Arell Hennings - Pronunciation
2017-18: Recorded two assists in his final home game when the Aggies hosted Hawai’i (3/1)... Finished with a game-high four assists, seven points and one steal vs. Cal Poly (1/27)... Recorded a perfect stat line — he hit a career-high four of his five baskets from three — and collected a season-high five assists vs. Holy Names (12/30)... Notched three rebounds , two assists, and hit all three free throw attempts vs. Radford (12/23)... Canned two shots from three, for the third time this season, at San Francisco (12/15)... Set, or tied six career highs by finishing with 16 points, six field goals, three rebounds, three assists, three steals and two threes vs. William Jessup ... Hit both of his field goals from three at Washington State (12/2)... In his homecoming appearance when the Aggies faced Washington (11/26), he hit a three in the second half to record one of the eight tied scores that took place throughout the game... Scored all three of his points at the line, in as many attempts, throughout the Aggies’ Golden 1 Center game vs. Sacramento State (11/21)... Recorded a career-high three assists, two steals and one rebound at Pacific (11/15).
2016-17: Scored three points and recorded two assists vs. Kansas (3/17) in the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Regional First Round...
Posted a season-high three assists in the Aggies' Big West Tournament championship game vs. UC Irvine (3/11)... Made a season/career-high four free throws, in as many attempts, vs. UC Riverside (2/11)... Matched a career/season high by hitting two free throws at Hawai'i (1/21)... Through his season/career-high 19 minutes, Hennings set an addition three new marks by scoring nine points, on four field goals and finished with three rebounds in the Aggies' season opener vs. UC Santa Barbara (1/4)... Matched a career high by scoring seven points, the most against a Division I opponent, and set a new career high by canning two shots from three vs. Utah Valley (12/31)... Competed in front of a hometown crowd, for the first time as an Aggie, when UC Davis traveled to Seattle U (12/28)... Dished a season-high three assists and grabbed a season-high two rebounds against the Redhawks... Set or tied five season highs vs. William Jessup (12/17) in rebounds (2), assists (2), field goals (3), three-pointers (1) and steals (2)... Scored his first points as an Aggie, a three, in his team's home opener vs. Holy Names (11/17)... One of UC Davis basketball's four new players.
COCHISE COLLEGE: Led his team to a National Junior College Athletic Association Region 1 championship... That same season (2014-15), Hennings averaged 12 points and seven rebounds per game... Cochise College also won an Arizona Community College Athletic Conference title that year... Averaged 17 points and six assists per game the following season... The Apaches finished the 2015-16 season with a 27-6 record and won another NJCAA title... Earned All-America status from the NJCAA... Named Region 1 Most Valuable Player... Collected ACCAC and all-region first team honors... Throughout his two seasons, Hennings scored 979 points, recorded 437 assists and helped Cochise College win 49 of 67 games. By draining a collective 138 baskets from three, 42 percent of his points were scored from behind the arc.
FRANKLIN HS '13: Graduated in 2013.
PERSONAL: Oldest of Angel and Daryll Hennings' two children... Nalica is his younger sibling; she attended Western Washington University... Also attended South Kent Prep (Kent, Conn.) before enrolling at Cochise College... Most people do not know that he has been in two plays... Committing to UC Davis is his proudest personal accomplishment... KeyArena (Seattle) is his favorite facility that he has played in... Winning back-to-back regional championships is his career sports highlight... Would choose soccer if he could play another sport at UC Davis... Non-sports hero is his father... Studying music and visiting lakes are his favorite hobbies, other than playing basketball... The family environment and California weather are the reasons he chose UC Davis.
