FAYETTEVILLE — Outfielder Carson Hansen publicly announced his commitment to play baseball at Arkansas on Sunday.
Hansen, 6-2 and 220 pounds of Pewaukee, Wis., was voted to the All-Horizon League first team as a sophomore this year at Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He bats and throws left-handed and has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
Hansen batted .315 with 25 doubles, 11 home runs and 63 RBI this year for the Panthers (19-36). He had a .404 on-base percentage and .601 slugging percentage for an OPS of 1.005. He was successful in 7 of 8 stolen-base attempts.
His 25 doubles are tied for seventh nationally and were tied for fourth prior to the NCAA postseason.
At Milwaukee, Hansen primarily played right field (50 games) and batted fourth in the lineup (43). He was named to the Horizon League All-Freshman team in 2023 when he batted .298 with 1 double, 1 triple and 11 RBI in 23 games, and he was a three-time Horizon League batter of the week this year.
Hansen had season highs of 5 hits and 3 doubles vs. Wright State on March 16, and 5 RBI vs. Wright State on April 20.
This summer Hansen is playing for the Green Bay Rockers at the Northwoods League. He is batting .191 (9 for 47) with 8 walks, 2 home runs, 10 RBI and 2 stolen bases through 13 games for the Rockers.
Hansen is the third known transfer to the Razorbacks this offseason, joining former BYU first baseman/designated hitter Kuhio Aloy and former Florida Gulf Coast infielder/outfielder Charles Davalan.
Arkansas has had one player enter the transfer portal, according to a database at D1Baseball.com. Hunter Grimes, an infielder/outfielder who redshirted this year and spent two seasons with the Razorbacks, is looking for his fourth college program.
Grimes, who will turn 25 prior to the 2025 season, has redshirted twice and got a bonus year that was afforded to players affected by the pandemic-shortened season. Grimes previously played at Texas-San Antonio and McLennan (Texas) Community College.
