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MSU Athletics Hall of Fame

Cindy Henderson Snead

  • Class
    1974
  • Induction
    1981
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball, Softball

CINDY HENDERSON SNEAD
Basketball, Softball, 1972-75
Inducted May 3, 1981

A native of Crocker, Cindy Henderson Snead played softball and basketball at Missouri State before receiving her degree from the University in 1975. Henderson was a member of two state championship and regional runnerup teams in basketball and played on the 1975 team which finished third in the regional meet. She averaged 17.5 points a game as a junior and 19.1 points and 11.4 rebounds a game as a senior. She held the single game MSU scoring record of 37 points and the career records of 1104 points and 791 rebounds before they were later broken. In softball, Henderson turned in a 10-2 record for MSU as the team captured the AIAW national championship. She was 8-2 in 1973 as MSU won the state title and placed third in the World Series. After her graduation, she was drafted by both the Milwaukee Does of the Women’s Professional Basketball League and the Michigan Travelers of the Women’s Professional Softball League. She compiled a 68-39 record in four seasons of professional softball pitching.

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