2019 • JUNIOR
- Selected in the ninth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball First Year Draft by the New York Yankees (285th Overall)
- 2019 Summit League Player of the Year
- All-Summit League First Team (First Baseman)
- Summit League Player of the Week (May 20)
Became the only player in The Summit League history to win the Triple Crown twice in a career hitting .362 with 19 home runs and 51 RBI … Ranked in the top 25 of the NCAA in slugging percentage (sixth), home runs per game (14th), on-base percentage (16th), and walks per game (22nd) … Started 50 games at first base and led the team in hits (64) and runs (46) ... Recorded a .509 on-base percentage aided by a Summit League-best 51 walks ... Tallied 13 games with multiple RBI, 18 multi-hit efforts and had a streak of 19-straight games reaching base safely, including each of the final 10 outings ... Registered a 10-game hit streak to start the season and had at least one hit in 36 of 50 games played ... Had a .471 batting average for the season when facing left-handed pitching ... Also posted a .997 fielding percentage committing just one error in 333 chances ... Served as ORU's closer from the bullpen posting seven saves with a 2.61 ERA ... Struck out 12 batters in 10.1 innings of work across 10 outings ... Did not allow an earned run in nine of 10 appearances.
2018 • SOPHOMORE
Finished the season as The Summit League's fourth-ever Triple Crown winner and earned All-Summit League First Team honors ... Led ORU with 24 multi-hit performances, including a career-best, four-hit game at North Dakota State May 6 ... Closed the year with a league-leading .364 batting average (57th in the nation), 10 home runs, 58 RBI and a .541 slugging percentage, while adding seven doubles ... Reached base safely in the first 25 games of the season and had at least one hit in 44 of 54 games played ... Named Summit League Player of the Week Feb. 19 ... Made a spot start on the mound in a mid-week game against Nebraska pitching 1.2 innings.
2017 • FRESHMAN
A two-way player that saw most of his action from the bullpen in his first collegiate season ... Made 19 relief appearances tallying 22.2 innings, including a season-long three at Western Illinois for his first collegiate save ... Pitched two scoreless innings in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional against top-seeded Arkansas ... Struck out a season-best four batters against Omaha May 12 and fanned 25 on the year ... Turned in a 6.97 ERA to go with a .118 batting average in limited plate appearances ... Earned six starts, with four as the designated hitter and two at first base.
PRIOR TO ORU
Closed his prep tenure at Pryor High School as the career leader in home runs, hits, RBI and slugging percentage under the guidance of head coach Gerald Osborne ... Named a Louisville Slugger All-American three times in his career with the Tigers ... Was a three-time Oklahoma All-State team selection and landed on the all-metro team all four years at PHS ... Earned all-district honors at three different positions (infield, pitcher, designated hitter) ... Helped the Tigers qualify for the class 5A state tournament following district and regional championships in 2016 and was named Three Rivers Conference Player of the Year ... Also lettered in football and basketball.
PERSONAL
Son of Danny and Jennifer Henson ... Majoring in sports management at ORU ... Chose ORU because "it felt like home and where the Lord led me to be" ... Also recruited by Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Dallas Baptist, Wichita State and Little Rock ... Lists the New York Yankees as his favorite professional sports team and Derek Jeter as his favorite pro athlete.
