Destanni
Henderson

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Destanni Henderson's Bio

About Destanni Henderson

WNBA

2022: Fresh off bringing South Carolina a national championship, Destanni Henderson was drafted with the No. 20 overall selection in the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever. In her rookie season, Henderson played in all 36 games with five starting appearances and averaged 5.3 points, 2.5 assists and shot 40 percent from the floor, as well as 36.6 percent from 3-point range. Among WNBA rookies, Henderson finished third in assists per game, fifth in 3-point field goal percentage and also ended the season in the top 10 in scoring average, field goal percentage, steals per game and minutes per game among first-year players. Because of the WNBA season expanding to the longest regular season in league history, Henderson joined Emily Engstler and Victoria Vivians as the only players in franchise history to play more than 34 games in a regular season.

COLLEGE

The starting point guard for the 2022 national champion South Carolina Gamecocks joined the Indiana Fever after the greatest game of her collegiate career to close out her tenure in Columbia. In Henderson 129th game played, her career-high 26 points helped capture the second national title in South Carolina women’s basketball history. The Fort Myers, Florida native is the Gamecocks’ ninth pick of the Dawn Staley era and the 13th WNBA Draft selection in program history.

Henderson’s 157 made 3-pointers ranks eighth in South Carolina history, and her career 37.9 3-point field goal percentage finished fourth in the school record book. She joined the 1,000-point club earlier this season and closed her career at 1,220 points to rank 24th in Gamecock women’s basketball history.

INTERNATIONAL

With USA Basketball, Henderson won a gold medal at the 2021 FIBA AmeriCup, a bronze medal in the 2016 FIBA U17 World Cup and also participated in the 2015 U16 National Team Trials.

PERSONAL

Daughter of Joyel James and Derrick Henderson. Born on February 2, 1999.

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