Augsburg University Athletics

Hanson was a multi-sport athlete at Augsburg, as a four-sport athlete in both women’s basketball and softball. She also played one year on Augsburg’s club golf team, and even volunteered to play one tennis match in 1992 to fill out an open position. In basketball, she earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors twice, scoring 913 career points (ninth in school history), with 537 career rebounds (eighth in school history), 43 career blocked shots and a 47 percent field-goal average (second-best in school history). She led the team in scoring and rebounding in both her junior and senior seasons. In softball, Hanson earned All-MIAC and second-team All-West Region honors in 1992 as a catcher. That season, she became one of just six players in school history to have an errorless fielding season. In her career, she threw out 20 runners trying to steal, the third-best total in school history. Hanson majored in psychology and physical education at Augsburg, and has worked for 3M for 14 years in various positions. She has served as a volunteer in numerous capacities through 3M, including as an e-mentor for Johnson High School Students and working with Junior Achievement students. She and her partner, Roni Harless, live in Somerset, Wisconsin.