2011-2012 Delta State University Lady Statesmen Basketball Roster
Biography
2011-2012 (Senior): Played in all 29 games while starting in 28 during her senior campaign as Lady Statesmen…Averaged 7.7 points and 4.2 rebounds per game…Scored a career-high 28 points against Alabama-Huntsville (01/19/12) and a career-high 10 rebounds against West Georgia (02/11/12)…Posted two double-double performances and scored in the double digits seven times…Recorded 43 steals and 43 assists on the year…Ranked fifth in the Gulf South Conference and second on the team in free-throw percentage (.769)
2010-2011 (Junior): Played in 32 games with five starts for Delta State...Helped the Lady Statesmen achieve a 28-4 overall record..Averaged 2.5 points and 1.7 rebounds a game..Shot .808 free throw percentage... Pulled in a game-high six rebounds against Christian Brothers (01/27/11).
2009-2010 (Sophomore): Played in 31 games with 27 starts for the Lady Statesmen...Helped guide DSU to 27-4 overall record and a fifth-straight NCAA "Sweet 16" finish...Averaged a career-high 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game...Season-high eight points versus LeMoyne Owen College (11/21/09)...Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds versus Ouachita Baptist (2/4/10)...Career-high five steals at West Florida (12/13/09).
2008-2009 (Freshman): Saw action in all 37 games for the Lady Statesmen and started in eight games in her first year of collegiate basketball…Averaged 2.3 points and 1.9 rebounds per game…Scored a career-high 12 points in Delta State’s 55-47 win over West Texas A&M in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament in San Antonio (3/24/09)…Scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds against Rhema Bible College (12/6/08).
PREP: Played three seasons at Boyd HS under Arnold Palmer before transferring to Guy-Perkins (Ark.) for her senior season…Played one year under head coach John Hutchcraft at Guy-Perkins in Guy, Arkansas…Led the Lady Thunderbirds to a second place finish in the state championships while averaging 17.1 points along with 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists with 2.3 steals a game…Earned All-State honors at Guy-Perkins while winning All-Conference, All-District and All-State honors at both schools…Holds school record in the 100 hurdles and triple jump as well as 1A State records in the 100 hurdles and triple jump…Voted one of Arkansas’s Best in 2008…Member of the Student Council, FCA, FFA and Notional Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Full name is...Denesha Raeshon Henderson…Born March 14, 1990…Daughter of Denise and Wefus Tyus and Deoan Henderson…Has four brothers and one sister…Majoring in Exercise Science and Physical Education .
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2008-2009Freshman
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5'7"
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2009-2010Sophomore
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5'7"
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2010-2011Junior
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5'7"
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2011-2012Senior
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5'8"