Northwestern State University of Louisana

Twice first-team All-Southland in left field for back-to-back conference champions under John Cohen (2001) and Mitch Gaspard (2002) … career .374 batting average is second in school history … fifth in career slugging percentage (.591) … Hanson joins 2001 teammate Jordan Robinson, 1995 senior Matt Donner, 1993 senior Troy Conkle and N-Club HOF members Reggie Gatewood, Terry Joseph, Brian Lawrence, and Kyle Shade as the only Demons to make first-team All-Southland in back-to-back seasons … led 2002 Demons with .368 batting average (7 home runs, 46 RBI) after hitting .381 (second to David Quattrociocchi's .401) as a junior, when he had 8 homers and 52 RBI  … his 60 runs scored in 2002 is fifth on the single-season top 10 … Demons were 38-17/19-8 in 2001, 43-17, 14-10 in 2002, for an overall 81-34 mark and a 33-18 league slate in his two seasons.