Jill Hanson

Photo by: Alina Lebedeva

Photo by: Anais Moua

Position:
Middle Blocker
Class:
Freshman
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
San Antonio, Texas
High School:
Home School

CAREER: A one-year letterwinner at Tulsa.

2025 AVCA Central All-Region
2025 American Conference Freshman of the Year
2025 American Conference Unanimous All-Freshman Team
2025 American First Team All-Conference
2025 American Championship All-Tournament Team
2x American Conference Freshman of the Week
1x American Conference Defensive Player of the Week
1x American Conference Weekly Honorable Mention

2025: Finished with a program record .408 hitting percentage and led the Golden Hurricane with 3.02 points (344.5) and 1.08 blocks (123) per set to go with 2.32 kills (264) in 114 sets across all 32 matches played.

The 2025 American Conference Freshman of the Year. Also named First Team All-Conference and the only unanimous selection to the All-Freshman Team after earning two Freshman of the Week awards and one Defensive Player of the Week nod.
Named AVCA Central All-Region as well.
Was ranked the No. 1 freshman in the country and 21st overall for hitting percentage (.408).
Led TU in blocking 17 times, kills three times and aces twice this season ... has also hit over .500 14 times.
Has one double-double, seven double-figure kill matches and one 10+ block contest.
In her first collegiate action, landed 20 kills to only two errors on 32 attempts (.563) in three matches at the season-opening Rumble in the Rockies tournament at Wyoming ... added 13 block assists in the tournament.
Led TU with a .341 hitting percentage at Arkansas’ Wooo Pig Invite, adding six blocks along the way to help the Golden Hurricane go 3-0 against Cal Poly, (RV) Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Recorded 13 kills against UIW.
Hit for .359 (19-5-39) in sweeps over New Mexico State, Oral Roberts and Little Rock.
Had her first career double-double with 11 kills and 10 blocks against her hometown team at UTSA.
Reached .524 hitting (13-2-21) at Rice.
Went 9-1-16 from the floor to finish with a .500 hitting mark at Wichita State.
Recorded another .500 hitting contest against Memphis with a 7-1-12 stat line.
Landed 10 kills and seven blocks at Memphis, while hitting for .588 (11-1-17) at UAB.
Hit for .500 (9-2-14) against UTSA at home.
Led TU hitters with .615 (9-1-13) and .500 (8-1-14) hitting marks against USF and FAU, respectively.
Earned concurrent American Conference Freshman and Defensive Player of the week awards after putting up a league-high 2.17 blocks per set for 13 total blocks against Charlotte and ECU. Also hit for .333 in the wins.
Led TU with a career-high 16 kills against Temple and produced five blocks against Tulane in the regular season finale, earning her second American Freshman of the Week award.
Named to the American Championship All-Tournament Team after putting up 3.04 points, 2.41 kills, 0.92 blocks with a .462 hitting percentage to lead Tulsa to its seventh conference title.
Was Tulsa’s leader in kills (13) and blocks (6) in the first round against Miami in the NCAA Championship.

PREP LEVEL

Played club volleyball for South Texas Volleyball Academy.
Named Defensive MVP in her U17 year with STVA.

PERSONAL

Parents are Kip and Danielle.
Has two siblings Maddy and Evelyn.
Father, Kip, played football at Michigan Tech and sister, Maddy, played volleyball for Denver and Iowa.
Started playing volleyball at age 13.
Also played softball for 14 years.
Favorite movie is “The Princess Bride.”
Favorite show is “The Walking Dead.”
Favorite professional athlete is Freddie Freeman.
Enjoys listening to Pearl Jam.
Lists drawing, pen paling, listening to music and playing violin as some of her favorite hobbies.
Aspires to play professional volleyball and be a business owner someday.
A management major.