University of Minnesota Athletics

2024 Volleyball Roster

Hanson, Palabiyik
Hanson, Wucherer
Hanson, Julia
Hanson, Julia
Gopher Volleyball Cele
Hanson, Julia
Hanson, Julia
Hanson Julia
Photo by: Bjorn Franke
Hanson Julia
Photo by: Kelly Hagenson
Julia Hanson
Jersey Number 22

Julia Hanson

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Position:
    Outside
  • Height:
    6-1
  • High School:
    Prior Lake
  • Hometown:
    Savage, Minn.
  • Major:
    Food and Agriculture Business Management
HONORS & AWARDS
Academic All-Big Ten (2023; 2024)
All-Big Ten First Team; Unanimous (2024)
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2024)
AVCA All-Northwest Region (2024)
AVCA Player of the Week (Dec. 3, 2024)
AVCA Preseason Player of the Year Watch List (2025)
Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge All-Tournament Team (2024)
Big Ten Player of the Week (Oct. 28; Dec. 2, 2024; Sept. 1, 2025)
Capital Credit Union Classic Tournament MVP (2024)
Capital Credit Union Classic All-Tournament (2024)
CSC Academic All-District (2023)
Golden Gopher Invitational All-Tournament Team (Aug. 31, 2025)
Golden Gopher Invitational Tournament MVP (Aug. 31, 2025)
NCAA Rotation of the Week (Dec. 3, 2024)
Preseason All-Big Ten (2025)
VBMag.com Third Team All-America (2024)

FEATURES
2023 Returners
Get to Know Julia Hanson

2025 • SENIOR SEASON:
AVCA Preseason Player of the Year Watch List • Preseason All-Big Ten

2024 • JUNIOR SEASON:
VBMag.com Third Team All-America • AVCA All-America Honorable Mention • AVCA All-Northwest Region • Unanimous All-Big Ten First Team • AVCA Player of the Week (Dec. 3) • two-time Big Ten Player of the Week • started and played in all 32 matches, recording a team-best 4.57 points and 4.01 kills per set • also tallied 2.19 digs, 0.55 blocks and 0.28 aces per set • tallied 27 10+ kill matches and seven 20+ kill contests • 14 kills and six digs vs. Stanford (Sept. 1) and a career-high 19 kills with 13 digs in an upset of No. 1 Texas (Sept. 2) • tallied 16 kills and a career-best 19 digs at No. 23 Baylor (Sept. 6) • posted a career-best 23 kills with nine digs against TCU (Sept. 7) • went for 12 kills and 16 digs with five blocks in a win over Auburn (Sept. 13) • tallied 11 kills and nine digs in a sweep over Green Bay (Sept. 19) • had 11 kills on .647 hitting in a sweep over Chicago State (Sept. 21) • went for 15 kills and seven digs in a win over Wisconsin (Sept. 25) • had 19 kills, nine digs vs. Purdue (Sept. 28) • tallied nine kills, eight digs and two blocks at USC (Oct. 5) • went for 12 kills and tied a season-high with five blocks vs. Maryland (Oct. 12) • had 19 kills in three sets vs. NU (Oct. 23) • posted 21 kills and seven digs in a win at Ohio State (Oct. 27) • 16 kills, 10 digs at MSU (Nov. 1) • 12 kills and a career-best four aces at Michigan (Nov. 3) • totaled 18 kills in just three sets vs. Oregon (Nov. 9) • 20 kills, 10 digs at NU (Nov. 14) • career-best 24 kills vs. Michigan (Nov. 17) • 20 kills, 18 digs at Wisconsin (Nov. 20) • 15 kills vs. Iowa (Nov. 23) • 22 kills, seven digs at Illinois (Nov. 27) • 23 kills, 3 aces vs. OSU (Nov. 29) • named Big Ten Player of the Week after Illinois and OSU matches • 13 kills, eight digs vs. WKU in the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5) • 15 kills, 10 digs and four blocks at Kentucky (Dec. 6).

2023 • SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Played in all 30 matches (102 sets) in 2023 • averaged 0.64 kills, 1.08 digs, 0.06 blocks and 0.12 aces per set • tallied five+ kills three times, including a career-best 19 kills at Indiana on Nov. 12 • had four kills and a career-high eight digs vs. TCU (Aug. 25) • totaled four kills and seven digs vs. Texas (Aug. 29) • tallied a season-best six kills with seven digs in a win vs. Oregon (Sept. 8) • went for four kills and 10 digs combined in the Diet Coke Classic (Sept. 14/16) • posted a career-high 10 digs vs. Penn State (Sep. 30) • had three kills at Michigan (Oct. 6) • had two kills, three digs vs. NU (Oct. 15) • totaled five kills, three aces (career-high), eight digs and three blocks (career-high) vs. Rutgers (Oct. 20) • had two kills and three digs at UW (Oct. 29) • had two aces at OSU (Nov. 3) • went for an ace and three digs at NU, had the walk-off ace in the fourth set (Nov. 5) • went for a career-high 19 kills with digs and an ace in a win at Indiana (Nov. 12) • tallied three digs vs. No. 1 Nebraska (Nov. 25) • had an ace vs. Creighton in the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 2).

2022 • FRESHMAN SEASON:
Played in 10 matches (24 sets) as a true freshman in 2022 • posted 1.54 points, 1.38 kills and 0.33 blocks per set as a rookie • totaled three kills in her college debut vs. Baylor (8/26/22) • made her first start against TCU, notching four kills and one dig (8/27) • tallied a career-high 14 kills against Texas (8/31) • went for three kills vs. Florida (9/4) • had four kills and two digs vs. Oregon (9/9) • had four kills vs. Stanford (9/10) • tallied one kill on three swings vs. MSU (10/26) • had a block at Illinois (11/6).

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB:
A 6-foot-1 outside hitter from Savage, Minn. (Prior Lake H.S/Northern Lights Volleyball Club), Hanson is a three-time all-conference selection and a 2020 Class 3A All-State selection • Hanson was also named a 2021 AVCA Second Team All-American • she earned the 2021 Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year as a senior in 2021 • three times she's won both Prior Lake's Most Valuable Player and Best Offensive Player awards • in her decorated prep career, she's accumulated 1,490 kills, 712 digs, 98 aces and 106 blocks • as a senior, Hanson has tallied 537 kills, 290 digs, 33 aces and 38 blocks • as a member of Northern Lights Volleyball Club, Hanson was named an AAU 17's Open All-American and the MVP of her team's tournament in Europe • a two-time Star Tribune First Team All-Metro honoree, she also participated in the 2021 U19 U.S.A. Volleyball training series.

PERSONAL:
The daughter of Dan and Lisa Hanson, Julia has one older brother, Nick • her father, Dan, played football and hockey at Augsburg University. her brother, Nick, signed to play baseball at Kentucky before being drafted in the third round of the 2016 MLB Draft to the Cincinnati Reds • majoring in business management with a minor in finance.

WHY MINNESOTA: 
"I wanted to play in the Big Ten and for my home state. The awesome coaching staff and culture are also reasons I chose Minnesota."
Highlights: Gophers 3, St. Thomas 1
Sunday, August 31
Highlights: Gophers 3, Ball State 0
Saturday, August 30
Highlights: Gophers 3, Cal Poly 1
Friday, August 29
Highlights: Gophers 1, Texas A&M 3
Monday, August 25