Central Michigan University Athletics
Softball Adds Faith Hensley to Coaching Staff
7/7/2025 12:00:00 PM | Softball
Former Mid-American Conference standout player, Faith Hensley was named an assistant coach for Central Michigan Softball.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – McCall Salmon has announced the hiring of Faith Hensley as an assistant coach ahead of the 2025-26 academic year.
Hensley, a 2022 graduate of Ball State, is very familiar with finding success in the Mid-American Conference softball landscape. For the 2023 season, Hensley spent her graduate year playing for Alabama where the Roll Tide participated in the Women's College World Series.
In her time at Ball State, Hensley was named MAC Player of the Year in her senior season and earned First Team All-MAC honors in the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Honored as a NFCA All-Great Lakes All-Region player in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Hensley was also a three-time MAC Player of the Week in her time as a Cardinal.
Academically, Hensley was a 2022 First Team All-America honoree from College Sport Communicators, one of 30 NCAA D1 players to receive the honor. In the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Hensley was named Academic All-MAC and was a Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar Athlete. For the 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons, Faith earned Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete honors.
Total in her time as a Cardinal posted a .389 batting average, hitting .404 in her senior season, 3rd best in the MAC. Hensley ranked in the top-ten in 10 offensive categories in the 2022 season in the MAC a .814 slugging percentage (2nd), a .533 on-base percentage (1st), a 1.347 OPS (2nd), scored 51 runs (3rd), had 63 hits (3rd), charted 40 RBI (5th), hit 17 home runs (2nd), drew 37 walks (1st) and stole 13 bases (9th).
With Alabama, Hensley hit started 23 games, appearing in 51. She stole six bases with five walks and was hit by five pitches. Hensley hit two home runs on February 25th, 2023, one against Indiana State and one against Saint Louis. Against Auburn, Hensley charted a double in her pinch hit at-bat.
Hensley owns a .967 fielding percentage as an outfielder in her career with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage at Alabama in 2023.
In 2022, Hensley graduated from Ball State with a degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry, and in 2023 from Alabama with a master's in health sciences with a concentration in Health Promotion. Since then, Hensley has served as a camp coordinator and private instructor at DBAT in West Chester, Ohio, close to her hometown of Monroe, Ohio.
Head Coach McCall Salmon on the hiring of Hensley, "We are very excited to welcome Coach Hensley to Central Michigan.
Faith's experience and accomplishments as a student-athlete in both the MAC & SEC, coupled with her knowledge and passion for the game, made her an ideal candidate for our student-athletes & program.
She aligns with the core values of our program, and we are excited to have her lead our offense which had a record setting year in the spring of 2025."
For the latest news and updates on CMU Softball, follow the team on X (@cmusoftball) and Instagram (@cmichsoftball).
Hensley, a 2022 graduate of Ball State, is very familiar with finding success in the Mid-American Conference softball landscape. For the 2023 season, Hensley spent her graduate year playing for Alabama where the Roll Tide participated in the Women's College World Series.
In her time at Ball State, Hensley was named MAC Player of the Year in her senior season and earned First Team All-MAC honors in the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Honored as a NFCA All-Great Lakes All-Region player in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Hensley was also a three-time MAC Player of the Week in her time as a Cardinal.
Academically, Hensley was a 2022 First Team All-America honoree from College Sport Communicators, one of 30 NCAA D1 players to receive the honor. In the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Hensley was named Academic All-MAC and was a Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar Athlete. For the 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons, Faith earned Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete honors.
Total in her time as a Cardinal posted a .389 batting average, hitting .404 in her senior season, 3rd best in the MAC. Hensley ranked in the top-ten in 10 offensive categories in the 2022 season in the MAC a .814 slugging percentage (2nd), a .533 on-base percentage (1st), a 1.347 OPS (2nd), scored 51 runs (3rd), had 63 hits (3rd), charted 40 RBI (5th), hit 17 home runs (2nd), drew 37 walks (1st) and stole 13 bases (9th).
With Alabama, Hensley hit started 23 games, appearing in 51. She stole six bases with five walks and was hit by five pitches. Hensley hit two home runs on February 25th, 2023, one against Indiana State and one against Saint Louis. Against Auburn, Hensley charted a double in her pinch hit at-bat.
Hensley owns a .967 fielding percentage as an outfielder in her career with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage at Alabama in 2023.
In 2022, Hensley graduated from Ball State with a degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry, and in 2023 from Alabama with a master's in health sciences with a concentration in Health Promotion. Since then, Hensley has served as a camp coordinator and private instructor at DBAT in West Chester, Ohio, close to her hometown of Monroe, Ohio.
Head Coach McCall Salmon on the hiring of Hensley, "We are very excited to welcome Coach Hensley to Central Michigan.
Faith's experience and accomplishments as a student-athlete in both the MAC & SEC, coupled with her knowledge and passion for the game, made her an ideal candidate for our student-athletes & program.
She aligns with the core values of our program, and we are excited to have her lead our offense which had a record setting year in the spring of 2025."
For the latest news and updates on CMU Softball, follow the team on X (@cmusoftball) and Instagram (@cmichsoftball).
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