Despite the medical issues, new USPNT head coach Stuart Sharp invited him to play for the US Paralympic National Team in April 2014.

He won bronze with the team at the 2014 America's Cup, and was the 2015 U.S. Soccer's Young Disabled Player of the Year.

Ensuing medical issues have also resulted in memory problems that adversely impacted his academic ability.

[3] On December 23, 2006, while playing the sport when he was a 14-year-old, he had a freak stroke following a header that left him with paralysis on the right side of his body.

[2][11] Hensley was the 2015 U.S. Soccer's Young Disabled Player of the Year,[4][12][13][14][15] winning the award the first time he was nominated.

[14][16][17] He was nominated alongside teammate Adam Ballou and US national amputee football team players Nicolai Calabria and Noah Grove.

This camp was in preparation for the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships in June of that year in England.

[22] At the World Championships, he scored important goals that allowed the United States to qualify for the Rio Games.

[26] Hensley captained the 14 man squad that represented the United States at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto.

[6] Hensley took part in a national team training camp in Chula Vista, California in early March 2016.