Published on March 25, 2014 by Zac Schrieber  

If you check the box score after a Samford University men’s basketball game, you will not find Nathaniel Henderson’s name on a stat line. Henderson's name will not appear on the Bulldogs’ roster, either. Yet Henderson made a tremendous impact on Samford’s basketball season without ever getting a minute of playing time. His story is featured in a recent Southern Conference video produced by 2012 Samford graduate Jordan Gotfredson. A former Samford soccer player, Gotfredson is now assistant director of multimedia services for the SoCon.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second-highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.