2011 Baseball Roster
Roster
Demarcus Henderson
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 168
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Waynesboro, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Wayne County HS
2014: Hit .265 in 48 games, tallying 23 walks, 17 runs, 10 stolen bases, eight RBIs and four doubles • Started 36 games in right field • Hit .333 in the NCAA Lafayette Regional and raked at a .300 clip in the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala., finishing with a .308 postseason average in five starts • Was 18-for-60 (.300) on the year with runners on base, including a .308 average with runners on third and less than two outs • Recorded nine multi-hit games and one multi-RBI contest • Finished his career with a season-long 10-game streak of reaching base safely • Recorded a double against No. 1 Louisiana-Lafayette in the NCAA Lafayette Regional in his final collegiate contest • Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run in the May 20 SEC Tournament win vs. No. 6 South Carolina • Tied a career high with two walks May 17 at No. 19 Alabama • Singled, walked and scored a run against Top-15 Ole Miss April 22 in the Governor’s Cup win at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss. • Came off the bench to go 2-for-4 with an RBI double, stolen base and a run scored at Missouri April 20 • Hit a walk-off single to center March 25 against Southeast Missouri, tying a season high with two hits • Tallied two hits, an RBI and a run scored in the televised win against No. 3 Vanderbilt March 21 • Collected two hits, two stolen bases and a run March 11 in the win vs. SIU at home • Banged out two hits vs. UC Santa Barbara March 7 at the Hi Corbett Classic in Tucson, Ariz. • Went 2-for-3 with a RBI, run and walk March 1 vs. Michigan State • Tallied two hits, two runs and a walk in the Feb. 25 win vs. Mount St. Mary’s, before drawing a career-high tying two walks in the Feb. 26 win against The Mount to go along with a season-best two RBIs • Became the first Bulldog since 2009 with three stolen bases in a game Feb. 19 vs. Memphis • Tied career high with two runs and a double Feb. 16 vs. Western Carolina • Named the 38th-best senior in the country by Baseball America • Named the 97th-best senior in America by Perfect Game.
2013: Broke the 13-year single-season school record with 11 sacrifice hits, passing Ryan McGrath’s mark of eight from 2000 • Hit .274 in 61 games (51 starts), recording 23 RBIs, 23 runs scored, 21 walks, a trio of doubles and three stolen bases • Started all 11 games in the NCAA Tournament, going 12-for-39 for a .308 clip at the plate • Finished the NCAA Tournament 5-for-8 (.625) with runners in scoring position • Hit safely in 32 of 71 games, tallying RBIs in 18 games • Drove in the game-winning run four times: Feb 16. vs. Portland, Feb. 19 vs. Grambling State, March 8 vs. Central Arkansas and June 8 vs. Virginia in game one of the NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional • Tied a career-high with three hits four times: March 1 vs. Saint Joseph’s, March 9 vs. Central Arkansas, May 18 vs. South Carolina and June 8 vs. Virginia in game one of the NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional • Hit .333 (4-for-12) in the season-opening series vs. Portland with three RBIs • Finished the Central Arkansas series 4-for-12 (.333) with a pair of RBIs and runs scored • Went 6-for-12 (.500) May 16-18 against No. 12 South Carolina, scoring three times and driving in a pair • Tied a career high with three RBIs on two hits in the May 22 SEC Tournament contest vs. the Gamecocks in Hoover, Ala. • Finished 2-for-4 with a double and a run with MSU’s season on the line in the final game of the NCAA Starkville Regional June 3 vs. Arkansas • Continued his clutch postseason performance going 4-for-8 in the NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional June 8-9 vs. Virginia • Drove in a run and scored three times in the series • Collected an RBI single in the opening game of the NCAA College World Series June 15 vs. Oregon State • Drove in the game-tying run in an eventual 5-4 win vs. Indiana in MSU’s second game of the CWS June 17, going 2-for-4 with a run scored • Finished the season with a 1-for-3 effort at the dish June 25 vs. UCLA in game two of the CWS Championship Series.
2012: Named to the 2012 SEC All-Tournament Team after collecting five hits, three runs and a trio of walks • Played in 36 games while drawing 29 starts • Made 15 starts in right, 10 in left, three at third base and one as the designated hitter and used as a pinch runner in five more games • Hit .245 with seven multi-hit games and an early-season 10-game hitting streak March 3-14 • Went 3-for-4 March 3 against Connecticut to set a career-high for hits • Drove in a career-best three runs May 19 in a series-sweep clinching 11-3 win against Kentucky • Played summer league ball with the Amsterdam (N.Y.) Mohawks of the Perfect Game League, hitting .255 with nine stolen bases.
2011: Saw playing time in a reserve role as an infielder in 10 early-season games before undergoing corrective eye surgery • Compiled a .167 batting average, collecting two hits in 12 at-bats • Singled and scored a run Feb. 27 against Belmont and laced a pinch-hit single against Alabama A&M March 30 • Notched run-scoring groundouts against Akron Feb. 18 and at Lipscomb March 16 • Had five error-free defensive chances and helped turn two double-plays.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time all-district and 2010 all-state infielder at Wayne County High School • Coached during his prep career by Chad Davis and Chris McCardle • Anchored the War Eagles’ infield at shortstop • Starred at the plate, hitting .492 with five home runs and 27 RBIs en route to all-state and team MVP honors as a senior • Hit .455 with 10 home runs and 42 RBIs as a junior in 2009 to go along with 16 stolen bases and team MVP honors • Also starred on the mound with a 6-2 record and a 1.80 ERA his junior season • One of his two losses was a complete-game no-hitter • Participated in the 2009 East Coast Showcase held in Lakeland, Fla., and played in the 2010 Crossroads Diamond Club Mississippi High School All-Star Game in Pearl, Miss. • Starting quarterback on the WCHS football team • Member of the Beta Club, the Wayne County High School Student Council and the National Honor Society.
DRAFT HISTORY: Chosen by the Houston Astros in the 43rd round of Major League Baseball’s 2010 First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL: Born Demarcus LaDouglas Henderson on Dec. 23, 1991 in Laurel, Miss. • Son of Coretta and Shelton Henderson of Waynesboro, Miss. • Majoring in kinesiology.
DEMARCUS HENDERSON’S CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF SH SB-SA SLG OBP E FLD
2011 .167 10-0 12 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 .167 .167 0 1.000
2012 .245 36-29 102 17 25 3 0 0 10 13 3 25 2 4 6-9 .275 .342 3 .919
2013 .274 61-51 175 23 48 3 0 0 23 21 3 34 2 11 3-7 .291 .358 2 .969
2014 .265 48-36 113 17 30 4 0 0 8 23 4 24 0 8 10-12 .301 .407 2 .965
Career .261 155-116 402 60 105 10 0 0 43 57 10 86 4 23 19-28 .286 .364 7 .959
DEMARCUS HENDERSON’S SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS
YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF SH SB-SA SLG OBP E FLD
2011 .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 .000 .000 0 1.000
2012 .143 11-7 28 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0-1 .179 .133 2 .778
2013 .235 25-20 68 8 16 1 0 0 6 9 2 14 0 5 0-2 .250 .342 0 1.000
2014 .163 22-15 49 3 8 1 0 0 3 9 1 11 0 3 2-3 .184 .305 1 .966
Career .192 59-42 146 14 28 3 0 0 9 18 3 35 2 8 2-6 .212 .290 3 .956
Career Highs
AB: 6 vs. Arkansas, 3/25/12
R: 2, 11x, last vs. Mount St. Mary’s, 2/25/14
H: 3, 6x, last vs. Virginia, 6/8/13
RBI: 3, 2x, last vs. South Carolina, 5/22/13
2B: 1, 10, last vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 6/1/14
3B: N/A
HR: N/A
BB: 2, 10x, last at Alabama, 5/17
SB: 3 vs. Memphis, 2/19/14
