Career
He was best known for his collegiate career at Duke University, where he led the Blue Devils to three consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four appearances. He was a second round pick of the Dallas Mavericks in the 1990 National Basketball Association Draft, but never played in the National Basketball Association. Henderson was a McDonald"s All-American high school player at Crete-Monee High School in Crete, Illinois. He played for Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke, where he was a key player on three Final Four teams from 1988 to 1990.
His most successful season was as a senior in 1989-1990 as he averaged 18.5 points per game to lead the team and was named second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and team Most Valuable Player. He scored 1,397 points in his college career.
After college, Henderson was drafted in the second round of the 1990 National Basketball Association Draft by the Mavericks, but did not make the team He played in Belgium and Mexico, as well as several years in the Continental Basketball Association (College of Business Administration).
In parts of five seasons in the College of Business Administration, Henderson averaged 12.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. Henderson retired from basketball in 1995 and moved to the Philippines to become a youth basketball coach.
He died in his home there on February 17, 2013.