Trace Hansen

Head Coach

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For information on the Mountain Crest Baseball Program please get in touch with Coach Trace Hansen.



Coach Trace Hansen - Head Coach

Coach Trace Hansen enters his first season as the Head Coach at Mountain Crest HS. Coach Hansen coached collegiately at his alma mater, West Texas A&M, where he earned his bachelor?s degree in Sports & Exercise Science, and master?s degree in Sports Management.



While serving as the infield coach for three seasons, Coach Hansen helped the Buffs record a record of 117-44 (36-18, 40-14, 40-12). In 2018, he was a part of the Lone Star Conference coaching staff of the year. In 2019, the Buffs were nationally ranked as high as 2nd, which is the highest national ranking in school history.



As a player Coach Hansen was a two time All-Conference selection for the Lone Star Conference. In 2016, Hansen led the Buffs in hitting at .367 in He earned CoSIDA Academic All-Region honors, named to the LSC All-Academic Team and was Second team All-Region by three different media outlets. In 2015, Hansen started all 55 games in the infield for the Buffs. He hit .300 with 40 runs scored, 61 hits, 10 doubles, three triples and four home runs, while recording 29 RBI and had a slugging percentage of .438. Hansen reached base at a .397 clip and 110 putouts with 143 assists and just six errors for a .977 fielding percentage. He had 20 multi-hit games with five multi-RBI games.



While at BYU Hansen played in 58 games with 38 starts for BYU in two seasons...Had 46 hits with 11 doubles and one triple while hitting .284...He slugged .364, while reaching base at a .324 clip.



Coach Hansen played for Mountain Crest High School (2009-2012) where he earned Region 5 MVP two times, Herold Journal MVP three times, first team all-state three times and honorable mention All-American during his senior season. He was part of the state championship team in 2009.