Jolene Henderson

During the 2019 season, she was again named the NPF Pitcher of The Year and won back-to-back Cowles Cup Championships, contributing 5 shutout innings. On July 1, Henderson defeated the Beijing Eagles with a perfect game.

During the 2018 season, she was named the NPF Pitcher of The Year, and also helped lead her team to the Cowles Cup Championship with a perfect season. This resulted in a 14 consecutive win streak that began at the end of the 2017 season. For that streak, Henderson tossed 96.1 innings pitched and accumulated 47 hits, 8 earned runs, 18 walks and 72 strikeouts for a 0.58 ERA and 0.67 WHIP.

On September 25, 2018, Florida Gators softball head coach Tim Walton announced that Henderson would be joining the team as an assistant coach.

On May 10, 2016, the USSSA Pride signed Henderson to a three-year contract to solidify their pitching rotation. She has played for them since then. In 2017, Henderson began a win streak by posting three victories to end the year.

On January 27, 2015, Henderson became the first player to sign in franchise history for the new Texas Charge (then called the “Dallas Charge”). In her debut, Henderson threw a 6-hitter in a 4-1 win against the USSSA Pride on June 15. In a loss to the Pennsylvania Rebellion on July 14, Henderson struck out a career best 10 batters.

Henderson made the United States women's national softball team in 2014. She helped the squad win a gold medal in the World Cup of Softball that year.

Henderson would graduate as the Cal career wins leader and rank top-5 in strikeouts, shutouts and innings pitched. She would also place top-10 in both the Pac-12 and NCAA Division I for her victories at 4th and 9th respectively. In 2013, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in American Studies.

For a final season, Henderson again earned First-Team conference honors and was named to the NFCA Second Team. Henderson would post her best season WHIP, RBIs, home runs and toss a no-hitter. In a victory against the Indiana Hoosiers on February 10, she would embark on a 25 consecutive win streak that was halted by the Arizona Wildcats on April 3. For the streak she pitched 167.1 innings and surrendered 93 hits, 16 earned runs, 28 walks and struck out 170 batters for a 0.67 ERA and 0.72 WHIP while holding opponents to .158 batting average. For the second win that season, she defeated the UC Davis Aggies for her 100th career win. During the streak on March 6, the Golden Bear ended one of the victories over the Pacific Tigers by shutting them down for the last 1.2 innings and would not allow a run for 42.1 consecutive innings before the Syracuse Orange broke through with a run in 5th inning of another win on March 15. Henderson won all 7 games allowing 12 hits and 5 walks, striking out 40 batters and totaling a 0.40 WHIP. Finally, for another win during her streak, she fanned 15 Sacramento State Hornets for a career high in a regulation game.

Henderson played softball at Sheldon High School, graduating in 2009.

Jolene Nicole Henderson (born November 14, 1991) is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional All-Star, right-handed hitting softball pitcher and first baseman and softball Assistant Coach, originally from Elk Grove, California. She was a starting pitcher for the California Golden Bears from 2010-13 where she is the career leader in wins and was a 4-time All-Pac-12 player. She is the reigning National Pro Fastpitch Pitcher of The Year after being drafted #3 overall in 2013 and currently ranks top-10 in career wins, ERA, WHIP and fielding percentage and is on the roster for the independent softball team the USSSA Pride. She also played on the United States women's national softball team in 2014.