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19 - Hannah Flippen
HANNAH FLIPPEN
POSITION: Middle Infield HEIGHT: 5-4 BATS/THROWS: R/R HOMETOWN: Bonita, Calif. COLLEGE: Utah hannahflippen
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Natasha Watley Foundation
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Championship Season: Honored as 2022 Athletes Unlimited GEICO Defensive Player of the Year … member of Athletes Unlimited Softball All-Defensive Team … fashioned .983 fielding percentage with just one error in 59 chances … also involved in league-high eight double plays … started all 15 games and hit .306 with two home runs and six runs batted in … opened season with eight-game hitting streak, including four multi-hit games … went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and two runs batted in against Team Jaquish on Aug. 13 en route to season-high 210 leaderboard points … also had three hits with two runs batted in against Team Zerkle to finish Week One … opened Week Two with a home run against Team Mulipola. 2021 Championship Season: Finished 28th on the leaderboard with 1,146 points … starter in all 15 games who hit .267 in 45 at-bats, including a home run … also drove in five runs … tied for third in the league by being hit by a pitch twice … went 2-for-4 in stolen base attempts. 2020 Championship Season: Tallied 1,420 leaderboard points during inaugural season to finish in 19th place … one of four players to compile 500 or more stat points … started all 15 games … batted .340 with six home runs and 18 runs batted in … tied for the league lead with 53 at-bats … ranked second in the circuit with 18 runs batted in … belted six home runs, which tied for third in Athletes Unlimited … tied for fourth with seven walks and 15 runs scored … went 4-for-5 in stolen base attempts … one of 12 players to post at least one triple.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member of Team USA from 2016-18 … competed in 2016 World Cup of Softball with Women’s Elite Team … hit .500 (6-for-12) with two runs, four runs batted in and four runs scored … won Silver medal at 2017 World Cup of Softball … member of Gold medal-winning team at 2017 Pan American Championship who batted .273 with five runs and two doubles … earned Bronze medal at 2018 USA Softball International Cup and led tournament with 20 RBI while hitting .609 … led Team USA to Canada Cup title by hitting .458 (11-for-24) with five doubles and four home runs … competed for Team USA at The 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Ala. … led Team USA to Gold medal by hitting .250 (4-for12) with two home runs and four runs batted in over five games … one of four players in the tournament with multiple home runs … also paced tournament field with four walks.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Played for the NPF champion Scrap Yard Dawgs in 2017 … hit .327 with two home runs and six runs batted in while appearing in 19 games … competed for Hitachi Sundivas of the Japan Diamond League in 2022.
FLIPPEN’S TROPHY CASE
AT UTAH
Four-year letter winner for the Utes who played 219 games from 2014-17 … authored .390 career batting average with 33 home runs and 145 runs batted in … tallied 261 hits, including 35 doubles and 13 triples, while scoring 197 runs … three-time NFCA All-America selection who earned First-Team distinction as a junior and senior … two-time Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year … earned NFCA All-Region and All-Pac 12 notice four times … three-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree … named 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year … garnered pair of First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America awards … owns Utah career records in batting average, hits and runs scored … tied for third on Utes’ career triples list … also tied for fifth in career home runs at Utah … drew 105 career walks, the third-highest total in program history … ranked sixth in NCAA Division I as a freshman with six triples en route to Pac 12 All-Freshman Team recognition.
PERSONAL
Graduated from Utah with a degree in human development and family studies … mother, Mary Lou Flippen, was an All-America softball player at Utah State and led Aggies to national titles in 1980 and 1981 … favorite softball memory is hosting NCAA Regionals in Utah and beating BYU to advance to the Super Regionals.
FLIPPEN’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2020 1420 15 15 0.340 0.410 0.736 53 15 18 1 1 6 18 7 0 3 39 1 0 4 5 2021 1146 15 15 0.267 0.365 0.378 45 6 12 2 0 1 6 5 2 1 17 0 0 2 4 2022 1340 15 15 0.306 0.424 0.510 49 12 15 2 1 2 6 7 3 9 25 0 0 1 2
