2012 (Senior Year): Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Appeared in 22 matches, getting the starting nod in 7 … Saw action in 49 sets and added 27 kills … Also totaled 39 digs, five blocks, three assists and two service aces … Had a career-high seven kills against UNC Wilmington on Sept. 8 … Added a season-high six digs with two kills versus Hartford on Aug. 25 … On Sept. 1, had four kills, four digs and two blocks at Robert Morris and four kills and five digs against Providence later in the day … Posted three kills and five digs on Senior Day against Delaware State on Nov. 11.
2011 (Junior Year): Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Competed in 16 matches with two starts … Saw time in 28 sets on the season … Posted 15 kills, 11 digs, five blocks and two service aces on the year … Got the starting nods in both matches against Morgan State, on Oct. 23 and then again Oct. 28 … Had three digs in the first match against the Bears, and three kills in the second … Also knocked down three kills in a 3-1 victory over Howard Nov. 4.
2010 (Sophomore Year): Recipient of the James Douglas Gill Scholarship … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Competed in 29 matches and started eight of them … Saw action in 81 sets all-together … Had 94 digs, an average of 1.16 per set, and also added 36 kills, 11 assists, seven blocks and three service aces … Had a career-best 14 digs and a solo block against Navy Aug. 27 in the Spartan Classic … Also reached 11 digs against UNC Greensboro Aug. 28 and at Hampton Aug. 31 … Posted a season-best six kills in the match at Hampton … Knocked down four kills with nine digs in the season opener against Providence Aug. 27.
2009 (Freshman Year): Competed in 19 matches, starting in two … Appeared in 53 sets, posting a total of 29 digs on the year … Also added nine assists, seven kills and five service aces … Posted a season-high seven digs against South Carolina State Oct. 16 … Had two kills and two service aces against North Carolina A&T Oct. 9.
High School: Played two years of varsity volleyball for coach Alexia McWhinney … Earned District 21-5A first-team honors as a junior and senior … Was the team MVP and named Lamar’s Most Athletic Girl in 2008 … Tallied 173 kills, 148 digs, 42 assists and 31 aces as a senior … Had 142 kills, 101 digs, 32 assists and 22 aces her junior year.
Personal: Full name is Maatra A. Henderson … Born Dec. 21, 1990 … Daughter of Dedra Shealy and Ricky Henderson … Has a twin brother, Malik … Also has one older sister, Takiyah, and one younger brother, Elijah … Majoring in kinesiotherapy … Wants to become a physical therapy doctor in sports rehabilitation … Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) … Enjoys singing, shopping, exercising and hanging out with friends.
HENDERSON'S CAREER STATS
|
YEAR |
SP |
K |
E |
TA |
PCT |
A |
SA |
SE |
RE |
DIG |
BS |
BA |
BHE |
|
2009 |
53 |
7 |
8 |
24 |
-.042 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
5 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
2010 |
81 |
36 |
40 |
160 |
-.025 |
11 |
3 |
16 |
23 |
94 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
|
2011 |
28 |
15 |
17 |
57 |
-.035 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
2012 |
49 |
27 |
26 |
107 |
.009 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
39 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
Totals |
211 |
85 |
91 |
348 |
-.017 |
23 |
12 |
30 |
41 |
173 |
1 |
16 |
6 |
