#3 Leea Hanks 2021-22 Softball Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2022 Second Team All-ACC
2022 NFCA All-Region

AS A SENIOR (2023)

• Started in 41 games playing left field and center field
• Hit for .278 average with 10 extra-base hits
• Drove in 22 runs and scored 25 times
• Swiped four bases in six attempts
• Recorded eight multi-hit games, led by a 3-for-4 effort with four RBI and a home run against Miami (March 21)
• Drove in multiple runs in four games
• Recorded a seven-game hitting streak to begin her season (Feb. 24-March 4)
• Reached base in 11 consecutive games (April 8-April 28)

AS A JUNIOR (2022)

• Second Team All-ACC outfielder
• NFCA All-Region second team
• Started all 52 games in left field
• Hit for a .370 average in 173 at bats
• Led the team with 14 doubles and five triples, also hit six home runs
• Drove in 33 runs and scored 53 times during the season
• Stole 13 bases on 14 attempts
• Earned a .989 fielding percentage, committing just one error on 92 chances
• Led all Irish outfielders with seven assists
• Led the team with 19 multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs in 10 games
• Season-long eight-game hitting streak
• Hit four of her six home runs in the fifth inning or later
• Hit a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth in the matchup with Georgia Tech (April 2)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021)

• Started all 48 games at left field, posting 64 putouts. Ranked third on the team with a .314 batting avg., noting 48 hits, two doubles, five triples and five home runs with 27 RBII and 26 runs scored. She also added 11 stolen bases (on as many attempts).
• Was the player of the day in the NCAA Regional-opening 3-2 win over Miami (OH), as she delivered a three-run homer in the fourth inning to make the difference.

AS A FRESHMAN (2020)

• Through the season-opening NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 7-9), Hanks started all five games at LF. In 17 at-bats, she posted five hits and five runs, in addition to three RBI. Hanks stole three bases on four attempts, and noted five putouts with two assists. Against the 16-0 shutout of Missouri State, Hanks slapped a triple to to score Emma Clark and Alexis Holloway.
• Played in four games at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and had two hits, three RBIs, two runs scored and a stolen base
• Started six games at the Mary Nutter Classic and recorded six hits, three RBIs, a home run, three runs scored, a stolen base and two outfield assists
• Logged three hits, an RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases in three starts at Duke
• Recorded a walk and a stolen base in the three-game series at NC State
• Had a hit and an RBI in the 2-0 victory over UC Santa Barbara

PREP AND PERSONAL

• Majoring in Science-Business; aspires to start her own dentistry practice
• Twitter: @Hanksleea
• Instagram: @leea.miaaa
• Favorite place on Notre Dame’s campus is the Basilica
• “I chose Notre Dame because I value my education and sports. By choosing Notre Dame, I got the best of both worlds.”