2003 All-West Coast Conference Second Team
GENERAL CAPSULE - Above-average right-handed thrower who willstart at the catching position... great contact hitter who can hitfor power... will offer consistency.
at USF (2003): Turned in a great first season at USF... ratedsecond on the team with a .329 batting average with seven doubles,two homeruns and 31 RBI... earned West Coast Conference Player ofthe Week honors after a monster series in a road sweep at Gonzaga(4/11-13), batting .455 (5-11) with two doubles, a homerun andeight RBI... also batted .455 at San Diego (3/7-9)... recorded 18multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests... threw out 21base-runners... belted three-run homerun in win against SonomaState (2/11)... quickly developed a reputation as one of the topcatchers in the West Coast Conference, earning second teamall-league selection. AT ORANGE COAST (2001-02) - Namedall-conference.
AT UNLV (1999-2001) - Played football and baseball... madeMountain West Conference and Academic All-Conference.
PREP CAREER - Quarterbacked for his high school football team,passing for 31,000 yards, 31 TDs and only 3 INTs... played fouryears of baseball, playing in the catcher position and compiling a.407 average, 4 HRs, 14 doubles and being named All-League... wasleague MVP and county MVP... all-state... National FootballFoundation scholar athlete... Los Alamitos HS scholar athlete.
PERSONAL - Ryan Hanson... goal for the season is to helpcontribute to a WCC title... chose USF because it's a great placeto play ball and get a quality education... if he could be anyonefor a day he'd be Ted Williams... the best advice he could give isto "work hard and have fun"... Dick Butkis is his sports hero...plans to teach US history and coach high school baseball after hegraduates... parents are Ken and Cathy Hanson... born October 22,1980 in Long Beach, CA.
GIARRATANO ON HANSON - "I think it will be a good transitionfrom Steve Booth to Hanson. I think Ryan will surprise some peopleoffensively. He's as good a college thrower as there is rightnow."
