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Shaver Hansen

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Grand Junction, Colo.

High School:
Fruita Monument

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 185

Position:
IF

Experience:
2L

B/T:
S/R

FALL 2007
Started all 20 games and hit .311 (23-for-74) with six doubles, two triples, one home run, 14 RBI and 11 runs scored ... Walked twice and was hit by a pitch twice for a .398 on base percentage ... Collected four stolen bases in six tries ... Was 3-for-5 with a double against Texas (10/14).

SUMMER 2007
Played for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League ... Named to Northwoods League All-Star Game ... Hit .212 with two home runs, eight RBI, 28 hits, nine runs, three doubles and 13 walks in 38 games.

2007 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 54 games with 50 starts ... Made 46 starts at second base and four starts at shortstop ... Played 22 games in Big 12 play with 19 starts ... Finished second on team with 14 doubles ... Tied for third on team in RBI (35) and stolen bases (7) ... Tied for second on team with eight total sacrifices, including a team-best seven sacrifice hits ... Tied for second on team with seven doubles in Big 12 action ... Hit .367 (40-for-109) with runners on base, including a .347 mark (25-for-72) with runners in scoring position ... Was even better in Big 12 play, hitting .383 (18-for-47) with runners on base and .406 (13-for-32) with runners in scoring position ... Finished second on team with 19 two-out RBI, including team-best tying 12 two-out RBI in Big 12 action ... Third on team with 18 multiple-hit games, eight of which were in league play ... Hit safely in 27 games on the season with at least two hits in 66.7 percent of those games ... Tied for fifth on team with nine multiple-RBI games, five of which came in Big 12 action ... Hit .308 (32-for-104) in non-conference play ... Hit .320 (31-for-97) in 28 games at Baylor Ballpark ... Started, walked and collected first career hit against Houston in Bears' season opener (2/9) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two stolen bases against Stephen F. Austin (2/17) ... Had breakout game against Texas Southern (3/20) ... Produced the 22nd five-hit game in Baylor history, going 5-for-5 with a home run, six RBI and four runs scored against Texas Southern ... Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored at UT Arlington (3/27) ... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two doubles in series finale against 19th-ranked Oklahoma (4/6) ... Was a home run shy of the cycle in a 3-for-5 outing with two RBI in series opener at Kansas (4/14) ... Went 3-for-5 with two runs against Missouri (4/21) ... Followed that with a 2-for-4, three-RBI performance in the series finale ... Went 3-for-6 with two runs scored in the series finale at 18th-ranked Texas A&M (4/29) ... Turned in another outstanding night against Texas Southern (5/9), going 4-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored ... Went 2-for-2 with a double and a walk at second-ranked Rice (5/15) ... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI double in Kansas State series opener (5/18) ... Went 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored in Kansas State series finale (5/20) ... Hit .400 (6-for-15) at the Big 12 Championship ... Doubled and had a two-run homer against 21st-ranked Oklahoma State (5/23) ... Home run proved to be difference in Baylor's 3-1 victory over the Cowboys ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against 11th-ranked Missouri (5/25) ... Homered and went 2-for-3 with a walk in title game against 17th-ranked Texas A&M (5/26) ... Was 4-for-4 with a double, three RBI and a run scored against Prairie View A&M at the NCAA Houston Regional (6/2) ... Finished season 13-for-16 (.813) with three doubles, one home run, seven runs and 12 RBI in four games against teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Fruita [Colo.] Monument High School ... Played shortstop for head coach Johnny Bess ... Earned all-state, all-conference and all-city honors as a senior ... Also named all-conference during junior season ... Hit .490 over junior and senior campaigns with six home runs as a senior ... Hit .509 with two home runs, three doubles, four triples, 17 RBI and eight stolen bases during junior season ... Hit .500 at 2005 Area Code Games ... Graduated top-five percent of class ... National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL
Full name is Shaver Nagai Hansen ... Born Dec. 19, 1987, in Jackson, Miss. ... Son of Stan and Yumi Hansen ... Father was a professional wrestler on several circuits and was known as "The Lariat" ... Cousin Ed Lair played baseball at Oklahoma State in late 1970s ... International business major.