick of the Philadelphia 76ers (20th overall) back in 2000. Rich Laurel was also a first-round pick of the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977, while John Irving was a third-round selection by the Detroit Pistons that same year. Steve Nisenson was chosen by the New York Knicks in the fifth round in 1965, and Bill Thieben was a third-round selection of the Fort Wayne Pistons in 1976.

Other Hofstra players to earn selections in later rounds of the NBA Draft include Richie Swartz (1962, 7th round), Barry White (1969, 8th round), Bernard Tomlin (1976, 6th round), Henry Hollingsworth (1979, 8th round) and Doug Mills (1984, 10th round). The last Hofstra player to make it in the NBA was Norman Richardson, who was a free agent selection of the Indiana Pacers in 2001 and played parts of one season for the Pacers and Chicago Bulls. Rick Apodaca, Loren Stokes and Antoine Agudio have since participated in the NBA Summer League.

Jenkins will be looking to continue his basketball career after graduating as Hofstra's all-time leading scorer with 2,513 points this winter, ranking him second in Colonial Athletic Association history behind only David Robinson of Navy. He averaged 22.6 points per game this season on 51.7 percent shooting from the floor, while guiding Hofstra to a 21-12 final record and a 14-4 mark in the CAA, good for second place, its highest finish since joining the league in 2001-02.

Jenkins also became only the third player to win the Haggerty Award as the top player in the New York metropolitan area for three seasons in a row, joining Chris Mullin of St. John's (1983-85) and Jim McMillian of Columbia (1968-70). He also was a two-time CAA Player of the Year, and earned third-team All-America honors this season from Sports Illustrated.com, CBS Sports.com, The Sporting News, and Basketball Times.

The NBA Draft consists of two rounds (60 total selections), and will be concluded at approximately 11:30 p.m. (the teams have five minutes between selections in the first round, and two minutes between selections in the second round).