Stillman College

Winner of the 2016 Olympic Gold Medal in the long jump for Team USA, Jeffery Henderson ('12) won two NCAA Division II national championships during his Stillman College career. Considered one of the most decorated student-athletes to ever come through Stillman, Henderson won both the SIAC West Division Track Athlete of the Year and SIAC West Division Field Athlete of the Year honors while leading Stillman to the 2013 SIAC West Division Championship as a team. He won numerous SIAC individual titles, and won national titles in both the 100-meter dash (10.18) and long jump (7.81m) at the 2013 NCAA Division II National Championship.

Since graduating from Stillman, Henderson turned pro, winning two gold medals and two silver medals for long jump at the U.S. Championships. He was a member of Team USA for four World Championships and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he won the long jump gold medal.

Prior to Stillman, he set the Arkansas high school state record in the triple jump and decathlon 100m. He went on to win five national championships at Hinds Community College before transferring to SC.

A native of North Little Rock, Arkansas, Henderson currently resides in Chula Vista, California.