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Arizona: Hanson was recruited as a potential first baseman, among other talents and will contend with several others for the critical defensive role there... Skill with the bat and speed puts her in the Wildcats' short-game picture... High School: Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 1997... Hanson earned four letters in softball while playing first base for coach Gary Walin... Earned second-team Ventura County Coaches All-County and second-team All-Marmonte League honors as a freshman... Second-team L.A. Times All-County selection as a sophomore... Followed that her junior season with first-team L.A. Times All-County and second-team All-CIF selections... First-team All-Marmonte League and Ventura County Coaches All-County her final three years... Honors her senior season include first-team All-CIF selection, Cal Hi Sports All-State team, Daily News All-Area and All-Star selection, Marmonte League All-Star team... Also named L.A. Times Ventura County Player of the Year and Ventura County Coaches Defensive Player of the Year in '97...Three-time team MVP and two-time team Best Offensive and Best Defensive Player awards... Set school single-season record in '97 with .457 batting average... Tied Amy Chellevold's school single-season record for hits... Set fielding percentage records with .988 career percentage and .996 season percentage in '97... Lettered three years as a starter at stopper and sweeper in soccer... Named to soccer first-team All-Marmonte League in '96 when team also won the Marmonte League Championship... Second-team All-Marmonte League selection in '97 as well as team co-captain and Most Inspirational Player Award... Personal:
Academic major to be determined... Daughter of Richard and Dale Hanson
of Thousand Oaks, Calif... Father and mother are both graduates of Cal-State
Northridge... Father earned masters degree at USC and is a Sales Manager
for StairMaster... Hanson earned an academic letter (3.6 GPA or higher)
all four years... Recipient of U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete
Award... Younger sister, Vanessa, plays high school softball and soccer...
Full name Erika Kim Hanson...
1999 Arizona: Hanson figures to contend for a role in the lineup this year after apprenticeship behind a three- time All-American last year (Lety Pineda)... She contributed in 1998 and brings a good attitude to the mix... In her opportunities, she did well and contributed 11 runs as a pinch runner, plus recorded a .393 on base percentage because she drew eight bases on balls in 28 plate appearances... Also drove in four runs, two of those on sacrifice fly balls in one game... Did not commit an error in several appearances at the bag... First base is a natural softball position for a lefty like Hanson... Coaches expect her to get more chances to develop as a hitter... High School: Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 1997... Hanson earned four letters in softball while playing first base for coach Gary Walin... Earned second-team Ventura County Coaches All-County and second-team All-Marmonte League honors as a freshman... Second-team L.A. Times All- County selection as a sophomore... Followed that her junior season with first-team L.A. Times All-County and second-team All-CIF selections... First-team All-Marmonte League and Ventura County Coaches All-County her final three years... Honors her senior season include first-team All-CIF selection, Cal Hi Sports All-State team, Daily News All-Area and All-Star selection, Marmonte League All-Star team... Also named L.A. Times Ventura County Player of the Year and Ventura County Coaches Defensive Player of the Year in '97...Three-time team MVP and two-time team Best Offensive and Best Defensive Player awards... Set school single-season record in '97 with .457 batting average... Tied Amy Chellevold's school single-season record for hits... Set fielding percentage records with .988 career percentage and .996 season percentage in '97... Lettered three years as a starter at stopper and sweeper in soccer... Named to soccer first-team All-Marmonte League in '96 when team also won the Marmonte League Championship... Second-team All-Marmonte League selection in '97 as well as team co-captain and Most Inspirational Player Award... Personal: Academic major is nutrition science... Daughter of Richard and Dale Hanson of Thousand Oaks, Calif... Father and mother are both graduates of Cal-State Northridge... Father earned masters degree at USC and is a Sales Manager for StairMaster... Hanson earned an academic letter (3.6 GPA or higher) all four years... Recipient of U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award... Younger sister, Vanessa, plays high school softball and soccer... Full name Erika Kim Hanson... Back to Ventura Athletes |
