Cornell University Athletics

Coach Graap on Hansen
"Kelly has the tools and the ability to be an All-American defender. She can make the next step this season, and we’ll expect great leadership from her in the back."

As a junior
Hansen was a second-team All-Ivy and IWLCA all-region selection after winning 18 ground balls and causing 11 turnovers as the team’s top defender in 2008. The two-time weekly Ivy League honoree was outstanding each week, holding All-Ivy selection Lauren Vitkus (Brown) and Holly Glynn (Columbia) scoreless, limiting Melissa Lehman (Penn) to one goal and four-time first-team All-Ivy pick Lauren Taylor (Yale) to two scores. Hansen started 15 of the team’s 16 games, causing two turnovers and scooping up three ground balls in the win over Stanford and forcing two turnovers in a win over Rutgers.

As a sophomore
One of the team’s top defenders, Hansen started all 15 games for the Big Red. She ranked among the team leaders in ground balls (18) and caused turnovers (nine). She added her first career assist at Syracuse. Hansen posted a career-high four ground balls in an Ivy League win over Columbia and notched a pair of caused turnovers against the Lions, as well as against Vanderbilt and Loyola.

As a freshman
Hansen played in four games off the bench in 2006, including seeing time in the NCAA tournament contest against Notre Dame. She also appeared in contests against Columbia, Harvard and Rutgers.

At Notre Dame Prep
Hansen competed for the Mid-Atlantic team at the 2004 national tournament as a junior at Notre Dame Prep. A captain as a senior, her high school team was ranked nationally in the top 10 in each of her three seasons by U.S. Lacrosse Magazine. Hansen was a three-year letter winner in lacrosse who also competed in field hockey and swimming. She was a two-time all-city and all-county pick in field hockey and helped her team to a conference title in swimming in 2003. She was named an honorable mention Maryland Distinguished Scholar while at Notre Dame Prep.

Personal
Kelly Marie Hansen is the daughter of Herb Hansen and Annette Leps and has an older sister. Hansen is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.