Carter Hanson

Position:
OF
Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bloomington, Minn.
High School:
Thomas Jefferson

Career Program Records: Home Runs – T-6th (24 total – 2022-25); Runs Batted In – 6th (125 total - 2022-25)

2025 – Senior: Started in all 48 games played for the Minutemen with a .303 batting average … Totaled a team-leading 56 hits, including a team-high 14 doubles and seven home runs … Led the team in RBI with 43 and tallied 34 runs … Totaled 91 bases … Matched a career-high two doubles at Coppins State (2/28) … Hit home runs in back-to-back games twice on the season (at Coppin State (3/2), at Quinnipiac (3/4); at Navy (3/8), at Navy (3/8)) … Batted in a season-high four in back-to-back games (vs. George Washington (4/25), vs. George Washington (4/27)) … Scored a season-best four runs at Davidson (3/15), going 2-for-3 with a double … Tied for first on the team with 14 multi-hit games and had a team-leading 12 multi-RBI games … Registered a nine-game long hitting streak and a reached base streak of nine … Posted a .929 fielding percentage with 101 putouts and four assists, while contributing to one double play.

2024 – Junior: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (4/29) … Made 48 appearances with 47 starts for the Minutemen … Brought in a team-high 45 runs on 46 hits, while tallying 25 runs with a .254 batting average … Led the team in sacrifice flies with four … Had nine doubles and eight home runs on the season … Totaled a career-high four hits, including a double and a home run, in game one at VCU (3/28) … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs and a career-best five RBI in the 8-5 game one win over Saint Joseph’s (4/26) … Tallied 11 multi-hit games, including a four-hit contest … Totaled 13 multi-RBI games with one five-plus RBI contest … Had an eight-game hitting streak and a reached base streak of 17 … Registered a .973 fielding percentage with 98 putouts, nine assists and three errors.

2023 – Sophomore: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Started in 44 of 48 games played for the Minutemen … Had a .302 batting average with 51 hits, including eight doubles and nine home runs, ranking second on the team … Tallied 13 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI contests, the second-most on the team … Finished the season with his longest hitting streak of nine games and longest reach-base streak of 12 games … Led the team with 40 runs and was second on the team with 35 RBI … Totaled 86 bases on the year … Registered a career high three hits vs. Davidson (4/9), vs. Richmond (4/15) and vs. Dayton (5/18) … Went yard twice against Dayton (5/19), marking a career-best, while driving in a career high four runs … Scored a career high four runs at Navy (3/4) … Recorded six stolen bases on the year … Had 103 putouts, two assists and two errors for a .981 fielding percentage.

2022 – Freshman: Saw time in 15 games including three starts in right field … Brought in two runs on five hits, while tallying six runs, with a .238 batting average … Earned a 1.000 fielding average while recording 10 outs … Had a career-high two hit adn two runs, while bringing in a run in a win over Siena (4/27) … Recorded a hit and an RBI against VCU (5/14).

Before UMass: Attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Bloomington, Minnesota ... Played under head coach Jim Gess ... Three-time All-Conference and All-Selection honoree from freshman year through senior season … Team Captain as a senior … Was All-Metro and Minnesota All-Star member … Helped his team to a Metro West Conference Championship … Captain of the football team and was named to All-District Team as a senior … Three-time Academic Letter Award winner (sophomore; junior; senior) … Competed for Minnesota Mash Club.