Wichita State Athletics

2008-09 Honors

• 24th Annual Piggly Wiggly Classic All-Tournament Team

• 2-time MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 17, Dec. 15)

• WSU Athlete of the Week (Dec. 15)

As a Junior in 2008-09:
Started 22 games and played in all 31 contests at the point for the Shockers ... Averaged a team-high 33.0 minutes per game, which ranked ninth among MVC players while her 1,024 minutes are the fifth-highest single-season total in school history ... Shockers were 12-10 with her in the starting lineup ... Two-time MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 17, Dec. 15) and selected as WSU Athlete of the Week on Dec. 15 ... Named to the 24th Annual Piggly Wiggly Classic All-Tournament Team ... Finished third on the team in scoring (8.2 ppg) and rebounding (4.7 rpg) ... Led the Valley and finished seventh among Division I players in assists with 205, a mark that ranks second on WSU's single-season list ... Moved into 20th on the school's career assist list in her first season at WSU ... Set a WSU record in MVC Tournament play with 10 assists against the Lady Bears on March 12, one short of the overall tournament record ... Finished as the league leader with six double-digit assist performances, and was just outside the top 10 in double-doubles with a total of three ... Posted five-plus assists in a game 26 times during the season ... Tied the MVC single-game high with seven steals against Southern Ill. (Feb. 27) ... Sixth among MVC players and 141st nationally with 2.1 steals per game, good for the 14-best single-season total (64) in WSU history ... Her 13 free throws on the opening night of the season tied a MVC single-game high and stand as a Charles Koch Arena record ... Posted 11 double-digit scoring efforts, including a season-best 26 points in the season opener against Colorado St. (Nov. 15), while leading the squad in scoring four times ... Pulled down double-digit rebounds once with a season-best 10 against Evansville (March 1), while leading the club in rebounding four times ... Earned the "Shocker Hustle" Award at the annual postseason banquet ... Named to both the AD's Honor Roll and the Dean's List following the Spring 2009 semester.

Before Wichita State:
Spent one season at Birmingham-Southern College (2006-07) and one season at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (2007-08) ... Helped lead Arkansas-Fort Smith to the Bi-State Conference and Region II championship ... Named a second-team all-conference performer in 2007-08 after leading UAFS to a 34-2 record and a third-place finish at the 2008 NJCAA Women’s Basketball National Tournament ... Averaged more than six points per game for the Lions, helping guide UAFS to the second-most wins in school history ... Team was honored with the Alberta Lee Cox Sportsmanship Award at the national tournament ... Named to the Regional All-Tournament Team ... Was a four-time Big South Conference Freshman of the Week and named to the Big South All-Freshman Team in 2007 at Birmingham Southern ... Averaged nearly seven points per game and was the Big South leader and 47th nationally in Division I with nearly five assists per contest ... Ranked fourth among Big South players with 2.3 steals per game and ranked sixth with a 1.08 assist-turnover ratio ... Set the Birmingham Southern College record with 142 assists in 2006-07, and ranks second on BSC’s single-season steals list with 69.

In High School:
Attended Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kan. ... Earned four letters in basketball under head coach Daniel Parra ... Two-time first-team all-Kansas City Metro ... A Kansas All-State/All-Class honorable mention selection ... Named to the Kansas Class 4A all-state team ... Two-time all-Huron League selection ... First team Freebird Winter Classic during the 2002-03 season ... Shot better than 37-percent from three-point range and recorded a team-best 239 assists as a freshman, ending her four-year reign at point guard for the Sabers with more than 600 career assists, an average of nearly eight per contest ... Finished her career averaging more than 17 points per game ... Averaged more than six steals per game and shot better than 71-percent from the free-throw line in four seasons for the Sabres ... Named to the National Honor Roll in 2005 ... Selected a Scholar-Athlete after graduating with a 3.4 GPA.
   
Henderson’s Personal File:
Daughter of Wendell and Pat Henderson and Penny Reindl ... Born Marisah A. Henderson on July 1, 1988 in Kansas City, Kan. ... Is a general studies field major at WSU.