Hannah Flippen

Personal: Flippen graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in human development and family studies. Her mother, Mary Lou Flippen, was an All-America softball player at Utah State and led the Aggies to national titles in 1980 and 1981. Flippen's favorite softball memory is hosting NCAA Regionals in Utah and beating BYU to advance to the Super Regionals. If she was not playing softball, Flippen would be a professional tennis player or teacher. In high school, she also played basketball and volleyball. Flippen enjoys walking, hiking, reading, watching Netflix, and sitting in hammocks. She wears No. 19 because her family members also wore it during their playing careers and in honor of Hall of Fame baseball player Tony Gwynn.

2022 Championship Season: Flippen was honored as the Athletes Unlimited GEICO Defensive Player of the Year. She was also a member of the Athletes Unlimited Softball All-Defensive Team. Flippen had a .983 fielding percentage with just one error in 59 chances. She was involved in a league-high eight double plays. Flippen started all 15 games and had a batting average of .306 with two home runs and six runs batted in. She began the season with an eight-game hitting streak and had four multi-hit games during that time. Flippen had a standout game on August 13 against Team Jaquish, where she went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored, and two runs batted in, earning her a season-high 210 leaderboard points. She also had three hits with two runs batted in against Team Zerkle to finish Week One, and opened Week Two with a home run against Team Mulipola.

2021 Championship Season: Flippen finished 28th on the leaderboard with 1,146 points. She started in all 15 games and had a batting average of .267 with a home run and five runs batted in. Flippen was hit by a pitch twice, tying for third in the league, and went 2-for-4 in stolen base attempts.

2020 Championship Season: Flippen tallied 1,420 leaderboard points, finishing in 19th place. She started all 15 games and had a batting average of .340 with six home runs and 18 runs batted in. Flippen tied for the league lead with 53 at-bats and ranked second in the circuit with 18 runs batted in. She also had seven walks, 15 runs scored, and went 4-for-5 in stolen base attempts. Flippen was one of 12 players to hit at least one triple.

International Experience: Flippen has international experience as a member of Team USA from 2016-2018. She competed in the 2016 World Cup of Softball with the Women's Elite Team, hitting .500 with two runs batted in and four runs scored. Flippen won a Silver medal at the 2017 World Cup of Softball and was part of the Gold medal-winning team at the 2017 Pan American Championship. In the 2018 USA Softball International Cup, she earned a Bronze medal and led the tournament with 20 RBI while hitting .609. Flippen also led Team USA to a Canada Cup title and competed in The 2022 World Games, where she helped the team win a Gold medal. She was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2023 WBSC World Cup Group A event. 

Other Professional Experience: In addition to her professional and international experience, Flippen played for the NPF champion Scrap Yard Dawgs in 2017 and the Hitachi Sundivas of the Japan Diamond League in 2022.

At Utah: Flippen played 219 games from 2014-2017. She had a career batting average of .390 with 33 home runs and 145 runs batted in. Flippen recorded 261 hits, including 35 doubles and 13 triples, and scored 197 runs. She was a three-time NFCA All-America selection, earning First-Team distinction as a junior and senior. Flippen was also a two-time Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year and received NFCA All-Region and All-Pac 12 honors four times. She was a three-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree and was named the 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. Flippen received two First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America awards. She holds Utah career records in batting average, hits, and runs scored, and is tied for third on the Utes' career triples list. Flippen is also tied for fifth in career home runs at Utah and drew 105 career walks, the third-highest total in program history. She ranked sixth in NCAA Division I as a freshman with six triples and was recognized on the Pac 12 All-Freshman Team.