Henning won the 158-pound title at the 1981 NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Wrestling Championships as a senior, helping the Tigers to a sixth-place finish in the team standings at the nationals. He was a two-time NAIA All-American at FHSU, coming in fourth at the 1979 NAIAs as a sophomore, helping the team to place seventh that year. Henning was the second-ever national champion for FHSU in wrestling, eleven years after Leland Tresner won his NAIA title in 1969. (The FHSU Tigers now wrestle in NCAA Division II.)
In addition to Henning, other members of the Tiger Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015 include Jeff Bieker (baseball), Jayme Eichner (volleyball), Jim Montgomery (track & field), Vicki Thom Smith (gymnastics), and Ed and Donna Stehno (contributors).
The induction ceremony will take place Halloween morning, Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Memorial Union Ballroom on the campus of Fort Hays State University at 10 a.m. The inductees will also be recognized at halftime of the football game vs. Nebraska-Kearney at 2:30 p.m.
Fort Hayes State established the Tiger Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. The school's wrestling program was founded in 1927.
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