Women's Basketball
Hendrickson, Claire
Claire Hendrickson
- Title:
- Strength & Conditioning
- E-Mail Address:
- hendr4c@cmich.edu
- Year at CMU:
- 1st
- Hometown:
- Wyoming, Mich.
- Alma Mater/Year:
- Michigan State '20, M'22
- Experience:
- 3rd
Claire Hendrickson joined the Central Michigan Strength & Conditioning staff in the summer of 2024 after two years at Youngstown State and is the Strength & Conditioning assignment for CMU Women’s Basketball and Gymnastics.
With the Penguins, Hendrickson worked directly with the women’s basketball, women’s golf, swimming & diving (divers) and track & field (pole vaulters) programs. Her efforts contributed to a Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year and two all-conference selections in basketball, three NCAA qualifying divers, conference titles in both indoor and outdoor track & field led by the Horizon’s indoor Freshman of the Year and a new record for tournament wins in women’s golf.
After four years as a Spartan on the women’s basketball team in East Lansing, Hendrickson stuck around to be an intern and graduate assistant for Michigan State’s Sports Performance department, working with both basketball programs, earning a Big Ten Professional Internship in the process.
Hendrickson’s connection to the CMU Women’s Basketball coaching staff spans both of her stops professionally, into her playing days at Michigan State. As a Spartan, she competed under then-assistant Kristin Haynie and CMU legend Head Coach Suzy Merchant and was a teammate of CMU Assistant Coach Jenna Allen. For a cherry on top, Hendrickson’s first year at Youngstown State was spent with CMU Assistant Coach Chelsie Butler, who was an assistant and recruiting coordinator for the Penguins in 2022-23.
The Wyoming, Mich.-native appeared in 33 games for the Spartans as she persevered through an injury-plagued tenure with the MSU women. Hendrickson graduated with a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Kinesiology from Michigan State, in 2020 and 2022, respectively.
A three-time letterwinner and Academic All-B1G honoree, Hendrickson earned the Joey M. Spano MSU Varsity ‘S’ Club Graduate Endowed Fellowship, an endowment was created in 2007 to assist MSU student-athletes advance their knowledge and transform their lives in their respective quest for excellence. She was the first from the Spartan women’s basketball program to earn the fellowship.
Claire is joined in Mount Pleasant by her wife, Sierra, and their son Jace which they welcomed in March 2024.
With the Penguins, Hendrickson worked directly with the women’s basketball, women’s golf, swimming & diving (divers) and track & field (pole vaulters) programs. Her efforts contributed to a Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year and two all-conference selections in basketball, three NCAA qualifying divers, conference titles in both indoor and outdoor track & field led by the Horizon’s indoor Freshman of the Year and a new record for tournament wins in women’s golf.
After four years as a Spartan on the women’s basketball team in East Lansing, Hendrickson stuck around to be an intern and graduate assistant for Michigan State’s Sports Performance department, working with both basketball programs, earning a Big Ten Professional Internship in the process.
Hendrickson’s connection to the CMU Women’s Basketball coaching staff spans both of her stops professionally, into her playing days at Michigan State. As a Spartan, she competed under then-assistant Kristin Haynie and CMU legend Head Coach Suzy Merchant and was a teammate of CMU Assistant Coach Jenna Allen. For a cherry on top, Hendrickson’s first year at Youngstown State was spent with CMU Assistant Coach Chelsie Butler, who was an assistant and recruiting coordinator for the Penguins in 2022-23.
The Wyoming, Mich.-native appeared in 33 games for the Spartans as she persevered through an injury-plagued tenure with the MSU women. Hendrickson graduated with a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Kinesiology from Michigan State, in 2020 and 2022, respectively.
A three-time letterwinner and Academic All-B1G honoree, Hendrickson earned the Joey M. Spano MSU Varsity ‘S’ Club Graduate Endowed Fellowship, an endowment was created in 2007 to assist MSU student-athletes advance their knowledge and transform their lives in their respective quest for excellence. She was the first from the Spartan women’s basketball program to earn the fellowship.
Claire is joined in Mount Pleasant by her wife, Sierra, and their son Jace which they welcomed in March 2024.
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