Lakeland University Athletics

2017-18: Played 11 rounds over five events and led team with a career-best 78.3 stroke average… Shot matching career-low rounds of 72 to tie for first at the MSOE Invitational at Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva on Oct. 1-2… Also tied for fifth with a round of three-over par 75 at the season-ending Carthage Spring Invitational at Kenosha Country Club on April 24… Shot six rounds in the 70s... Posted team’s best score in eight of 11 rounds… Recipient of Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference scholar-athlete award.

2016-17: Played 11 rounds and finished third on team with an 81.5 stroke average… Posted his first collegiate top-five finish and the best finish by a Muskie this season by tying for second with a round of 77 at the St. Norbert Fall Invitational on Sept. 11… Shot low round of season in the spring on April 23 on the third day of the NACC Championship with a round of three-over 75… Shot five rounds in the 70s.

2015-16: Played 15 rounds as a freshman and finished second on team with an 80.9 stroke average… Shot low round of 74 on the first day of the Midwest Region Classic Sept. 25 and matched that with a 74 on the second day of the MSOE Invitational Oct. 5… Recorded his best individual finish when he tied for 12th at the MSOE Invitational… Shot six rounds in the 70s and tied Connor Clark for team lead in stroke average in the fall with average of 78.8.

High School: Four-year letter winner on golf team, where he was a four-time team MVP and a three-time Mid Penn Conference team and individual champion… Four-time all-conference honoree and a four-time first team all-U.P. pick… Two-year student council president and honor roll student.

Personal: Born Feb. 11, 1997… Son of Rick Hansen and Melissa Dierkens and has two brothers (Logan and Wyatt)… Majoring in business administration.

Career ambition/goal: Athletic director at the collegiate level
Favorite movie: The Great Outdoors
Favorite food: Carrot cake
Favorite sports teams: Minnesota Vikings, Michigan State Spartans, Cleveland Cavaliers
Hero/most influential person: Grandpa (Papa) Ed Dierkens
Greatest sports accomplishment: First four-time golf MVP in high school history