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Jersey Number 17
Brittany Hanssen
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Grand Island Central Catholic
- Hometown:
- Grand Island, Neb.
Honors and Awards
•MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11)
As a Senior (2011)
Started every match, averaging 1.72 kills and 0.94 blocks per set...Topped the team in blocks per set and total blocks (101)…Finished her career ranked 10th in school history with 325 block assists and 15th with 342 total blocks…Achieved the first double-double of her career with a career-best 10 blocks and 10 kills against UMKC (Sept. 21)…Made her season debut against UIC on Aug. 26 with five blocks…Followed up against host Bradley with a match-leading eight blocks that same night…Put up six blocks and a season-high 10 kills against Northern State on Sept. 3…Matched her season best of 10 kills on three occasions.
As a Junior (2010)
Appeared in 111 sets over 30 matches, averaging 1.55 kills and 0.66 blocks per set...Led the squad at the net with 73 total blocks for the season, while also ranking fourth in total kills (172)...Opened the year with a nine-kill, seven-block effort against Northern State...Matched her career high of seven blocks twice – first against Northern State on Sept. 3 and again at Fort Hays State on Oct. 31...Also had a season-best 12 kills at FHSU...Hit double-figure kills on two other occasions: 10 at Missouri Western on Oct. 8 and 10 again in an upset of nationally-ranked Truman on Nov. 6...Added a career-high three service aces against TSU...Notched a career-best six digs at MWSU...Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
As a Sophomore (2009)
Started 31 of 34 matches she played...Averaged 1.56 kills and 0.63 blocks over 128 sets...Notched 81 blocks for the year, which ranked second on the team...Put up seven blocks against Nebraska-Kearney for a career high, along with three kills...Totaled 200 kills on the season, highlighted by five matches in double-figure attacking...Ripped a career-best 15 kills against Pittsburg State...Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2008)
Appeared in 32 matches and started 24...Second on the team in blocks with 87...Fifth on the team with 187 kills...Recorded 10-plus kills in two different matches...Tallied seven blocks for a career high against Nebraska-Kearney...Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
As a Freshman (2007)
Redshirted.
Grand Island Central Catholic High School
Coached by Sharon Zavala at Grand Island Central Catholic High School...Two-sport letterwinner in volleyball and tennis...Class C-1 all-state honorable mention selection in 2006...Helped lead GICC to a runner-up finish at the 2006 Class C-1 Nebraska State Tournament, where she earned all-tournament team honors...Class C-2 state volleyball champions in 2005...Finished her high school career ranked fourth in career blocks and 10th in career points at GICC...Placed fourth in the 2005 Class B Nebraska State Tennis Tournament in No. 2 singles...Member of the National Honor Society and high honor roll.
Club Volleyball
Played for the Grand Island Juniors under coach Erin Brosz...Helped her team qualify for the 2007 USA junior nationals in Minneapolis, Minn.
Personal
Born on June 18, 1989 in Grand Island, Neb., to Gaylord and Dee Hanssen...Majoring in physical education.
•MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11)
As a Senior (2011)
Started every match, averaging 1.72 kills and 0.94 blocks per set...Topped the team in blocks per set and total blocks (101)…Finished her career ranked 10th in school history with 325 block assists and 15th with 342 total blocks…Achieved the first double-double of her career with a career-best 10 blocks and 10 kills against UMKC (Sept. 21)…Made her season debut against UIC on Aug. 26 with five blocks…Followed up against host Bradley with a match-leading eight blocks that same night…Put up six blocks and a season-high 10 kills against Northern State on Sept. 3…Matched her season best of 10 kills on three occasions.
As a Junior (2010)
Appeared in 111 sets over 30 matches, averaging 1.55 kills and 0.66 blocks per set...Led the squad at the net with 73 total blocks for the season, while also ranking fourth in total kills (172)...Opened the year with a nine-kill, seven-block effort against Northern State...Matched her career high of seven blocks twice – first against Northern State on Sept. 3 and again at Fort Hays State on Oct. 31...Also had a season-best 12 kills at FHSU...Hit double-figure kills on two other occasions: 10 at Missouri Western on Oct. 8 and 10 again in an upset of nationally-ranked Truman on Nov. 6...Added a career-high three service aces against TSU...Notched a career-best six digs at MWSU...Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
As a Sophomore (2009)
Started 31 of 34 matches she played...Averaged 1.56 kills and 0.63 blocks over 128 sets...Notched 81 blocks for the year, which ranked second on the team...Put up seven blocks against Nebraska-Kearney for a career high, along with three kills...Totaled 200 kills on the season, highlighted by five matches in double-figure attacking...Ripped a career-best 15 kills against Pittsburg State...Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2008)
Appeared in 32 matches and started 24...Second on the team in blocks with 87...Fifth on the team with 187 kills...Recorded 10-plus kills in two different matches...Tallied seven blocks for a career high against Nebraska-Kearney...Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
As a Freshman (2007)
Redshirted.
Grand Island Central Catholic High School
Coached by Sharon Zavala at Grand Island Central Catholic High School...Two-sport letterwinner in volleyball and tennis...Class C-1 all-state honorable mention selection in 2006...Helped lead GICC to a runner-up finish at the 2006 Class C-1 Nebraska State Tournament, where she earned all-tournament team honors...Class C-2 state volleyball champions in 2005...Finished her high school career ranked fourth in career blocks and 10th in career points at GICC...Placed fourth in the 2005 Class B Nebraska State Tennis Tournament in No. 2 singles...Member of the National Honor Society and high honor roll.
Club Volleyball
Played for the Grand Island Juniors under coach Erin Brosz...Helped her team qualify for the 2007 USA junior nationals in Minneapolis, Minn.
Personal
Born on June 18, 1989 in Grand Island, Neb., to Gaylord and Dee Hanssen...Majoring in physical education.
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