SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The University of San Francisco Athletics is saddened to announce the passing of Dana Hendershott, a former member of the baseball program and a 1983 USF Athletics Hall of Fame inductee.
 
Born on October 24, 1949, in Middletown, N.Y., Hendershott attended Santa Cruz High School and later graduated from the University of San Francisco, where he was a pitcher from 1968-71.
 
Throughout his four-year career on the Hilltop, he accumulated historic numbers on the mound, finishing as the all-time leader in earned-run average, innings pitched, and strikeouts. His 2.20 career ERA also ranks eighth-best all-time in the West Coast Conference while leading the program with 299 strikeouts, one of only seven San Francisco pitchers with at least 200 strikeouts.
 
During his senior season in 1971, Hendershott posted 11 wins on the mound with a 1.84 earned-run average, earned All-WCAC First Team, All-District Honors, and the Green and Gold Loyalty Award.
 
Following graduation, Hendershott was selected in the 26th round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and spent years in the minors for the Medford Dodgers, the El Paso Dodgers, the Daytona Beach Dodgers, the Waterbury Dodgers, and the Bakersfield Dodgers. 
 
In 1983, he was inducted into the USF Hall of Fame and, in 2005, was named a "Legend of the Hilltop."
 
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