University of San Francisco Athletics

Dana Hendershott was born on October 24, 1949 in Santa Cruz, CA, and attended his local Santa Cruz High School. At 6’ 4”, 200 lbs., he played as a relief pitcher at USF, and threw and batted left-handed. He was a USF All-Time leader in wins, ERA, innings pitched, complete games, appearances and strike-outs. As a sophomore at USF in 1969, he posted a single season record of 1.67 ERA in 21 games. He pitched 7.2 innings in a winning game 3-2 against third-ranked Stanford. His junior year, he won 6 out of 24 games, with 99 strike-outs, in 96.1 innings pitched. His senior year, he posted 11 wins with a 1.84 ERA record, earned All-American selection in 1971, First-Team All-Conference, All-District Honors, and the Green and Gold Loyalty Award. He graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor’s in Mathematics. 
 
He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 26^th Round of the 1971 Draft, and played in the minors for the Medford Dodgers, the El Paso Dodgers, the Daytona Beach Dodgers, the Waterbury Dodgers, and the Bakersfield Dodgers.