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26 Maddie Hansen

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ely, Iowa
  • High School Cedar Rapids Jefferson HS

Biography

2019 NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team
2019 Summit League All-Tournament Team
2019 All-Summit League First Team
2019 Summit League Player of the Week
2019 Summit League All-Academic Team
2019, 2018 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2019 Summit League Commissioner's List
2019 Summit League Honor Roll


2019 SEASON (SENIOR): Started in 56 games at catcher ... Started 92 of 96 games played during career ... Named to NFCA All-Midwest Region second team ... Hit .331 with 12 home runs and 45 runs batted in ... Scored 31 runs and issued team-high 26 walks ... Led team with four sacrifice flies and added four sacrifice hits ... Finished with team best .631 slugging percentage and .418 on-base percentage ... Fielded .988 with four errors in 346 fielding chances ... Had 19 fielding assists and threw out nine of 44 runners attempting to steal ... Led team with 11 multi-RBI games including a career-high 4 on three occasions ... Tied for team lead with 17 two-out RBI ... Named to Summit League all-tournament team after hitting .364 with one home run, two runs scored and two RBI ... all-Summit League first team selection after hitting .353 with five home runs, 14 runs scored and 17 RBI ... Summit League Player of the Week ... Summit League All-Academic team ... NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... Summit League Commissioner's List ... Summit League Honor Roll ... No. 7 all-time at NDSU with .991 fielding percentage.   

2018 SEASON (JUNIOR): Started in 36 of 40 games played including 24 assignments at catcher ... Hit .206 with seven doubles and 18 RBI ... Scored 21 runs, issued 20 walks and twice hit by pitch ... Had season best three hits including a double and RBI against Southern Utah (2-9-18) in first game with NDSU ... Season-high three RBI on three occasions including vs. Monmouth (3-18-18) ... Had a pair of doubles and three RBI in 7-1 win over Columbia (3-11-18) ... NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete.

KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
 Selected the 2017 and 2016 NJCAA Division II Diamond Sports Catcher of the Year for Kirkwood Community College and head coach Joe Yegge … Two-time first team NJCAA All-American … Two-time first team all-region … Member of NJCAA Softball All-Star team that played in the 23rd annual Canada Cup Softball Championship in July 2017 … Led Eagles to 113-12 record during career including a No. 2 national ranking in 2017 and national tournament appearance in both 2016 and 2017 … During the 2017 season, Hansen hit .534 with 19 home runs and 92 RBI … Contributed 81 runs scored, 20 double and three triples ... Hit .455 with 20 home runs and 93 RBI as a freshman in 2016 ... Finished with 183 total bases with 19 doubles and a pair of triples … Issued 27 walks and twice hit by pitch … Added six sacrifice flies.

HIGH SCHOOL: Five-year starter for Cedar Rapids Jefferson and head coach Brian Erbe … Three-time first team all-state selection … Three-time all-metro … Four-time first team all-conference pick … Led Cedar Rapids Jefferson to fourth place finish at state as a senior, fifth place as a sophomore and seventh at state as a junior … Hit .492 as a senior with 11 home runs and 46 runs batted in … Issued 34 walks, cracked 20 doubles … Had a .913 slugging percentage and .600 on-base percentage.

SUMMER LEAGUE: Played for Eastern Iowa Barracudas and Ken Timmesch.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jacob and Dana Hansen … Has one brother, Michael, and one sister, Sam … College major is sport management.


THE HANSEN FILE
Favorite Movies: Elf, The Heat
Favorite Food: Chicken nuggets
Favorite Singers: Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Actor: Will Ferrell
Favorite Actress: Melissa McCarthy
Favorite TV Shows: Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Friday Night Lights
Favorite Song: I'll Name The Dogs by Blake Shelton
Favorite Book: The Energy Bus
Favorite Athlete: Yadier Molina

MADDIE'S CAREER BESTS (NDSU)
Offense
At-Bats: 5 at Texas State 2-11-19; at Duke, 3-2-18
Runs: 2 vs. 9 teams, last vs. Omaha, 4-27-19
Hits: 3 vs. 5 teams, last vs. Omaha, 4-26-19
RBI: 4 vs. 3 teams, last vs. Omaha, 4-26-19
2B: 2 vs. Montana, 3-1-19; vs. Columbia, 3-11-18
3B: N/A
HR: 1 vs. 12 teams, last vs. South Dakota State, 5-10-19
BB: 2 vs. 6 teams, last vs. South Dakota, 5-11-19
SB: 1 vs.South Dakota State, 5-9-19
SH: 1 vs. 4 teams, last vs. South Dakota, 5-11-19
SF: 1 vs. 4 teams, last vs. Omaha, 4-26-19
HBP: 1 vs. BYU, 3-31-18; vs. Cal State Fullerton, 2-16-18

Fielding
Fielding Chances: 16  vs. Utah Valley, 2-11-18
Putouts: 16 vs. Utah Valley, 2-11-18
Assists: 2 at Purdue Fort Wayne, 3-24-19

Multi-Hit: 16 games (11, 2019 / 5, 2018)
Multi-Run: 11 games (8, 2019 / 3, 2018)
Multi-RBI: 12 games (11, 2019 / 1, 2018)

Longest Hitting Streak: 7 games, 2019

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2018Junior

    Catcher
    5'6"
    26
  • 26

    2019Senior

    Catcher
    5'6"
    26