2008: Team captain...Named to the pre-season 2008 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award watch list...Selected as a First Team Preseason All-SoCon performer by both the league’s coaches and media...Enters the year ranked among Elon’s career leaders in starts (9th, 31) and strikeouts (6th, 203)...Has three pitches that he throws for strikes...Throws in the low 90’s...Played for the Bourne Braves of the prestigious Cape Cod League this past summer where he went 4-2 with a 3.89 ERA...He struck out 35 batters in 37.0 innings for Bourne...Rated the top college prospect in the state of North Carolina by
Baseball America...Has worked hard in the weight room...Saw limited action in the fall due to his summer play...Will pitch on Fridays for the Phoenix this spring.
2007: Chosen as Elon baseball’s Pitcher of the Year...Named Second Team All-SoCon by both the league’s coaches and the media...Was named SoCon Pitcher of the Week once and SoCon Pitcher of the Month for March...Honored as having InsidePitching.com’s Southeastern Performance of the Week once...Named to the College Baseball Foundation’s National Honor Roll once...Led the team in victories, going 8-5...Also led the squad with a 3.93 ERA, 100.2 innings pitched, 15 starts and 107 strikeouts...He rated among the SoCon leaders in ERA (5th), strikeouts (2nd) and wins (T5th)...His 107 K’s ranked as the third-highest single-season total in Elon baseball history while his 100.2 innings rank as the fifth-highest season total in program history...Threw 8.0 shutout innings, striking out a career-best 16 hitters in a victory over SoCon foe Davidson...Picked up a win against SoCon rival The Citadel after surrendering one run, hurling an eight-hit complete game and striking out eight batters...Struck out 10+ hitters on five occasions and at least five opponents in 10 games, including a span of seven consecutive games...Earned his first career save by throwing a perfect ninth inning in Elon’s 13-12 win at then-#17 Clemson...Held opponents to just a .249 batting average...Rated as the number four prospect in the Northwoods League by Baseball America after playing for the Duluth Huskies during the summer...Helped Duluth to a 43-25 record and a North Division title by going 1-2 with a save and a 3.58 ERA...Walked only 13 hitters and struck out 31 in 27.2 innings with Duluth.
2006: Named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year...Selected to the 2006 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team...Named SoCon Pitcher of the Week twice and SoCon Pitcher of the Month once...Ranked among the SoCon’s top-10 players in innings pitched (5th, 98.2), strikeouts (4th, 96) and batters struck out looking (2nd, 42)...Finished third on the team with six victories...Led the team and grabbed the then-number six spot on Elon’s single-season charts with 96 strikeouts...Threw two complete games, including a 13-strikeout shutout at league member Wofford...Earned his first career victory by throwing 7.1 innings and allowing one run on seven hits while fanning eight batters at then-#28 College of Charleston...Struck out at least five hitters in 11 outings, including a span of nine straight appearances.
Accolades: Named team offensive MVP as a senior...Two-time team MVP and three-time All-Western Highlands Conference selection...Participated in the State Games of North Carolina...Earned all-state distinction following both his junior and senior seasons...Member of the IMPACT All-Star team his junior year...Was selected by the Washington Nationals in June’s amateur draft...Participated in the State Games of North Carolina twice.
Personal: Steven Daniel Hensley is the son of Dan and Kim Hensley...Born on December 27, 1986...Majoring in leisure/sport management.
