Wolverines Add Lauren Hansen as Graduate Transfer
4/27/2023 11:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Women's Basketball Coach Kim Barnes Arico announced on Thursday (April 27) the addition of Lauren Hansen as a graduate transfer to the 2023-24 University of Michigan women's basketball team. Hansen spent the last three seasons at Missouri and will head to Ann Arbor for her final season.
"Lauren is such a dynamic player who can really score the basketball," Barnes Arico said. "She is a competitor who plays with a high level of energy and fire. I have watched her since she was a little kid and it's clear that she loves the game; the way she plays is reflective of the way we play here. She will fit exceptionally well into our style as a tough, hard-nosed guard. She brings a different type of flare and energy to our team, as well as a lot of experience. She has had to play against some of the best guards in the country the last four years in the SEC, and we are going to look for her to help lead our team from multiple positions, whether that's running the point or playing off the ball."
Hansen spent the last three seasons at Missouri, starting every game over the last two years. A double-figure scorer the last two seasons, Hansen averaged 10.6 points, 2.4 boards and 1.3 assists in 26.2 minutes per game during her Mizzou career. She was named the Co-SEC Player of the Week (Jan. 4, 2022) after scoring 21 points and the game-winning basket over South Carolina on Dec. 30, 2021.
This past year as a senior, Hansen averaged career bests in points (12.9 ppg), rebounds (2.9 rpg) and minutes (29.3 mpg) while recording 44 steals and hitting 65 three-pointers. She recorded 20 double-figure scoring games, topping the 20-point mark seven times. Hansen reached the 1,000-point mark for her career during 2022-23 after scoring 413 points during the season, heading to Michigan with 1,086 career points.
Hansen played her freshman season at Auburn, appearing in 25 games en route to averaging 7.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. She ranked 10th in the SEC in three-pointers per game, hitting 1.6 longballs per contest.
Hansen hails from Long Island, N.Y., and was the No. 71-ranked recruit by ESPN in the 2019 class. She set the all-time scoring mark -- boys or girls -- at Ward Melville High School, helping her team to a pair of league titles. She averaged 27.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game as a senior, grabbing a spot on the USA Today All-State first team.
Hansen will graduate with a degree in communications and was twice named to the Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll, while grabbing a spot on the 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
