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2018 Track & Field Roster

Denisha Henix

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Northwood HS
  • Hometown Shreveport, La.

Biography

2015 Outdoor NCAA East Prelims Qualifier (Long Jump)

2015: Opened the season at the UAB Blazer Invite (1/9-10) where she jumped 18-7 (5.66m) to finish sixth in the long jump and placed 13th in the triple jump with a mark of 37-1.75 (11.32m) ... Scored in both events she competed in at the Texas A&M Team Invitational (1/17) with a sixth-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 36-10.5 (11.24m) and placed seventh in the long jump with a mark of 17-11.75 (5.48m) ... Finished fourth in the long jump with a personal record mark of 19-9.5 (6.03m) at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational (1/23-24) ... Placed 12th with a long jump mark of 19-4 (5.89m) at the Tyson Invitational (2/13-14) ... At the Conference USA Indoor Championships (2/26), finished eighth in the long jump with a mark of 19-0.75 (5.81m) and jumped 38-0 (11.58m) in the triple jump to place 16th ... Opened the outdoor season with a ninth-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 17-10.25 (5.44m) ... Set a new personal best mark in the long jump with a mark of 19-0.5 (5.80m) to finish as the runner-up in the long jump "B" section at the 88th Annual Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/26-28) ... Bested that the following week at the Pepsi Florida Relays (4/2-4) as she placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 19-6.25 (5.95m) ... Jumped a personal best 39-8.5 (12.10m) in the triple jump to finish third at the Leon Johnson Invitational (4/25) and finished 13th in the long jump with a mark of 17-4 (5.28m) ... Was fifth in the long jump at the Horned Frog Invitational (5/2) with a personal best mark of 19-11 (6.07m) and jumped 38-11.5 (11.87m) in the triple jump to finish second ... At the Conference USA Championships (5/14-17), finished 11th in the long jump with a mark of 19-7 (5.97m) and jumped 38-5.5 (11.72m) in the triple jump to finish 14th ... At the NCAA East Preliminary Championships (5/28-30), jumped 18-9.25 (5.72m) to finish 33rd.

2014: Opened the year at the UAB Blazer Invite (1/10-11) where she jumped 18-3 (5.56m) in the long jump to finish 18th and placed 20th in the triple jump with a mark of 38-4 (11.68m) ... Jumped 18-1 (5.51m) in the long jump to finish fourth and placed eighth in the high jump with a height of 5-4.25 (1.63m) at the Texas A&M 10 Team Invitational (1/18) ... At the Southern Miss Invitational (1/30), jumped 18-3.75 (5.58m) in the long jump to finish sixth while placing fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 38-0.25 (11.59m) ... Jumped 37-5.25 (11.41m) in the triple jump to finish 14th and placed 33rd in the long jump with a mark of 16-8 (5.08m) at the Tyson Invitational (2/14-15) ... At the C-USA Indoor Championships (2/28-3/1), finished 15th in the high jump with a height of 5-1.25 (1.56m), placed 24th in the triple jump with a mark of 17-7 (11.33m) and jumped 17-7 (5.33m) in the long jump to place 27th ... Opened the outdoor season at the Jim Mize Invitational (3/22) with a pair of fifth-place finishes, jumping 18-9.75 (5.73m) in the long jump and 37-11.25 (11.56m) in the triple jump ... Finished eighth in the high jump at the Skechers Carl Kight Invitational (4/5-6) with a mark of 5-3 (1.60m) ... Jumped 38-0.25 (11.59m) to finish sixth in the triple jump and placed seventh in the long jump with a mark of 17-11.75 (5.48m) at the UTEP Invitational (4/12) ... Jumped 18-2.25 (5.54m) to finish 11th in the long jump at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/19) ... At the Bobcat Classic (4/26), finished 11th in the high jump with a makr of 5-1 (1.55m) to palce 11th and finished eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 38-2.25 (11.64m) ... Finished 17th in the Conference USA Outdoor Championships (5/16-18) with a long jump of 18-6.5 and jumped 37-10 (11.53m) in the triple jump to finish 18th.

High School: Graduated from Northwood High School in 2013 ... Lettered in basketball and track ... Named first team all-district in basketball ... Named first team all-city in track and field ... Coached by Brad Dubois and Jerry Burton.

Personal: Denisha Henix ... Born on March 8, 1995 in Shreveport, La. ... Daughter of Denise Shaw ... Has three siblings, Kenisha Henix, Leandis Henix, and Andrew Shaw.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Jumps
    5'9"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'9"
  • 2015-16Junior

    Jumps
    5'9"
  • 2016-17Senior

    Jumps
    5'9"
  • 2018Freshman

    Jumps
    5'9"