Hall of Fame
Casie Hanson was a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-America selection and still leads UND in a host of offensive statistical categories. The 2008 North Central Region Player of the Year, Hanson led North Dakota into the NCAA Division I transition, winning three CoSIDA Academic All-District nods, two in Division II and a third in her senior season (2010) in UND's D1 era.
The St. Peter, Minn., native was the Great West Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Player of the Year and Tournament Most Valuable Player as a senior. That season marked her fourth as an all-conference player as she led UND to its first and only conference championship.
Her career .455 batting average is 62 points better than the field at UND. She owns three of the top four season batting averages, paced by her .534 campaign in 2008. Her 183 career runs scored is 55 better than the runner-up at North Dakota and her 278 hits outpace the competition by 68. Hanson stakes claim to the top three-single season hit totals in program history, led by her 86 in 2007.
She also leads the school in career homers (32), is second in runs batted in (104) and stolen bases (60).
On the ice, Hanson was a three-time Western Collegiate Hockey Association scholar-athlete and all-academic team selection. As a senior she was named an ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District honoree. In 2007 she was named the WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year.
