2019 Softball Roster
Sara Hansen
- Hometown:
- Mount Pleasant, Mich.
- Class:
- Senior
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- High School:
- Sacred Heart Academy HS
2019: Earned Second Team All-MAC honors … Appeared in 46 games, started 41 games in the outfield … batted second in the lineup … ranked second on the team with 24 runs … posted nine multi-hit games … hit .277 and slugged .420 … led the team with 11 sacrifice bunts and seven stolen bases … tied for the team lead with four triples … singled, doubled, homered and drove in two runs vs. Utah State (2/15) … had two hits including a triple and drove in two runs vs. Buffalo (3/29) … recorded three hits including two doubles vs. Western Michigan (4/2) … doubled, tripled and drove in three runs vs. Ohio (4/6) … had three hits and two RBI vs. Ball State (4/27) … had two hits vs. Toledo (5/4) … named the MAC Player of the Week (4/9) after hitting .571 with a 1.071 slugging percentage in leading CMU to a 4-1 week, including three-game MAC sweep of Ohio … earned Academic All-MAC honors.
2018: Appeared in 39 games, making 38 starts, primarily in left field … posted seven multi-hit games … led the team with 14 sacrifice hits … had two hits and scored twice vs. College of Charleston (3/3) … had three hits, including a double, vs. Valparaiso (3/28) … had five hits in eight at-bats and had her first collegiate home run and two triples in a doubleheader vs. Buffalo (4/8) … two hits vs. Michigan State (4/25).
2017: Saw action in nine games, making eight starts, all in center field … primarily batted second in the lineup … posted a single vs. Lamar (2/10) … went 2-of-4 with a run in a 4-3 victory over Robert Morris (2/18) … cranked a double into left center with an RBI in a 11-0 win against UMass (2/18) …¦ notched two sacrifice bunts in a 7-0 shutout against Siena (2/19) … missed the rest of the season due to injury.
2016: Led team with 14 stolen bases … had two hits, including a double and scored a run, in 5-3 loss to Mercer in Mercer Invitational (2/12) … recorded two hits, scored a run, and stole a base in 4-1 win against No. 9 Arizona in Mary Nutter Tournament (3/20) … had a hit, scored a run, and stole a base in 4-3 loss to South Dakota (3/11) … had three hits and an RBI, stole a base, and scored three runs in doubleheader sweep of Valparaiso (3/22) … recorded season-highs in hits (4) and RBI (3) with two stolen bases in 8-4 win over Western Michigan (4/5) … had two hits and a stolen base in 4-2 loss to Bowling Green (4/8) … had a hit and a stolen base and scored a season-high three runs in 9-2 victory over Ball State (4/23) … had two hits and scored a run in 8-3 loss at Northern Illinois.
High School: 2014 Miss Softball Position Player by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association ... tied the national record in runs scored in a single season (82), while finishing her career ranked second nationally in consecutive games with a base hit (91) and career runs scored (252) during her sophomore campaign ... during sophomore season, led the Irish to the state semifinals, marking the first semifinals appearance for the school since 1994 ... ranks first in state history in consecutive games with a hit, hits in a season (100) and runs scored in a single season ... finished career by batting .547, while driving in 14 runs on 75 hits and scoring 57 runs ... recorded a perfect 50-for-50 in stolen bases ... established a new state record with 305 hits, while also tallying 91 RBIs, 252 runs scored, a .567 batting average and a .592 on base percentage.
