AS A SENIOR (2018)
Finished his career tied for fourth in school history with 87 walks…Played in 36 games, splitting time between shortstop and second base…Hit .290, slugged .442, tallied four home runs with 19 RBIs…Hit a two-run home run in the MAC Tournament against CMU (5/23)…Went 2-for-4, scored twice in game one against BGSU (5/17)...2-for-5 at Dayton (5/15)...Went 3-for-4 at the plate against Butler (5/9)...Hit a line drive single up the middle in his first at-bat back from injury...Had two hits, three RBIs in 15-0 win at NIU (5/5)...Left series opener at Miami (3/30) due to an injury...Did not play at Ohio State (3/28)...Two RBI’s on bases loaded walks in the 13-4 win over WMU (3/25)...Scored two runs each in the Saturday and Sunday contests at Cincinnati (3/17-18)...Hit .480 during spring break road trip, tallying 12 hits...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored at Georgia (3/10)...Smacked a game-tying three-run home run in the eighth inning at Southeastern Louisiana (3/6)...Went 6-for-12 at LSU Baseball Invitational last weekend with four extra-base hits...2-for-4 against Southeastern (3/3)...3-for-4 against Sacred Heart (3/4)...Team-best .385 batting average at Austin Peay, hit two home runs as well...Went 3-for-5 against St. Louis (2/18), scoring three times...Tied for team-high six runs scored opening weekend.
AS A JUNIOR (2017)
Started all 58 games at shortstop…Hit .234 and drove in 36 RBIs…21 extra-base hits (14 double, one triple, six home runs)…Scored a team-best 44 runs…13 multi-hit games…Drove in a career-high seven runs against Buffalo on April 15, the first seven-RBI performance by a Rocket since 2010; was 3-for-6 that game and scored four runs…Was 3-for-5 against Boston College on March 7 with two doubles and three runs scored…Career-high five hits against Ball State in the MAC Tournament on May 25. Also tied a career-high with four runs scored vs. the Cardinals…2-for-5 at Richmond on Feb. 26, when he drove in two runs and scored two…Homered in three straight games: April 15, 16 against Buffalo and April 19 at Dayton…3-for-4 at Bowling Green in the first game of a doubleheader on April 8; had three walks in the second game…Smacked a three-run home run against Western Michigan on April 2…Tallied two hits, drove in two runs, and scored twice against Central Michigan on May 13.
ASÂ A SOPHOMORE (2016)
Started 52 games at second base...Hit .202 with 24 runs scored, six doubles, two home runs, 25 RBIs and 18 walks...Second on the team with six stolen bases on nine attempts...Second on the team in home runs and hit by pitch (8)...Third on the team in walks...Fourth on the team in RBIs...Fifth on the team in doubles...Recorded seven multi-hit games...Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak...Went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, scored three times and plated two runs vs. Northern Illinois in the MAC Tournament (May 25)...Was 3-for-4 with a home run and a double, drove in four runs and scored three times at Northern Illinois (May 6)...Singled three times in four at-bats with two RBIs vs. Wright State (April 17)...Went 1-for3 with a home run, two RBIs, and two runs vs. Ball State (May 15)...Went 2-for-3, walked, scored a run, stole a base and drove in a pair at Northern Illinois (May 8)...Collected two hits and a stolen base at Duke (March 4)...Went 2-for-3 with a walk vs. Western Michigan (April 30)...Had two hits in four at-bats with two runs and two RBIs vs. Eastern Michigan (May 21).
AS A FRESHMAN (2015)
Started all 58 games (46 games at second base, 12 at shortstop)...Hit .244 (53-for-217) with 23 runs scored, two doubles, two triples, 27 RBI and 26 walks...In MAC play, hit .233 (24-for-103) with five doubles, one triple and 19 RBI...Second on team in RBI and stolen bases...Led team in triples...Fourth on the team in hits and doubles...Led squad in sac bunts (22)...Had 11 multi-hit games...Earned two season-high six-game hitting-streaks...Went 1-for-5 with one double and two RBI at Belmont (Feb. 14)...Knocked in five RBI and scored one run in every game of series at Eastern Michigan (May 14-16)...Ripped one double in every game of series at Western Michigan (April 10-12)...Went 5-for-9 with five RBI and one triple in doubleheader at Ball State (April 26)...Swiped two bags against Northern Illinois (April 18)...Reached base three times with two walks and one single with an RBI at Cincinnati (March 14 G2)...Walked twice and ripped RBI single vs Miami (May 10)...Went 2-for-3 with one RBI and stolen base against Kent State (March 21)...Walked twice and plated one runner at Ohio (May 2).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2014 graduate of McDowell High School...Three-year letterwinner in baseball and three years in basketball...Batted .538 with five double, four triples, 32 RBI and 22 stolen bases as senior...First-team all-state as selected by Pennsylvania Baseball Coaches Association (PBCA)...First-team all-region...Hit .440 with two three-base hits, two round trippers and 17 RBI as junior...First-team all-state as chosen by PBCA...Batted .410 in American Legion in 2013...Played in 2013 East vs. West All-Star Game at State College...Three-year starting guard on basketball team...Member of National Honor Society...Finished among top one percent in senior class...Member of Student Ambassadors.
PERSONAL
Born Matthew Carl Hansen...Parents are Tom and Julie Hansen...Has two brothers, Eric and Greg...Major is mechanical engineering.
Career Highs
Hits: 5 (at EMU, 5-14-15)
HR: 2, 2 times (Last at BG, 4-8-17)
Runs: 4 (at BG, 4-8-17)
RBI: 6 (at BG, 4-8-17)
