Olympian
Amber Henson
Athlete Bio
No. 7
Position: Forward
Height: 6-3
Weight: 180 lbs
Date of Birth: Nov. 5, 1993
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
High School: Sickles High School (2011)
College: Verbally committed to Duke University
Position: Forward
Height: 6-3
Weight: 180 lbs
Date of Birth: Nov. 5, 1993
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
High School: Sickles High School (2011)
College: Verbally committed to Duke University
USA BASKETBALL
- Named to the 2010 U.S. Women’s Youth Olympic Games Team on June 11, 2010
HONORS
- Honored as a Parade Magazine All-America fourth team member in 2009 and named to the third team in 2010
- Honored as a 2010 ESPN Rise Underclass All-American
- Named Florida Times Hillsborough County Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010, and to the Times’ All-Suncoast first team in 2010
HIGH SCHOOL
- Averaged 22.1 ppg., 12.1 rpg. and 4.9 bpg. as a junior in 2009-10 to help Sickles to a 25-4 record and the 5A region final
- Recorded 20 double doubles in 2009-10
- Averaged 19.2 ppg., 11.3 ppg. and 4.5 bpg. a sophomore at Sickles in 2008-09, helping her team to the region semifinals
- Moved from Round Rock, Texas, to Tampa, Fla., prior to her sophomore year
- Averaged 14.2 ppg. and 8.3 rpg. as a freshman at Round Rock H.S. in Round Rock, Texas
- Plays AAU for the Orlando Comets
PERSONAL
- Sister of John Henson, who plays basketball at North Carolina
- Member of Naitonal Honor Society
- Earned a 4.1 GPA in 2009-10
- This right-hander wears number: 33, because my dad and brother once had it
- Favorite food: My dad’s ribs
- Favorite sports website: ESPN
- Favorite non-sports website: Facebook
- Favorite player: Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard
- Favorite sport other than basketball: football
- Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Michael Phelps
- Strangest place you’ve ever played basketball: On a cruise ship
- Your favorite college or pro basketball announcer: Dick Vitale
- Best game you’ve watched: Syracuse vs. UConn, six overtimes
- You’d most like to play one-on-one against: Angel McCoughtry
- The most impressive person you’ve met: Alonzo Mourning. He overcame a lot
- Away from the court you enjoy: hanging out with my sister and brother
- The most interesting place you’ve visited: Honduras, for an appreciation of what I have
- Your first basketball memory: when I shot layups (at 7 years old); often times the ball would go over the backboard
- Something not many people know about you is: I know how to cook and do it well, especially fried apple pies
- Can’t live without: my family, cell phone, iPod
Stranded on an island, you’d want: a boat, food, water