Three-year starter that will be expected to anchor the weekend rotation.
Chris Henderson's Career Statistics
2008: Enjoyed a fine junior season, going 5-4 with a team-best 3.16 ERA...Led the Big South with only seven walks issued...In conference play, was 3-2 with a 3.41 ERA, striking out 33 while walking only four...Missed the final six weeks of the season after an injury on April 18, when he started on Friday night against Liberty...Defeated UNCA (4/12) by throwing seven innings, scattering five hits while allowing three runs, two earned...Picked up the win against Radford (4/6), starting game two of the series and allowing four runs on eight hits...Struck out a career-best 11 batters without issuing a walk in a loss against Winthrop (3/30), allowing four runs, only two earned...Named Big South Conference Pitcher of the Week after striking out a then-career-best ten while throwing seven innings of VMI's first shutout of the season, a 3-0 win over High Point (3/22)...Made two relief appearances before moving to the weekend rotation...In his first three appearances of the season, struck out 15 batters without issuing a walk...Pitched five innings in his start at Auburn (3/9), allowing four runs, two earned while striking out six...Threw his third career complete game against CCSU (3/2), allowing one earned run and striking out eight while not walking a batter...Allowed three hits and no runs in 3.2 innings, striking out seven in season debut against Lafayette (2/23).
2007:
Moved into the weekend rotation after consecutive mid-week wins over
Old Dominion (3/21), VCU (3/27) and #3 Virginia (4/3)...Hurled 8.1
innings of one-run ball against Old Dominion...Defeated VCU just a week
later by surrendering only two runs in 5.2 innings while setting a
career-high with seven strikeouts... Followed that up with a 7.2-inning
outing against #3 Virginia, allowing only two runs while again striking
out seven as the team defeated its highest-ranked opponent in program
history...Tied for the second-most wins on the team...Surrendered only
one hit against Coppin State (4/14) in five innings...Set a new
career-best by pitching all nine innings against UNC Asheville (4/29),
clinching a series win with a 5-3 win by scattering seven singles and
allowing only two earned runs....Claimed the series-clinching win in
game three over Radford (5/13), working into the eighth inning,
allowing four runs, three earned to win his sixth decision of the
season...Began the season in the bullpen, enjoying his best outing at
Florida (2/11), allowing no runs and one hit in 3.1 innings, striking
out five.
2006: Began the year as a weekend starter
before suffering a shoulder injury that sidelined him for six
weeks...Came back as a member of the bullpen, where he
excelled...Appeared in 12 games, making five starts...In his first
career start, held Auburn scoreless for four innings (2/5), allowing
only four hits while striking out three...On the season, struck out 18
batters while walking only nine...Keydets went 4-1 in his five starts.
High School:
Two-year letterwinner as a pitcher at Colonial Forge...Named first team
all-district and second team all-area...Helped Colonial Forge to a
regional championship as a junior.
Personal: Son of
Colleen Tolson and David Henderson...Played for the Mid-Maryland Red
Sox and Stafford American Legion Post 290...Won an AAU National
Championship in 1999, also a member of the 2001 All-National team and
Best In Virginia 2004...Majoring in psychology.
