Bio

Geoff Henson starts his 22nd year on the athletic staff at The University of Olivet in 2023-24. On July 28, 2022, he was promoted to the title of Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information and Communications.

Prior to joining the Olivet staff in October 2002, Henson was an intern in the sports information office at Baldwin Wallace University (BW) from May 2001 to October 2002. He earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in business administration from BW in 2001. During his time as an undergraduate, Henson worked as a student assistant in the sports information office for four years.

Henson is an active member of the College Sports Communicators (CSC) -- formerly known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He has been a member of the Academic All-America® committee since 2008. On the committee, Henson presently serves as the national coordinator for the NCAA Division III/NAIA Men's Swimming & Diving and Baseball teams. Before being assigned those sports, Henson was a national coordinator and district coordinator for the NCAA Division III/NAIA Men's Basketball/Track & Field and Cross Country teams. Prior to that, Henson represented CSC on both the job seeker’s and technology committees. 

While at Olivet, Henson served as the on-site media coordinator for the 2022 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships at Forest Akers Golf Course in Lansing, 2021 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships at Forest Akers and 2022 and 2023 NCAA Women's Bowling Regional at Royal Scot in Lansing. In addition, he has served as a voter for the D3hoops.com Top 25 men's basketball poll. Henson has also been a voter for numerous All-American and All-Region teams across all Division III sports.

Henson has also served as an official scorekeeper for the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) softball semifinals and finals. Henson has also been one of the official statistians for the MHSAA volleyball semifinals and finals, football finals, and girls and boys basketball semifinals and finals. In his early years at Olivet, he also worked as the official scorer for the Battle Creek Yankees, a minor league baseball team, during the summer of 2003 and 2004.

Henson lives in Charlotte.