Skip Henderson

James Woodrow "Skip" Henderson Jr. (born September 27, 1965) is an American former basketball player known for his collegiate career at Marshall University between 1984–85 and 1987–88. Henderson, a 6'2" point guard, established himself as one of the premier players to ever play in the Southern Conference (SoCon), amassing a conference-record 2,574 points (eventually broken by Davidson's Stephen Curry 21 years later); this total was first on Marshall's all-time scoring record before being broken by Jon Elmore's 2,636 points. Henderson was a four-time first-team All-SoCon selection, and as a senior in 1987–88 he was named the SoCon Player of the Year.

Early life Henderson grew up in Cartersville, Georgia at a time when that town had "very little crime and very little drugs," according to Bobby Carr, his basketball coach at Cartersville High School. He described Henderson as an "All-American kid" who was voted as Mr. Cartersville High School by his peers. On the court, Henderson was one of the best players in the league for the duration of his four-year career. He led Marshall to three postseason tournaments: the 1985 and 1987 NCAA Tournaments as well as the 1988 National Invitation Tournament (NIT). This set both the Marshall and conference tournament records simultaneously.

College accolades

Honors and awards 4× First Team All-SoCon (1985–1988) SoCon Player of the Year (1988) Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American (1988) 3× All-SoCon tournament First Team (1985, 1987–1988) All-SoCon Tournament Second Team (1986) SoCon All-Freshmen Team (1985) SoCon Freshman of the Year (1985) 4× team's scoring leader (1985–1988) 3× team's steals leader (1986–1988) Team's assists leader (1986) 4× team's field goals made leader (1985–1988) 2× team's three-point field goals made leader (1987–1988) 4× team's free throws made leader (1985–1988) 2× SoCon Tournament champion (1985, 1987) 2× SoCon regular season champion (1987, 1988)

School records Points in a game (55). Field goals made in a season (291) and career (1,000) Tied for second-most field goals made in a game (20, with George Stone) Field goals made in a game in the Cam Henderson Center (17) Second-most field goals attempted in a career (1,964) Steals in a career (208) Fourth-most free throws made (441) and attempted (625) in a career Tied for most SoCon Player of the Week Awards in a career (8, with John Taft)

Conference records Held all-time Southern Conference career scoring record from 1988 until 2009 SoCon Tournament points in a game (55) Sources for awards and records