Bradley University Athletics

Honors & Awards

• First-Team All-MVC (2015)
• Third-Team NFCA All-Mideast Region (2015)
• Second-Team All-MVC (2016)
• Preseason All-MVC (2016)
• MVC Player of the Week (04-06-15)
• MVC Newcomer of the Week (04-27-15, 04-06-15 & 02-23-15)
• Bradley AD Honor Roll (Spring 2015 & Fall 2014)

2016 Season (Sophomore): Second-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference pick … Slowed early in the year by a wrist injury … Missed 11 contests, but returned to tally a team-best 30 hits in MVC to rank second in the league … Reached base 67 percent of the time she led off an inning in Valley contests … Had six multi-hit games in the final 14 regular-season contests, hitting .404 (19-for-47) with five doubles, seven runs and a .451 on base percentage during that span … Started 35 times in the outfield and appeared in 37 contests … Went 2-for-3 with a double, home run, one run and two RBI at Seattle in her first start following her injury … Had a stretch of 15 consecutive games she reached base safely, which included a season-best eight-game hit streak … Collected five consecutive multiple-hit games midway through conference play, going 13-for-17 (.765) with four runs, three doubles and two RBI … Hit .337 with six doubles and nine RBI in Valley games … Went 6-for-8 with an RBI and three runs scored in a doubleheader at Wichita State, going 4-for-5 in the nightcap … Her 56 career RBI rank as the third most by a Brave prior to their junior season … Owns the second best career slugging percentage in school history (.507) and her 28 career doubles are tied for ninth all-time … 

2015 Season (Freshman): Third-Team NFCA All-Mideast Region … First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference … First Bradley freshman to earn all-region honors … Led the MVC with 20 doubles, for the most in the Valley since 1999 … First player in league history with 30 runs, 55 hits, 20 doubles, 40 RBI and 30 or more walks in a season … Three-time MVC Newcomer of the Week selection … First individual in conference history to earn MVC Player of the Week & Newcomer of the Week in the same week … Ended the year with a 14-game hit streak … Second on the team with a .369 average … Her 59 hits were the second most by a Bradley freshman … Had the most RBI at Bradley (41) since 2004 and the fourth most in school history … Her 20 doubles rank second at Bradley, while her 32 walks also rank second … Had a .569 slugging percentage (4th in school history) and her .482 on base percentage is second all-time on The Hilltop … Ranked among the top 10 in the MVC in batting average (4th), on base percentage (3rd), hits (6th), RBI (4th), doubles (1st) and walks (T3rd) … Had a team-best .583 average with the bases loaded and reached 59 percent of the time she led off an inning … Tallied 22 of her team-best 41 RBI with two outs and owned a .396 average with two outs … Had three doubles and six RBI in a 4-for-5 effort to help highlight the victory at New Mexico State … Was 26-for-55 (.473) with 14 RBI and 15 runs scored in 18 games at Laura Bradley Park … Collected 17 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI outings … Reached base safely in 18 consecutive games at one point … Owned a .353 average in MVC play.  

High School: Owned a .421 average with eight home runs, 12 doubles, five triples and 39 RBI as a senior … Hit .410 as a junior … Named the Musketeers best offensive player both of her varsity seasons … Helped her prep team to a state semifinal appearance as a senior and back-to-back conference titles … Also letters in volleyball and soccer

Personal: The daughter of Sheri and Tim Hansen, Erika was born in Ventura, Calif. … Has two siblings: Chad (21) and Jules (16) … Enrolled in Bradley’s award-winning Academic Exploration Program … Her brother Chad is a member of the football team at California.