Sport(s) | Softball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | UMass Lowell |
Conference | America East |
Record | 17-30 |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Commack, New York |
January 29, 1977
Playing career | |
1996–1999 | UMass |
Position(s) | pitcher |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000-2005 | UMass (asst) |
2011-2012 | Ohio State (asst) |
2013 | Stanford (asst) |
2013 | UMass (assoc head coach) |
2015 | UMass Lowell |
Medal record | ||
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Women's softball | ||
Representing the United States | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | Team competition |
Danielle Henderson (born January 29, 1977) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed softball pitcher and current head coach originally from Commack, New York. She played for the UMass Minutewomen from 1996–1999 and was an Olympic champion for Team USA softball at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She was also a pro champion playing four years in the National Pro Fastpitch from 2004–2007. Henderson then served as a private pitching instructor, and was an assistant coach with the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2011-2012, and with the Stanford Cardinal for the 2013 season. She rejoined her alma mater UMass as associate head coach for the 2014 season. On July 30, 2014, she was named head softball coach at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Freshman: Henderson began her career by nabbing All-Atlantic 10 honors and claiming "Rookie of The Year." She also broke the top-10 for UMass season history for her ERA (NCAA top-10), wins and shutouts.
She threw her first no-hitter on May 12 vs. the Marist Red Foxes.
Sophomore: Henderson would earn her first All-American and Atlantic 10 Pitcher of Year awards, as well as tossing two no-hitters and breaking the UMass season records for strikeouts, innings pitched and strikeout ratio. Her wins and shutouts were at the time both second best in school history. For the year, Henderson won her first pitching Triple Crown for the conference best in wins, strikeouts and ERA while ranked in the NCAA top-10 for both ERA and strikeout ratio.