2018 Softball Roster
Hensley, Megan
Jersey Number 10
Megan Hensley
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Paul Blazer
- Hometown:
- Ashland, Ky.
Bio
• Preseason All-ACC Selection (2019)
• Three-time NFCA All-Southeast Region Selection (First Team 2019, Third Team, 2018, Second Team 2016)
• All ACC First Team Selection (2018)
• Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week (May 1, 2018)
• USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week (May 1, 2018)
• ESPNW National Player of the Week (May 2, 2018)
• Top 25 Finalist for NFCA Freshman of the Year
• All-ACC Second Team (2016)
Hensley in Louisville’s Career Record Book
• Tied for first for grand slams with four, along with Lacy Wood (2003-06)
• Fifth with nine career saves and needs one more to tie for fourth with Tori Collins (2009-12)
• Third in career RBI (173) with Alicja Wolny (2010-13). She needs twomore to tie Courtney Moore (2011-14) for second
• Tied for second in career home runs (38)
• Seventh in career appearances (123)
• Seventh in career games started in the circle (87)
• Seventh in career innings pitched (543.2)
• Seventh in career wins (50)
• Eighth in career strikeouts (372)
• Tied for eighth in career complete games (32)
• Tied for tenth in career complete shutouts (10)
• Tenth in career walks (offensively) with (65)
As a senior (2019): NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team selection... All-ACC Academic Team member... Louisville only first- team all-region selection as a member of the Southeast Region (since 2015)... UofL’s only three-time all-region honoree... Preseason All-ACC selection... Started all 58 games at pitcher, designated player or in the outfield... Led the team with 44 RBIs and 13 home runs... Tied for 25th in the nation with five triples... Second on the team with a 2.99 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 107.2 innings... Posted a team-best four shutouts... Belted out a home run and scored twice in the 9-5 win over Southern Illinois in the opening game of the Evanston Regional... Her RBI double with two outs in the seventh drove in the winning run in the 5-4 win at Marshall (4/23)... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and three runs in the 11-10 win over Georgia Tech (4/21)... Went 2-for-3 with a triple, a run and two RBIs in the 8-7 win against No. 24/23 Kentucky (4/17)... Hit two home runs and drove in four in the 10-2 win at Boston College (4/14)... Scored a run in the 10-9 win over No. 3/3 Florida State (4/8)... Her two-run homer in the first inning lifted the Cardinals to a 2-0 win over No. 3/3 Florida State (4/6)... Has started every game at pitcher or designated player... Registered a complete-game shutout in the 8-0 win over Syracuse (3/16)... Went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs in the 14-0 win over Mercer (3/10) - also tossed a complete game shutout while striking out six.. Went 2-for-4 with a double and home run, four RBIs and two runs Combined for a shutout, allowing five hits and striking out six in 4.2 innings in the 1-0 win over Radford (3/8)... Registered her first career stolen base in the 14-1 win over Michigan State (3/8)... Tossed a complete game shutout against IUPUI (3/2)... Went 2-for-4 with a double in the 5-3 loss at No. 7/8 Tennessee... Posted a complete game shutout and struck out seven in the 6-0 win over Bradley (2/25)... Went 3-for-4 with a home run and a season-high four RBIs in the 7-5 win against Bradley (2/24)... Drove in the game-tying run with an RBI single in the 2-1 win over Michigan (2/16)... Tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts against Idaho State (2/8)... Went 3-for-5 with a home run, a triple and three RBI... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the 7-5 win over Utah State.
As a junior (2018): NFCA All-Southeast Region third team pick... All-ACC First Team selection... Posted a career-best .355 batting average... Led team with nine home runs, a .625 slugging percentage and 49 RBIs - three shy of tying her career-high... Had a team-best 16 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games... Also led the pitching staff with a 17-8 record and 138 strikeouts on 184.0 innings of work... Carried a 3.35 ERA with two shutouts and three saves... Earned Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week and USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week honors (5/1) becoming the second player in program history to sweep the national weekly honors following Katie Keller who did so in 2013... Tabbed ESPNW National Player of the Week (5/1)... Named ACC Pitcher of the Week (5/1)... All of the aforementioned accolades after helping lead the Cardinals to a series sweep of Boston College, going 3-0 in the circle with a 0.43 ERA and seven Ks and backing that performance with a .556 batting average (5-for-9) two home runs and a double with four runs and eight RBI – including all four, courtesy of a pair of home runs – in the 4-2 series opener (4/27)... Tied for program lead with four career grand slams... Hit a grand slam to erase a three-run deficit and got the win in the circle in the 13-10 victory over Marshall (5/2)... Collected two RBIs, including the game-winner in the 3-2 victory over BC (4/28)... Tossed a complete game shutout to secure the series sweep against Boston College (4/29)... Leads the team with nine home runs and 49 RBIs... Hit a home run in the 3-1 loss at No. 8/10 Florida State (4/23)... Struck out eight to get the complete game win against Syracuse (4/13)... Named to NFCA National Player of the Week Honor Roll on April 10 after her performance in the Virginia series when she turned in a .727 batting average (8-for-11) with two home runs and three doubles to help account for a 1.545 slugging percentage and knocked in a team-best 13 RBIs and scored five runs... Hit two doubles and drove in four runs in the 17-12 loss to Virginia (4/8)... Went 3-for-3 with five RBIs in the 16-1 victory over Virginia (4/7)... Went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs in the 14-7 win against Virginia (4/6)... Registered a complete game shutout in the 7-0 win against NC State - also went 3-for-3 with a double, two runs and an RBI in that game (3/31)... Tossed a complete game shutout in the 5-0 win against Duke (3/23)... Picked up the save in the 5-3 win over Duke (3/23)... Registered a grand slam and tied a career high with five RBIs in the 9-4 win against Northern Illinois (3/14)... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the 9-7 win over Illinois... Has made 21 appearances in the circle with 10 starts... Delivered a season-high nine strikeouts in the 5-2 loss to UMass (3/10) and in the 6-5 loss to No. 21/22 Ohio State (2/17)... Struck out seven in the 5-2 win against Butler (2/9).. All-ACC Academic Team selection... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a sophomore (2017): Played in 48 games with 47 starts at designated player, pitcher or in right field... Registered a .288 batting average with 11 doubles, three home runs and scored 19 runs... Third on the team with 28 RBIs... Posted a 9-9 record in the circle with a 3.09 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 122.0 innings of work... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and got the save in the 7-5 win over Virginia (4/28)... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and pitched a complete game in the 5-4 loss to No. 2/3 Florida State (4/24)... Threw a career-high 10 innings with nine strikeouts in the 4-3 loss to No. 2/3 Florida State (4/23)... Tossed a complete-game, one-hit shutout and drove in the one run in the 1-0 win over Western Kentucky (4/19)... Earned a save in the 10-8 win at Virginia Tech (4/15)... Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the 13-7 win at Virginia Tech (4/14)... Had three hits and a career-high five RBIs in the win against Southern Utah (2/10)... Hit a grand slam in the 9-0 win over Ohio State (2/17)... Blasted a two-run homer in the 9-1 win over Purdue (2/18)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman (2016): Started all but one game at pitcher, DP or in the outfield… Led team in home runs (13)… Second on team with 52 RBIs.. Two-time ACC Co-Pitcher of the Week (5/9 and 2/15)… Second on the team with 14 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games… Put together a 10-game hitting streak… Tied for fourth on Louisville’s list for single-season home runs… Tied for sixth on Louisville’s list for single-season RBI… Pitched a two-hit complete game shutout in the 4-0 win at No. 5 Florida State (5/7)… Holds Louisville’s record for home runs and RBIs as a freshman… Got the win in the circle and went 1 for 3 with two runs and walk walked twice in the 8-3 win at No. 18/19 Notre Dame (5/1)… Registered a career-high 10 strikeouts in a one-hit shutout against N.C. Central (4/16)… Had two hits and two RBIs in 4-0 win over Syracuse (4/23)… Went 1 for 1 with three walks and a two-run single in the 12-2 win over Indiana (4/12)… Hit a three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the fifth in the 12-3 win over Virgnia Tech (4/9)… Went 3 for 4 with two home runs, four RBIs and two runs in the 8-6 loss at North Carolina (4/3)… Went 1 for 2 with her first career grand slam in the 12-0 win over WKU (3/30)… Hit her first career triple and had a career-high four RBIs in the 7-2 win over Virginia (3/18)… Hit a three-run walk-off homer in the 10-1 win over NC State (3/25)… Hit a two-run homer in the 7-1 win over Lipscomb (3/2)… Hit a two-run home run in the 6-3 win over Kent State (2/28)… Tossed a complete game one-hitter in the 5-0 win over Wisconsin (2/20) had a no-hitter going until the seventh inning… Named ACC Co-Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 15)… Registered her first collegiate win against Sam Houston State (2/12)… Went 4-for-4 (tying a school record) with two doubles and her first collegiate home run against Sam Houston State (2/12)… Named to 2016 ACC All-Academic Team and the ACC Academic honor roll… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring.
High School/Travel Ball: Played for Paul Blazer High School for six years... Led her team to the winner’s bracket finals of the state tournament where they posted a runner-up finish. In the tournament run, Hensley struck out 15 batters in back-to-back games and connected on a solo home run to put her team ahead in a10-inning win... Named 2015 Kentucky Miss Softball by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association... 2015 16th Region Player of the Year... Two-time Kentucky Gatorade Softball Player of the Year (2014 and 2015)... Two-time all-State selection... Maxpreps All-American (2014)... Named to the Worth/KHSAA Softball State Tournament team... 2014 Region Tournament Co-MVP, All- Area Pitcher of the Year... Maxpreps Underclass All-American (2013)... All-Area Pitcher of the Year and Region Tournament Co-MVP. (2013) ... Three-time all-region team member... 2014 KSCA first team All-Academic selection... Played for the Louisville Sluggers which finished fourth in the 2014 Colorado Fireworks tournament and a fifth in 2015 as well and posted a ninth place finish in the Junior Olympic Cup... Also lettered in volleyball.
Personal: Full name is Megan Hensley... Nickname is Meg... Birthdate is April 16, 1997... Daughter of Kim and Erin Hensley... Has an older sister, Jordan... Major is exercise science /pre-medicine... Post college ambition is to be a physical therapist... Chose UofL because she loved the softball program and the university as a whole... Wears No. 10 because it’s her lucky number and it was her number in high school… Greatest accomplishment so far was earning a scholarship to play ball at Louisville... Favorite softball memory is hitting her first college home run… Most people don’t know she took Irish step dancing classes when she was younger.
• Three-time NFCA All-Southeast Region Selection (First Team 2019, Third Team, 2018, Second Team 2016)
• All ACC First Team Selection (2018)
• Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week (May 1, 2018)
• USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week (May 1, 2018)
• ESPNW National Player of the Week (May 2, 2018)
• Top 25 Finalist for NFCA Freshman of the Year
• All-ACC Second Team (2016)
Hensley in Louisville’s Career Record Book
• Tied for first for grand slams with four, along with Lacy Wood (2003-06)
• Fifth with nine career saves and needs one more to tie for fourth with Tori Collins (2009-12)
• Third in career RBI (173) with Alicja Wolny (2010-13). She needs twomore to tie Courtney Moore (2011-14) for second
• Tied for second in career home runs (38)
• Seventh in career appearances (123)
• Seventh in career games started in the circle (87)
• Seventh in career innings pitched (543.2)
• Seventh in career wins (50)
• Eighth in career strikeouts (372)
• Tied for eighth in career complete games (32)
• Tied for tenth in career complete shutouts (10)
• Tenth in career walks (offensively) with (65)
As a senior (2019): NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team selection... All-ACC Academic Team member... Louisville only first- team all-region selection as a member of the Southeast Region (since 2015)... UofL’s only three-time all-region honoree... Preseason All-ACC selection... Started all 58 games at pitcher, designated player or in the outfield... Led the team with 44 RBIs and 13 home runs... Tied for 25th in the nation with five triples... Second on the team with a 2.99 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 107.2 innings... Posted a team-best four shutouts... Belted out a home run and scored twice in the 9-5 win over Southern Illinois in the opening game of the Evanston Regional... Her RBI double with two outs in the seventh drove in the winning run in the 5-4 win at Marshall (4/23)... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and three runs in the 11-10 win over Georgia Tech (4/21)... Went 2-for-3 with a triple, a run and two RBIs in the 8-7 win against No. 24/23 Kentucky (4/17)... Hit two home runs and drove in four in the 10-2 win at Boston College (4/14)... Scored a run in the 10-9 win over No. 3/3 Florida State (4/8)... Her two-run homer in the first inning lifted the Cardinals to a 2-0 win over No. 3/3 Florida State (4/6)... Has started every game at pitcher or designated player... Registered a complete-game shutout in the 8-0 win over Syracuse (3/16)... Went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs in the 14-0 win over Mercer (3/10) - also tossed a complete game shutout while striking out six.. Went 2-for-4 with a double and home run, four RBIs and two runs Combined for a shutout, allowing five hits and striking out six in 4.2 innings in the 1-0 win over Radford (3/8)... Registered her first career stolen base in the 14-1 win over Michigan State (3/8)... Tossed a complete game shutout against IUPUI (3/2)... Went 2-for-4 with a double in the 5-3 loss at No. 7/8 Tennessee... Posted a complete game shutout and struck out seven in the 6-0 win over Bradley (2/25)... Went 3-for-4 with a home run and a season-high four RBIs in the 7-5 win against Bradley (2/24)... Drove in the game-tying run with an RBI single in the 2-1 win over Michigan (2/16)... Tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts against Idaho State (2/8)... Went 3-for-5 with a home run, a triple and three RBI... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the 7-5 win over Utah State.
As a junior (2018): NFCA All-Southeast Region third team pick... All-ACC First Team selection... Posted a career-best .355 batting average... Led team with nine home runs, a .625 slugging percentage and 49 RBIs - three shy of tying her career-high... Had a team-best 16 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games... Also led the pitching staff with a 17-8 record and 138 strikeouts on 184.0 innings of work... Carried a 3.35 ERA with two shutouts and three saves... Earned Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week and USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week honors (5/1) becoming the second player in program history to sweep the national weekly honors following Katie Keller who did so in 2013... Tabbed ESPNW National Player of the Week (5/1)... Named ACC Pitcher of the Week (5/1)... All of the aforementioned accolades after helping lead the Cardinals to a series sweep of Boston College, going 3-0 in the circle with a 0.43 ERA and seven Ks and backing that performance with a .556 batting average (5-for-9) two home runs and a double with four runs and eight RBI – including all four, courtesy of a pair of home runs – in the 4-2 series opener (4/27)... Tied for program lead with four career grand slams... Hit a grand slam to erase a three-run deficit and got the win in the circle in the 13-10 victory over Marshall (5/2)... Collected two RBIs, including the game-winner in the 3-2 victory over BC (4/28)... Tossed a complete game shutout to secure the series sweep against Boston College (4/29)... Leads the team with nine home runs and 49 RBIs... Hit a home run in the 3-1 loss at No. 8/10 Florida State (4/23)... Struck out eight to get the complete game win against Syracuse (4/13)... Named to NFCA National Player of the Week Honor Roll on April 10 after her performance in the Virginia series when she turned in a .727 batting average (8-for-11) with two home runs and three doubles to help account for a 1.545 slugging percentage and knocked in a team-best 13 RBIs and scored five runs... Hit two doubles and drove in four runs in the 17-12 loss to Virginia (4/8)... Went 3-for-3 with five RBIs in the 16-1 victory over Virginia (4/7)... Went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs in the 14-7 win against Virginia (4/6)... Registered a complete game shutout in the 7-0 win against NC State - also went 3-for-3 with a double, two runs and an RBI in that game (3/31)... Tossed a complete game shutout in the 5-0 win against Duke (3/23)... Picked up the save in the 5-3 win over Duke (3/23)... Registered a grand slam and tied a career high with five RBIs in the 9-4 win against Northern Illinois (3/14)... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the 9-7 win over Illinois... Has made 21 appearances in the circle with 10 starts... Delivered a season-high nine strikeouts in the 5-2 loss to UMass (3/10) and in the 6-5 loss to No. 21/22 Ohio State (2/17)... Struck out seven in the 5-2 win against Butler (2/9).. All-ACC Academic Team selection... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a sophomore (2017): Played in 48 games with 47 starts at designated player, pitcher or in right field... Registered a .288 batting average with 11 doubles, three home runs and scored 19 runs... Third on the team with 28 RBIs... Posted a 9-9 record in the circle with a 3.09 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 122.0 innings of work... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and got the save in the 7-5 win over Virginia (4/28)... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and pitched a complete game in the 5-4 loss to No. 2/3 Florida State (4/24)... Threw a career-high 10 innings with nine strikeouts in the 4-3 loss to No. 2/3 Florida State (4/23)... Tossed a complete-game, one-hit shutout and drove in the one run in the 1-0 win over Western Kentucky (4/19)... Earned a save in the 10-8 win at Virginia Tech (4/15)... Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the 13-7 win at Virginia Tech (4/14)... Had three hits and a career-high five RBIs in the win against Southern Utah (2/10)... Hit a grand slam in the 9-0 win over Ohio State (2/17)... Blasted a two-run homer in the 9-1 win over Purdue (2/18)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman (2016): Started all but one game at pitcher, DP or in the outfield… Led team in home runs (13)… Second on team with 52 RBIs.. Two-time ACC Co-Pitcher of the Week (5/9 and 2/15)… Second on the team with 14 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games… Put together a 10-game hitting streak… Tied for fourth on Louisville’s list for single-season home runs… Tied for sixth on Louisville’s list for single-season RBI… Pitched a two-hit complete game shutout in the 4-0 win at No. 5 Florida State (5/7)… Holds Louisville’s record for home runs and RBIs as a freshman… Got the win in the circle and went 1 for 3 with two runs and walk walked twice in the 8-3 win at No. 18/19 Notre Dame (5/1)… Registered a career-high 10 strikeouts in a one-hit shutout against N.C. Central (4/16)… Had two hits and two RBIs in 4-0 win over Syracuse (4/23)… Went 1 for 1 with three walks and a two-run single in the 12-2 win over Indiana (4/12)… Hit a three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the fifth in the 12-3 win over Virgnia Tech (4/9)… Went 3 for 4 with two home runs, four RBIs and two runs in the 8-6 loss at North Carolina (4/3)… Went 1 for 2 with her first career grand slam in the 12-0 win over WKU (3/30)… Hit her first career triple and had a career-high four RBIs in the 7-2 win over Virginia (3/18)… Hit a three-run walk-off homer in the 10-1 win over NC State (3/25)… Hit a two-run homer in the 7-1 win over Lipscomb (3/2)… Hit a two-run home run in the 6-3 win over Kent State (2/28)… Tossed a complete game one-hitter in the 5-0 win over Wisconsin (2/20) had a no-hitter going until the seventh inning… Named ACC Co-Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 15)… Registered her first collegiate win against Sam Houston State (2/12)… Went 4-for-4 (tying a school record) with two doubles and her first collegiate home run against Sam Houston State (2/12)… Named to 2016 ACC All-Academic Team and the ACC Academic honor roll… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring.
High School/Travel Ball: Played for Paul Blazer High School for six years... Led her team to the winner’s bracket finals of the state tournament where they posted a runner-up finish. In the tournament run, Hensley struck out 15 batters in back-to-back games and connected on a solo home run to put her team ahead in a10-inning win... Named 2015 Kentucky Miss Softball by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association... 2015 16th Region Player of the Year... Two-time Kentucky Gatorade Softball Player of the Year (2014 and 2015)... Two-time all-State selection... Maxpreps All-American (2014)... Named to the Worth/KHSAA Softball State Tournament team... 2014 Region Tournament Co-MVP, All- Area Pitcher of the Year... Maxpreps Underclass All-American (2013)... All-Area Pitcher of the Year and Region Tournament Co-MVP. (2013) ... Three-time all-region team member... 2014 KSCA first team All-Academic selection... Played for the Louisville Sluggers which finished fourth in the 2014 Colorado Fireworks tournament and a fifth in 2015 as well and posted a ninth place finish in the Junior Olympic Cup... Also lettered in volleyball.
Personal: Full name is Megan Hensley... Nickname is Meg... Birthdate is April 16, 1997... Daughter of Kim and Erin Hensley... Has an older sister, Jordan... Major is exercise science /pre-medicine... Post college ambition is to be a physical therapist... Chose UofL because she loved the softball program and the university as a whole... Wears No. 10 because it’s her lucky number and it was her number in high school… Greatest accomplishment so far was earning a scholarship to play ball at Louisville... Favorite softball memory is hitting her first college home run… Most people don’t know she took Irish step dancing classes when she was younger.
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 18 Florida State (Gm. 1)
Thursday, July 11
Highlights: Louisville SB at Boston College
Sunday, May 05
SB: Daisy Hess and Sam Booe Postgame vs. #22/21 Clemson
Saturday, April 27
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 22/21 Clemson (Gm. 2)
Saturday, April 27
