3/11/25
SCRANTON, Pa. -- Congratulations to Lackawanna College baseball student-athlete,
BROOKS HENDERSON IV (Feasterville, PA), this week's Lackawanna College Athlete of the Week, the twenty-fourth installment for the 2024-2025 scholastic year!
Brooks was a combined 9-for-16 (.563 BA) through four games this past week, helping Lackawanna go 3-1 against Monroe and Onondaga. Brooks was 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI in the win against Monroe on Saturday, helping the Falcons snap an eight-game losing streak. Then, on Sunday, he went a perfect 4-for-4 with a triple and two runs scored against Onondaga in game one, following that up with a 1-for-4 showing with two runs scored, three RBI, and a two-run homer to deep right-center field to put the game away. In all, he had five runs scored and five RBI in four games last week. His OBP was .563 and his slugging was .875, giving him a 1.438 OPS through four games. Brooks also had three putouts and ten assists, defensively. On the year, Brooks leads the Falcons with a .476 batting average, and has a team-high 20 hits. His 12 RBIs are second on the team, and he's also second in runs scored (11). He holds a 1.246 OPS, second among players who have played ten or more games.
Henderson is a sophomore student-athlete at Lackawanna College. He will be a guest on a future episode of Falcons Corner, which airs every week on the Lackawanna College Athletics YouTube.
Lackawanna College Athlete of the Week
Week 1: Jana Hofmann (Women's Volleyball)
Week 2: Andrew Marshall (Football)
Week 3: Carmelo Taylor (Football)
Week 4: Lindsey Tasker (Women's Soccer)
Week 5: Chris Campanelli (Football)
Week 6: Bryan Johnson (Football)
Week 7: Nahuel Minis (Men's Soccer)
Week 8: Keegan Hughes (Football)
Week 9: LC Offensive Line (Football)
Week 10: Bryan Johnson (Football)
Week 11: Carmelo Taylor (Football)
Week 12: Evan Laybourn-Boddie (Men's Basketball)
Week 13: Saraiah Franklin (Women's Basketball)
Week 14: [Thanksgiving Break]
Week 15: Rainbow Six Siege (Esports)
Week 16: Salote Franklin (Women's Basketball)
Week 17: [Christmas Break]
Week 18: [Christmas Break]
Week 19: [Christmas Break]
Week 20: Desiree White (Women's Basketball)
Week 21: Jireej Cole (Men's Basketball)
Week 22: John Koroma (Men's Wrestling)
Week 23: E'ternity Aiken (Women's Basketball)
Week 24: Matt Gashi-Brito (Men's Wrestling)
Week 25: Salote Franklin ((Women's Basketball)
Week 26: National Qualifiers (Men's Wrestling)
Week 27: Nick Marabito (Men's Basketball)
Week 28: Brooks Henderson (Baseball)
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