Her grandmother, Dorcas Andersen, was part of a team that won the Iowa state basketball tournament in 1921.

"[7] Jensen led Division I women's basketball in scoring that season, finishing with 29.6 ppg.

[4] Playing for BTV 1846 Wuppertal in Germany in the 1992–93 season, she helped the club win the German Women's Basketball Cup.

[5] Under Bluder and Jensen, Drake reached the Missouri Valley Conference tournament eight times and had five seasons with 20 or more wins.

[5] Bluder and Jensen also worked with Jenni Fitzgerald, who has served as special assistant to the head coach.

[11] In this role, Jensen serves as Iowa's recruiting coordinator and additionally works with the team's post players.

[11] Jensen played a key role in recruiting Megan Gustafson and Caitlin Clark to Iowa.

[14] The Hawkeyes advanced to the national championship game in the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, but lost to LSU.

Jensen was formally introduced as the P. Sue Beckwith, MD Head Women's Basketball Coach at a press conference on campus at the University of Iowa on May 15, 2024, with Lisa Bluder in attendance.

[18] She is married to Julie Fitzpatrick who is a physical therapist and also a maternal aunt to former University of Iowa basketball player, Kate Martin[18][19][20] In 2020, she received the LGBTQ Legacy Leader Award from dsm Magazine and the One Iowa Leadership Institute.

In her local community, Jensen is a leader of the United Way of Johnson County and is also involved with Shelter House, an organization that helps people move past homelessness.