Henson To Get Hall Call

Runnin' Rebel assistant coach, former NBA player to be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.

UNLV assistant men's basketball coach Steve Henson will be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame later this year.
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June 24, 2009

LAS VEGAS - UNLV assistant men's basketball coach Steve Henson will be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame later this year.

Henson, a native of McPherson, Kansas, earned All-Big Eight basketball honors at Kansas State University and helped lead the Wildcats to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight in 1988. Henson was current UNLV head coach Lon Kruger's first-ever recruit as head coach at Kansas State.

Entering his sixth year on Kruger's staff at UNLV, the four-year collegiate starter from 1986-60, was a two-time honorable mention All-American and earned all-conference accolades as a junior and senior. Henson is the only player in Kansas State history to play in four NCAA Tournaments. As a junior, he led his team in scoring with 18.5 points per game and was also the team's leading scorer as a senior. As a sophomore he led the nation in free throw shooting percentage, connecting on 92.5 percent of his attempts and as a junior, he was second in the country at 92 percent. Henson holds Kansas State school career records in assists, 3-point field goals made, free throw percentage, steals, games played, starts and minutes played.

After his college career, Henson was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 1990 NBA Draft with the 44th overall selection. He played with five teams in the NBA: Milwaukee, Atlanta, Charlotte, Portland and Detroit. He also played three seasons in the Italian and Greek leagues.

A gifted athlete, Henson was also a decathlete at KSU. He placed third as a sophomore and a junior at the Big Eight Conference Championships. At the 1989 Big Eight meet (as a junior), he finished third overall with 6,886 points, winning the javelin and high jump and placing second in the discus, pole vault and 1,500-meter run.

Henson will be inducted during a ceremony Oct. 4, in Wichita, Kan. There will be 14 members inducted including former longtime college basketball coach Eddie Sutton and former KU basketball coach Ted Owens.

Henson graduated from Kansas State in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in human movement. He and his wife, Cindy, have two sons, Quinton and Pearson, and reside in Henderson, Nev.