12 intercollegiate sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf and swimming & diving; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball. The university also has a co-ed cheer and pom squad.
=== Football ===
The university's football team's home games are played at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium in Arkadelphia. Henderson State shares the longest rivalry in Division II football with Ouachita Baptist University Tigers, the Battle of the Ravine, which began in 1895.
== Notable alumni ==
Bobby Bones, host of the nationally syndicated radio show Bobby Bones Show
Lloyd L. Burke 1950, Medal of Honor recipient
Osro Cobb, Republican politician and lawyer
Ken Duke, professional golfer
Bob Fisher, past president of Belmont University.
Roy Green, 1979, former American football wide receiver in the National Football League
Tony Johns, Canadian football player
Jimmie O. Keenan, Major General, United States Army, Former Chief of the United …
