University of Iowa Athletics
JerQuavia  Henderson - Women's Gymnastics - University of Iowa Athletics

JerQuavia Henderson

Position All-Around
Class Fifth Year
Hometown Peoria, Ill.
High School Dunlap

Hawk Item

  • Three-time All-American
  • Third Hawkeye to earn multiple All-America distinctions
  • Three-time first-team All-Big Ten selection
  • Second GymHawk to earn All-American honors in three consecutive seasons
  • Shares school record on floor, scoring a 9.975

2023

  • Competed in all 12 meets and competed in all-around four times.
  • WCGA second-team All-American on floor
  • Big Ten All-Championship Team
  • Co-Big Ten Floor Champion
  • First Team All-Big Ten
  • Earned Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week on Feb. 20 after performing the first Yurchenko 1.5 by a Hawkeye gymnast on vault.
  • Was Co-Event Specialist of the Week on Feb. 8 after scoring a 9.925 on floor to take first place overall.
  • Scored 9.900 or higher on floor in 10 of 12 competitions, including two 9.975 which is the school record, and scored a 9.900 or higher on vault and balance beam six times.
  • Led the team with 16 9.900 or higher scores.
  • Won 15 event titles, including one all-arounds, and posted 21 top-three finishes.
  • Set or tied career bests in four events during the regular season.
  • Won two events and tallied a second-place finish against Iowa State (3/4), sharing bars title (9.850), sharing floor title (9.925), and sharing second place on beam (9.825).
  • Won floor (9.925) and vault (9.850) at Nebraska (2/6).
  • Shared floor title (9.925) at Big Five Meet (2/24)
  • Tied for 12th on floor in final Road to National rankings.
  • Ranked second on floor, 19th on balance beam and tied for 19th on vault in final Big Ten rankings.
  • 2023 Big Ten Gymnast to Watch
  • Letterwinner

2022

  • Completed in all but one meet during the season
  • Won 12 event titles, including five all-arounds, and posted 27 top-three finishes
  • Set or tied career bests in four events during the regular season
  • Scored 9.900 or higher on floor in 12 of 13 competitions and 9.900 or higher on vault in five meets
  • Won vault and floor titles against Eastern Michigan (1/8) and Texas Woman’s (1/14)
  • Won three events against Nebraska (1/29), winning vault (9.900), floor (9.925) and all-around (39.475)
  • Won three events and tallied a second-place finish against Penn State (2/4), taking first in beam (9.850), floor (9.975) and all-around (39.425), while finishing second on vault (9.850)
  • Won floor (9.950) and all-around at Rutgers (2/11)
  • Was runner-up on floor (9.950) at Big Five Meet (2/18)
  • Won floor title (9.975) and finished first in all-around (39.325) at Iowa State (3/4)
  • Scored one perfect 10 and tied a career-best and school record on floor, scoring 9.975s against Penn State (2/4) and at Iowa State (3/4).

2022 Honors

  • WGCA Second-Team All-American on floor
  • First-team All-Big Ten selection
  • Big Ten Specialist of the Week on Jan. 10.

2021

  • Competed in all 11 meets and in the all-around eight times
  • Tied a school record on floor set in 2004, scoring a 9.975 in Iowa’s tri-meet against Minnesota and Maryland (2/13), while also posting a career-best on beam (9.875)
  • Performance on floor helped team to school floor record… received a 10.000 from one judge on floor en route to her career-best score
  • Won the all-around and shared the floor title at Illinois (1/31)
  • Scored a 39.325 to win all-around and shared titles on floor (9.900) and vault (9.850)
  • Shared the floor title (9.925) and won the all-around (38.875) in the road victory at Nebraska (2/20)
  • Tied for second on the vault (9.925) in helping the team to a Big Five Meet (2/27) win in Ann Arbor
  • Won the vault (9.875), tied for first on floor (9.925) and was second in all-around (38.600) in the victory over Illinois (3/6)
  • Tied for first on vault (9.900) in road win at Nebraska (3/14)
  • Won on floor (9.925) in the road victory at Nebraska (3/14)
  • Tied for fourth on vault with a career-high 9.925 at the Big Ten Championships (3/20)
  • Shared the floor title (9.925) at the NCAA Regionals (4/2)
  • Placed sixth in all-around (39.250) at Regional.

2021 Honors

  •  WCGA second-team All-American
  • First-team All-Big Ten selection
  • Big Ten All-Championships team after winning a share of floor title, becoming fourth Big Ten champion in school history
  • CGN Comeback Gymnast of the Year.

2020

  • Named to the 2020 Big Ten Women’s Gymnasts to Watch List
  • Did not see action due to injury

High School

  • 2019- Level 6/9/10 State Championship Meet: AA 38.225, third place
  • 2019- Level 9/10 Regional Championships: AA 37.575, seventh place
  • 2019- JO National Championships: AA 29.550, 54th place
  • 2018- Level 6/9/1- State Championship Meet: AA 37.600, fifth place
  • 2018- Level 9/10 Regional Championships: AA 38.225, third place
  • 2018- JO National Championships: AA 37.700, 18th place
  • 2017- Level 8/9/10 State Championship Meet: AA 37.250, third place
  • 2017- Level 9/10 Regional Championships: AA 37.95, fourth place
  • 2017 JO National Championships: AA 37.85, seventh place
  • 2016- Level 9/10 Championships: AA 37.325, fourth place
  • 2016- Level 9 Easter Championships: AA 37.625, second place
  • Peoria Journal Star’s 2018 Central Illinois Best of Preps: Gymnast of the Year
  • Member of the Best Buddies and Foreign Language Club
  • Club coaches were Kim Brendixen and Brett Hewetson at Gym Corner.

Personal

  • Born July 8, 2001
  • Daughter of Letcha and Kennethy Haywood
  • Has two siblings (Keyaira and Zuri Haywood)
  • Health and human physiology major

Career Bests

Event Score Opponent Date
Vault 9.925 3X, last vs. Rutgers 2/18/23
Bars 9.825 2x, last at NCAA Regionals 3/30/23
Beam 9.925 at Southern Utah 3/10/23
Floor 9.975 5X, last at Southern Utah 3/10/23
All-Around 39.500 2x, last at NCAA Regionals 3/30/23
Henderson Takes Share of Floor Title at Big Ten Championships Henderson Takes Share of Floor Title at Big Ten Championships
HENDERSON AND KENLIN EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORS HENDERSON AND KENLIN EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORS
No. 20 Hawkeyes Defeat No. 39 Cyclones in Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Meet No. 20 Hawkeyes Defeat No. 39 Cyclones in Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Meet
No. 20 Hawkeyes Post Season-High; Finish 2nd at Big Five Meet No. 20 Hawkeyes Post Season-High; Finish 2nd at Big Five Meet
No. 18 Hawkeyes Top Rutgers in Front of Big CHA Crowd No. 18 Hawkeyes Top Rutgers in Front of Big CHA Crowd
No. 17 Hawkeyes Upset No. 12 Michigan State No. 17 Hawkeyes Upset No. 12 Michigan State
Henderson Earns Big Ten Co-Event Specialist of the Week Henderson Earns Big Ten Co-Event Specialist of the Week
No. 16 Iowa Rolls Past Nebraska No. 16 Iowa Rolls Past Nebraska
No. 15 Hawkeyes posted seventh-best score in program history, 196.875, against No. 18 Minnesota No. 15 Hawkeyes posted seventh-best score in program history, 196.875, against No. 18 Minnesota
Hawkeyes Post 196.900 in Columbus Hawkeyes Post 196.900 in Columbus
No. 16 HAWKEYES POST 196.575, SETTING NEW SEASON-HIGH SCORE No. 16 HAWKEYES POST 196.575, SETTING NEW SEASON-HIGH SCORE
Henderson and Kenlin Named Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch Henderson and Kenlin Named Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch