Ava Henson - Taylor University Trojans

22 Ava Henson

Height:

5-7
Year:

SR
Hometown:

Westfield, IN
High School:

Westfield
Position:

G
Major:

Sport Management

gp

29
pts/g

16.0
fg %

51.4
3pt %

39.8
ft %

78.1
reb/g

3.5
a/g

2.2

Bio

2022-2023 at Taylor: Started 28 games averaging a team-high 34.4 minutes per contest … Averaged 11.0 points to rank tied-second on the team … Contributed 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game … Poured in a career-high 23 points on November 1 … Shot an efficient 37.6 percent from deep and 81.7% from the charity stripe … Named Honorable Mention All-Crossroads League, an NAIA Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Crossroads League

2021-2022 at Taylor: Played in 25 games and made seven starts … Averaged a 17.5 minutes per game while also posting a 74.1 percent mark from the free-throw line … Scored a season-best 13 points on six made free throws against Olivet Nazarene on October 29 … Honored as Academic All-Crossroads League and an NAIA Scholar Athlete.

2020-2021 at Taylor: Appeared in 26 games, while starting in five as a guard throughout her freshman season … Averaged 4.3 points per game, 2.2 rebounds per game and 1.2 assists per game, while shooting 45.6 percent from the floor … Scored a season-best 12 points against Grace on January 9, when she also dished out a season-best five assists.

Prep: Three year letter-winner for head coach Ginny Smith at Westfield High … Recognized as First-Team All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference and First-Team All-Hamilton County as a senior and Second-Team All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference as a junior … Competed at the club level for the Indiana Flight under head coach Greg Piper … Picked up multiple academic awards, including making the Academic Honor Roll and earning an Honorable Mention Academic All-Indiana accolade … Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Tavio and Julie Henson … Majoring in sport management.

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 10	at #RV Spring Arbor	L, 84-68
Feb 14	at #4 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 99-76
Feb 17	Goshen (IN)	W, 76-64
Feb 21	at Huntington (IN)	L, 62-49
Feb 24	Bethel (IN)	W, 81-61
Feb 27	at #4 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 114-62

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	29	18
Games started	29	18
Minutes	1069	679
Minutes per game	36.9	37.7
FG	179-348	113-209
FG Pct	51.4	54.1
3PT	49-123	27-66
3PT Pct	39.8	40.9
FT	57-73	27-34
FT Pct	78.1	79.4
Off rebounds	23	13
Def rebounds	78	54
Total rebounds	101	67
Rebounds per game	3.5	3.7
Personal fouls	40	23
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	64	40
Turnovers	73	51
Assist to turnover ratio	0.9	0.8
Steals	42	28
Blocks	12	8
Points	464	280
Points per game	16.0	15.6
Points per 40 min	17.4	16.5

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Oct 26	Michigan-Dearborn	W, 82-55	1	33	7-15	46.7	1-4	25.0	4-4	100.0	19
Oct 27	at Calumet (IN)	W, 88-37	1	27	7-16	43.8	2-7	28.6	0-0	-	16
Nov 1	Madonna	W, 77-65	1	33	5-10	50.0	2-6	33.3	0-0	-	12
Nov 3	at #20 Freed-Hardeman	L, 72-56	1	40	3-8	37.5	2-6	33.3	4-5	80.0	12
Nov 4	vs. Cumberland (TN)	L, 72-53	1	34	3-7	42.9	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	7
Nov 10	at #7 Rio Grande	L, 93-70	1	38	7-13	53.8	3-6	50.0	3-4	75.0	20
Nov 11	vs. St. Mary-Woods	L, 78-64	1	40	9-19	47.4	1-7	14.3	4-6	66.7	23
Nov 15	at Midway	L, 83-76	1	40	5-14	35.7	2-4	50.0	6-8	75.0	18
Nov 18	Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 68-41	1	37	1-6	16.7	0-4	0.0	0-0	-	2
Nov 21	at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH)	W, 62-54	1	36	8-16	50.0	0-1	0.0	4-4	100.0	20
Dec 2	#6 Marian	L, 74-60	1	40	3-7	42.9	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	6
Dec 19	Lawrence Tech	W, 65-53	1	34	6-12	50.0	3-5	60.0	2-4	50.0	17
Dec 20	IU Kokomo	W, 81-67	1	38	6-11	54.5	3-6	50.0	5-6	83.3	20
Jan 3	at Grace (IN)	L, 82-65	1	37	7-12	58.3	4-6	66.7	1-1	100.0	19
Jan 6	#RV Spring Arbor	L, 80-72	1	38	5-10	50.0	1-4	25.0	1-2	50.0	12
Jan 10	#2 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 96-60	1	35	4-12	33.3	0-4	0.0	0-0	-	8
Jan 13	at Goshen (IN)	W, 79-72	1	40	6-7	85.7	3-3	100.0	3-4	75.0	18
Jan 17	Huntington (IN)	W, 73-53	1	37	11-16	68.8	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	24
Jan 20	at Bethel (IN)	W, 67-45	1	40	9-14	64.3	1-4	25.0	1-1	100.0	20
Jan 27	at Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 74-65	1	40	5-9	55.6	2-4	50.0	2-3	66.7	14
Jan 31	Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH)	L, 83-69	1	37	8-12	66.7	1-2	50.0	2-5	40.0	19
Feb 3	at #2 Marian	L, 86-51	1	39	2-7	28.6	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	4
Feb 7	Grace (IN)	W, 57-52	1	38	5-9	55.6	1-3	33.3	3-3	100.0	14
Feb 10	at #RV Spring Arbor	L, 84-68	1	37	5-9	55.6	2-4	50.0	2-3	66.7	14
Feb 14	at #4 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 99-76	1	32	3-9	33.3	0-2	0.0	1-1	100.0	7
Feb 17	Goshen (IN)	W, 76-64	1	40	12-21	57.1	3-6	50.0	0-0	-	27
Feb 21	at Huntington (IN)	L, 62-49	1	40	7-16	43.8	4-7	57.1	0-0	-	18
Feb 24	Bethel (IN)	W, 81-61	1	36	12-17	70.6	5-6	83.3	5-5	100.0	34
Feb 27	at #4 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 114-62	1	33	8-14	57.1	2-5	40.0	2-2	100.0	20

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Oct 26	Michigan-Dearborn	W, 82-55	1	33	1	2	3	3	0	3	0
Oct 27	at Calumet (IN)	W, 88-37	1	27	0	2	2	5	1	3	0
Nov 1	Madonna	W, 77-65	1	33	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
Nov 3	at #20 Freed-Hardeman	L, 72-56	1	40	1	2	3	3	2	1	1
Nov 4	vs. Cumberland (TN)	L, 72-53	1	34	1	3	4	1	0	1	1
Nov 10	at #7 Rio Grande	L, 93-70	1	38	0	2	2	3	4	1	0
Nov 11	vs. St. Mary-Woods	L, 78-64	1	40	1	1	2	1	4	1	0
Nov 15	at Midway	L, 83-76	1	40	2	3	5	3	1	0	1
Nov 18	Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 68-41	1	37	1	4	5	0	1	1	1
Nov 21	at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH)	W, 62-54	1	36	1	2	3	2	3	1	1
Dec 2	#6 Marian	L, 74-60	1	40	1	1	2	5	0	2	0
Dec 19	Lawrence Tech	W, 65-53	1	34	4	2	6	3	1	1	1
Dec 20	IU Kokomo	W, 81-67	1	38	0	2	2	1	2	2	0
Jan 3	at Grace (IN)	L, 82-65	1	37	0	1	1	1	7	1	0
Jan 6	#RV Spring Arbor	L, 80-72	1	38	1	5	6	4	2	0	0
Jan 10	#2 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 96-60	1	35	1	3	4	2	2	1	0
Jan 13	at Goshen (IN)	W, 79-72	1	40	0	3	3	2	3	1	0
Jan 17	Huntington (IN)	W, 73-53	1	37	1	3	4	1	4	0	2
Jan 20	at Bethel (IN)	W, 67-45	1	40	0	5	5	1	3	2	0
Jan 27	at Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 74-65	1	40	1	6	7	1	1	1	0
Jan 31	Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH)	L, 83-69	1	37	0	4	4	1	0	2	1
Feb 3	at #2 Marian	L, 86-51	1	39	1	0	1	2	3	3	1
Feb 7	Grace (IN)	W, 57-52	1	38	0	5	5	4	6	3	1
Feb 10	at #RV Spring Arbor	L, 84-68	1	37	0	1	1	0	0	2	0
Feb 14	at #4 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 99-76	1	32	1	3	4	3	5	1	0
Feb 17	Goshen (IN)	W, 76-64	1	40	3	2	5	6	2	4	0
Feb 21	at Huntington (IN)	L, 62-49	1	40	0	3	3	4	3	0	1
Feb 24	Bethel (IN)	W, 81-61	1	36	1	3	4	1	6	3	0
Feb 27	at #4 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 114-62	1	33	0	3	3	1	6	1	0

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Oct 26	Michigan-Dearborn	W, 82-55	1	3	-	-
Oct 27	at Calumet (IN)	W, 88-37	1	1	-	5.0
Nov 1	Madonna	W, 77-65	1	2	-	0.0
Nov 3	at #20 Freed-Hardeman	L, 72-56	1	1	0	1.5
Nov 4	vs. Cumberland (TN)	L, 72-53	1	4	0	-
Nov 10	at #7 Rio Grande	L, 93-70	1	0	-	0.8
Nov 11	vs. St. Mary-Woods	L, 78-64	1	1	-	0.3
Nov 15	at Midway	L, 83-76	1	0	-	3.0
Nov 18	Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 68-41	1	2	-	0.0
Nov 21	at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH)	W, 62-54	1	1	-	0.7
Dec 2	#6 Marian	L, 74-60	1	1	-	-
Dec 19	Lawrence Tech	W, 65-53	1	1	-	3.0
Dec 20	IU Kokomo	W, 81-67	1	1	-	0.5
Jan 3	at Grace (IN)	L, 82-65	1	1	0	0.1
Jan 6	#RV Spring Arbor	L, 80-72	1	0	-	2.0
Jan 10	#2 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 96-60	1	0	-	1.0
Jan 13	at Goshen (IN)	W, 79-72	1	3	-	0.7
Jan 17	Huntington (IN)	W, 73-53	1	3	-	0.3
Jan 20	at Bethel (IN)	W, 67-45	1	3	-	0.3
Jan 27	at Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 74-65	1	1	-	1.0
Jan 31	Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH)	L, 83-69	1	0	-	-
Feb 3	at #2 Marian	L, 86-51	1	0	-	0.7
Feb 7	Grace (IN)	W, 57-52	1	1	-	0.7
Feb 10	at #RV Spring Arbor	L, 84-68	1	1	-	-
Feb 14	at #4 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 99-76	1	1	-	0.6
Feb 17	Goshen (IN)	W, 76-64	1	0	-	3.0
Feb 21	at Huntington (IN)	L, 62-49	1	2	-	1.3
Feb 24	Bethel (IN)	W, 81-61	1	3	-	0.2
Feb 27	at #4 Indiana Wesleyan	L, 114-62	1	3	-	0.2

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2021-22	25	17.7	1.5-3.7	0.2-1.2	0.8-1.1	4.0
2022-23	28	34.4	3.9-9.1	1.5-3.9	1.8-2.1	11.0
2023-24	29	36.9	6.2-12.0	1.7-4.2	2.0-2.5	16.0
2024-25	28	34.3	5.4-13.0	1.8-5.2	2.1-2.5	14.6
Total	110	31.2	4.3-9.6	1.3-3.7	1.7-2.1	11.6

Career Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2021-22	25	7	442	37-92	40.2	5-29	17.2	20-27	74.1	99
2022-23	28	28	964	109-254	42.9	41-109	37.6	49-60	81.7	308
2023-24	29	29	1069	179-348	51.4	49-123	39.8	57-73	78.1	464
2024-25	28	28	961	150-364	41.2	50-145	34.5	59-71	83.1	409
Total	110	92	3436	475-1058	44.9	145-406	35.7	185-231	80.1	1280

Career Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2021-22	25	442	17.7	3.3-8.3	0.5-2.6	17.2	1.8-2.4	9.0
2022-23	28	964	34.4	4.5-10.5	1.7-4.5	37.6	2.0-2.5	12.8
2023-24	29	1069	36.9	6.7-13.0	1.8-4.6	39.8	2.1-2.7	17.4
2024-25	28	961	34.3	6.2-15.2	2.1-6.0	34.5	2.5-3.0	17.0
Total	110	3436	31.2	5.5-12.3	1.7-4.7	35.7	2.2-2.7	14.9

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2021-22	25	1.0	0.9	1.9	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.1
2022-23	28	1.5	1.7	3.2	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.2
2023-24	29	0.8	2.7	3.5	2.2	2.5	1.4	0.4
2024-25	28	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.6	1.6	1.3	0.1
Total	110	0.9	2.2	3.1	2.0	1.8	1.1	0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2021-22	25	7	25	23	48	29	29	11	2
2022-23	28	28	42	47	89	49	50	35	6
2023-24	29	29	23	78	101	64	73	42	12
2024-25	28	28	12	95	107	74	44	36	4
Total	110	92	102	243	345	216	196	124	24

Career Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2021-22	25	2.3	2.1	4.3	2.6	2.6	1.0	0.2
2022-23	28	1.7	2.0	3.7	2.0	2.1	1.5	0.2
2023-24	29	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.4	2.7	1.6	0.4
2024-25	28	0.5	4.0	4.5	3.1	1.8	1.5	0.2
Total	110	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.5	2.3	1.4	0.3

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	29	36.9	6.2-12.0	1.7-4.2	2.0-2.5	16.0
Conference	18	37.7	6.3-11.6	1.5-3.7	1.5-1.9	15.6
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	13	36.6	6.5-12.2	1.5-4.2	1.8-2.4	16.5
Away	14	37.1	5.9-11.7	1.9-4.4	2.1-2.6	15.7
Neutral	2	37.0	6.0-13.0	1.0-4.0	2.0-3.0	15.0
Result
Wins	12	36.0	7.8-13.7	2.0-4.4	2.4-2.8	20.1
Losses	17	37.5	5.0-10.8	1.5-4.1	1.6-2.4	13.1
Month
October	2	30.0	7.0-15.5	1.5-5.5	2.0-2.0	17.5
November	8	37.3	5.1-11.6	1.4-4.4	2.6-3.4	14.3
December	3	37.3	5.0-10.0	2.0-4.3	2.3-3.3	14.3
January	8	38.0	6.9-11.5	1.5-3.6	1.5-2.2	16.8
February	8	36.9	6.8-12.8	2.1-4.4	1.6-1.8	17.3

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	29	29	1069	179-348	51.4	49-123	39.8	57-73	78.1	464
Conference	18	18	679	113-209	54.1	27-66	40.9	27-34	79.4	280
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	13	13	476	85-158	53.8	20-54	37.0	24-31	77.4	214
Away	14	14	519	82-164	50.0	27-61	44.3	29-36	80.6	220
Neutral	2	2	74	12-26	46.2	2-8	25.0	4-6	66.7	30
Result
Wins	12	12	432	94-164	57.3	24-53	45.3	29-33	87.9	241
Losses	17	17	637	85-184	46.2	25-70	35.7	28-40	70.0	223
Month
October	2	2	60	14-31	45.2	3-11	27.3	4-4	100.0	35
November	8	8	298	41-93	44.1	11-35	31.4	21-27	77.8	114
December	3	3	112	15-30	50.0	6-13	46.2	7-10	70.0	43
January	8	8	304	55-92	59.8	12-29	41.4	12-18	66.7	134
February	8	8	295	54-102	52.9	17-35	48.6	13-14	92.9	138

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	29	1069	36.9	6.7-13.0	1.8-4.6	39.8	2.1-2.7	17.4
Conference	18	679	37.7	6.7-12.3	1.6-3.9	40.9	1.6-2.0	16.5
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	13	476	36.6	7.1-13.3	1.7-4.5	37.0	2.0-2.6	18.0
Away	14	519	37.1	6.3-12.6	2.1-4.7	44.3	2.2-2.8	17.0
Neutral	2	74	37.0	6.5-14.1	1.1-4.3	25.0	2.2-3.2	16.2
Result
Wins	12	432	36.0	8.7-15.2	2.2-4.9	45.3	2.7-3.1	22.3
Losses	17	637	37.5	5.3-11.6	1.6-4.4	35.7	1.8-2.5	14.0
Month
October	2	60	30.0	9.3-20.7	2.0-7.3	27.3	2.7-2.7	23.3
November	8	298	37.3	5.5-12.5	1.5-4.7	31.4	2.8-3.6	15.3
December	3	112	37.3	5.4-10.7	2.1-4.6	46.2	2.5-3.6	15.4
January	8	304	38.0	7.2-12.1	1.6-3.8	41.4	1.6-2.4	17.6
February	8	295	36.9	7.3-13.8	2.3-4.7	48.6	1.8-1.9	18.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	29	0.8	2.7	3.5	2.2	2.5	1.4	0.4
Conference	18	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.2	2.8	1.6	0.4
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	13	1.1	2.9	4.0	2.4	2.1	1.7	0.5
Away	14	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	3.0	1.3	0.4
Neutral	2	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.5
Result
Wins	12	0.9	2.8	3.7	2.4	2.7	1.9	0.4
Losses	17	0.7	2.6	3.4	2.1	2.4	1.1	0.4
Month
October	2	0.5	2.0	2.5	4.0	0.5	3.0	0.0
November	8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.6
December	3	1.7	1.7	3.3	3.0	1.0	1.7	0.3
January	8	0.5	3.8	4.3	1.6	2.8	1.0	0.4
February	8	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.6	3.9	2.1	0.4

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	29	29	23	78	101	64	73	42	12
Conference	18	18	13	54	67	40	51	28	8
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	13	13	14	38	52	31	27	22	6
Away	14	14	7	36	43	31	42	18	5
Neutral	2	2	2	4	6	2	4	2	1
Result
Wins	12	12	11	33	44	29	32	23	5
Losses	17	17	12	45	57	35	41	19	7
Month
October	2	2	1	4	5	8	1	6	0
November	8	8	7	19	26	13	16	6	5
December	3	3	5	5	10	9	3	5	1
January	8	8	4	30	34	13	22	8	3
February	8	8	6	20	26	21	31	17	3

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	29	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.4	2.7	1.6	0.4
Conference	18	0.8	3.2	3.9	2.4	3.0	1.6	0.5
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	13	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.6	2.3	1.8	0.5
Away	14	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.4	3.2	1.4	0.4
Neutral	2	1.1	2.2	3.2	1.1	2.2	1.1	0.5
Result
Wins	12	1.0	3.1	4.1	2.7	3.0	2.1	0.5
Losses	17	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.2	2.6	1.2	0.4
Month
October	2	0.7	2.7	3.3	5.3	0.7	4.0	0.0
November	8	0.9	2.6	3.5	1.7	2.1	0.8	0.7
December	3	1.8	1.8	3.6	3.2	1.1	1.8	0.4
January	8	0.5	3.9	4.5	1.7	2.9	1.1	0.4
February	8	0.8	2.7	3.5	2.8	4.2	2.3	0.4