2021 Softball Roster

Hannah Carson
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- C/IF
- Height:
- 5-6
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Weidman, Mich.
- High School:
- Mount Pleasant
Senior (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• All-Big Ten second team
• Appeared in 50 games, starting 47 at catcher and two at designated player
• Posted 11 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games
• Totaled eight hits, seven runs scored and four RBI in the Wisconsin series (May 6-8); scored a career-best four runs in U-M's 13-9 comeback win in the finale and posted a two-run homer in the seventh
• Posted two hits and scored the game-winning run in U-M's 4-3 walk-off vs. rival Ohio State (April 23)
• Registered multiple hits in all three games of the Maryland series (April 14-16), including three in the finale with a double and two RBI
• Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI, including a two-run single to open scoring in the first, vs. Toledo (March 15)
• Also went 3-for-3 with three runs and three RBI at Elon (Feb. 28) with RBI hits in the first and second innings
• Broke a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the sixth inning vs. Northern Kentucky (Feb. 25); posted two hits and four RBI, including a two-run homer in the third, in the second meeting vs. NKU (Feb. 26)
Junior (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 45 games, starting 44 at catcher and one at designated player
• Caught three no-hitters and three of the top four single-game strikeout tallies (19, 19, 22) in U-M program history
• Posted 14 multi-hit and four multi-RBI games
• Registered a season-high four RBI vs. Rutgers-2 (May 15) on a pair of two-run doubles
• Used a third-inning RBI double to plate the tying run in U-M's 3-1 comeback win at #23 Minnesota-2 (May 8); also posted an RBI double in fourth inning of the series opener at Minnesota
• Belted out the game-tying solo homer in the sixth at Indiana-1 (March 27); tacked on an insurance run with an RBI single in the ninth inning
• Also posted a third-inning solo home run in the series finale at Indiana (March 28)
• Went 2-for-3 with three RBI, including a third-inning triple, vs. Wisconsin (March 13)
Sophomore (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 23 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Started all 23 games behind the plate
• Drove in a run in the seventh inning in U-M's 5-1 comeback win vs. CSU Fullerton (March 5)
• Posted a three-run homer in the third inning vs. Liberty (Feb. 23)
• Posted an RBI single to plate an insurance run in the fifth vs. Louisville (Feb. 14)
• Drove in U-M's first run in the fourth inning in a 2-1 win at USF (Feb. 8)
• Used a two-run single in the first inning to open scoring vs. No. 7 Florida (Feb. 8)
Freshman (2019)
• Appeared in 34 games, starting 12 -- eight at catcher, four at designated player
• Stepped in behind the plate during NCAA Regional play (May 17-20), tallying five hits, including a pair of doubles, over four games
• Tallied a career-best six RBI off two hits, including second-inning grand slam vs. Toledo (April 3)
• Posted a seventh-inning leadoff triple -- and scored on a wild pitch -- for first collegiate hit vs. CSUN (Feb. 23)
• Made collegiate debut in the season opener vs. NC State at the USF Opening Weekend Invitational (Feb. 8)
Prep
• Graduated from Mount Pleasant High School
• Four-time All-State first team selection (2015, '16, '17, '18)
• Four-time All-Saginaw Valley League; four-time all-district
• Batted .550 or better in each prep season, including .571 as a senior, and posted 31 career home runs; never struck out in four seasons
• Played travel ball with the Beverly Bandits
• Contributed to two PGF National Championships (2016, '17)
• Rated the No. 21 overall prospect in FloSoftball's 2018 Hot 100 Rankings
• Four-year Honor Roll; National Technical Honor Society
Personal
• Hannah Lyn Carson was born on September 9, 1999
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in sport management
• Daughter of Mike and Sally Carson
• Father played football at Ferris State (1991-92)
• Has three sisters, Whitney, Hailey, Nyah