2018 - 2019 ALABAMA
BASEBALL
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
GUNNAR
HENDERSON
SHORTSTOP
MORGAN ACADEMY
SELMA, ALABAMA
SENIOR
HEIGHT: 6-FOOT-3
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HIGHLIGHTED STATS
0.634
ON-BASE PERCENTAGE
1.225
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
0.634
ON-BASE PERCENTAGE
28
STOLEN BASES
“Gunnar has tremendous bat speed and discipline at the plate. He hit the hardest opposite-field ball I’ve ever seen earlier this year against us, and I played in the SEC for a few years.”
Marshall Watts
Head Coach - Head coach of Fort Dale Academy

Athletic Excellence


The 6-foot-3, 200-pound senior shortstop batted .559 with 11 home runs and 75 RBI in this past season, leading the Senators (30-2) to the Alabama Independent Schools Association Class AAA state championship series. The left-handed-hitting Henderson, an Under Armour All-American selection, also banged out 17 doubles and nine triples while scoring 69 runs and stealing 28 bases. Ranked as the No. 23 recruit in the Class of 2019 by Baseball America, he posted a .634 on-base percentage and a 1.225 slugging percentage.

Academic Achievement


Henderson has maintained an unweighted 4.05 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play baseball on scholarship at Auburn University this fall, but is projected as an early round selection in June’s Major League Baseball draft.

Exemplary Character


A long-standing member of the Morgan Academy Student Government, Henderson has volunteered locally at a food bank and homeless shelter and as a youth baseball coach.