bio updated Sept. 22, 2021
Honors & Awards
Holds SDSU Top-10 marks in
800 Free Relay (6th)
2019, 2020 Academic All-Mountain West Honors
2018 All-Mountain West honoree (800 Free Relay)
2017 All-Mountain West honoree (800 Free Relay)
SDSU Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020)
2019-20: Set four career-best marks at the 2020 MW Championship qualifying heats- 50 Free (24.60), 200 Free (1:49.41), 500 Free (4:51.97), and 200 Fly (2:02.69) … Collected two podium finishes throughout the season, including a second-place finish in the 200 Fly against USD on senior day (Jan. 24).
2017-18: Member of the all-conference qualifying 800 free relay team, posting a 7:12.28 at the Mountain West Championships, good for the fifth fastest time in program history… Finished in second place in the 200 free in a dual meet against Oregon State with a time of 1:54.99… Posted a fourth-place finish in the 200 free at the A3 Invitational with a time of 1:52.29… Qualified for the finals at the Mountain West Championships in the 200 free, 500 free, 1000 free and 1650 free.
2016-17: Competed in the freestyle events from the 50 to the 1000 ... Also swam the backstroke events on occasion ... Earned all-Mountain West honors as a member of SDSU's 800 freestyle relay team at the 2017 conference championship meet ... That squad's time of 7:17.79 was the eight-fastest in program history ... Placed third among 27 swimmers at the pentathlon meet at the University of San Diego to open the season (Sept. 15) ... Among her top times were 52.52 in the 100 free, 1:51.20 in the 200 free and 4:59.50 in the 500 free, all at the A3 Performance Invitational in mid-November ... Also turned in a personal best 2:04.43 in the 200 backstroke at the same meet ... During the year recorded one first-place, three second-place and three third-place finishes in dual meets.
Collegiate Career-Bests
50 Free | 24.60 (at MW Championships, Feb. 19-22, 2020) |
100 Free | 51.38 (vs. Boise State, Pepperdine, Oct. 18, 2019) |
200 Free | 1:49.41 (at MW Championships, Feb. 19-22, 2020) |
500 Free | 4:51.97 (at MW Championships, Feb. 19-22, 2020) |
100 Back | 59.90 (vs. Pepperdine, Dec. 3, 2016) |
200 Back | 2:04.43 (at A3 Performance Invitational, Nov. 19, 2016) |
100 Breast | 1:12.95 (vs. SJSU, UCSD, Sept. 15, 2016) |
100 Fly | 56.46 (at MWC Time Trials, Feb. 21, 2020) |
200 Fly | 2:02.69 (at MW Championships, Feb. 19-22, 2020) |
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year varsity letterwinner as a swimmer at Granite Bay High School in Granite Bay, Calif. ... Was coached there by John Sherman ... During her junior season finished first in the league in the 100 and 200 freestyle ... Set the school record in the 100 free at 51.2 ... As a freshman won the 100 backstroke at the sectional championships with a time of 56.9 ... Grizzlies won league title all four years she competed, regional championship her final season and finished as high as third in the state in her final year ... Won school talent show as a senior and appeared in Shrek the Musical and Into the Woods ... Voted Most Likely to be on Broadway ... Winner of Senior Academic Merit Award.
CLUB
Spent 10 years playing with the Dart Volleyball Club in Sacramento, Calif., and three months with the Sierra Marlins in Folsom, Calif. ... Member of gold medal team at both clubs.
PERSONAL
Kassidy Francesca Henson as born Sept. 19, 1998, in Santa Maria, Calif. ... Daughter of John and Francesca Henson ... Hobbies include astrology and writing music ... Sang the National Anthem at a San Jose Earthquakes game ... Performed at the Leanea Festival and the Hollywood Fringe Festival as a singer ... Favorite athlete is swimmer Katie Ledecky ... Also considered TCU, LSU and South Carolina ... A communications major at SDSU with career plans in sports news broadcasting.