University of North Dakota Athletics

2007-08 (Junior): Assistant captain ... Named WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year ... Named a WCHA Scholar Athlete for the second straight year ... Also chosen to her second straight WCHA All-Academic team ... Named UND’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (all sports) ... Named team’s most dedicated player ... Also earned team’s academic award ... Appeared in all 36 games and achieved career highs in goals (seven), assists (six) and points (13) ... Tied for second on the team in goals and ranked fourth in scoring ... Also notched a career-high three power-play goals to tie for second on the team ... Enjoyed the first two multi-point games of her career with a goal and an assist at St. Cloud State (Nov. 9) and two goals at Wisconsin (Feb. 3) ... Had a career-long four-game scoring streak from Oct. 27 to Nov. 9 during which time she scored three goals and two assists ... Finished the regular season with four goals in the final five games ... Scored spectacular, diving goal against St. Cloud State (Feb. 9) that was chosen play of the week by KVLY-TV (NBC, Fargo, N.D.) ...  Also lettered in softball and earned All-America honors for the second straight season ... Also earned ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America honors ... Hit a school-record .534 to win her second straight North Central Conference batting title ... Also set UND single-season records for home runs (13) and total bases (122).

2006-07 (Sophomore): Named to WCHA All-Academic Team ... Received UND’s High Octane Award for high-quality and consistent performance throughout the season ... Appeared in all 36 games and achieved career bests in virtually every offensive category ... Tied for fourth on the team in scoring and fifth in goals ... Scored her first career goal at Wisconsin (Oct. 27) ... Tallied her first career power-play goal against Ohio State (Feb. 2) ... Earned second letter ... Also lettered in softball and was named first softball All-American in UND history ... Also named an Academic All-American by ESPN the Magazine ... Led the North Central Conference in batting average (.455), on-base percentage (.490), hits (86) and runs scored (61), the latter two setting UND single-season records ... Owns a school-record .418 career batting average. 

2005-06 (Freshman): Was named UND’s Female Rookie of the Year (all sports) ... Received team’s Unsung Hero Award and was also named team’s Academic Champion ... Appeared in 32 games and notched three assists ... Made her collegiate debut in the season opener at Minnesota State (Oct. 14) ... Collected her first career point with an assist at Ohio State (Nov. 18) ... Also had assists against Minnesota (Dec. 3) and Wisconsin (Jan. 13) ... Earned first letter ... Also lettered in softball and was named North Central Conference Freshman of the Year ... Finished third in the NCC batting race with a .367 average, just two percentage points shy of UND’s rookie record ... Tied or set Sioux rookie records for triples (five), total bases (79) and slugging percentage (.568) and led the team in 13 different offensive categories.

Before UND: A 2005 graduate of St. Peter High School ... Lettered three times in hockey as a prep ... A two-time all-state honorable mention and a three-time all-conference selection ... Scored 36 goals and added 16 assists as a senior ... Also lettered three times in softball and volleyball and once in track and field ... Earned all-state honors in softball and was a three-time all-conference pick ... Named to all-state tournament team ... An all-section pick in volleyball and track.

Personal: Majoring physical education and exercise science ... Daughter of Craig and Colleen Hanson.

Hanson's Career Stats