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Hannah Flippen

University of Utah '17

Hometown: Bonita, California

2022 AU Pro Softball GEICO DPOY

Hannah Flippen is a 5-foot-4 professional softball middle infielder from Bonita, California. She was acquired in the 4th Round of the 2025 Inaugural Draft following a collegiate career at Utah.


Personal Life


Education & Career: Bachelor’s degrees in human development and psychology from Utah. Works as a neuro-technician in Tucson, Arizona.

Family: Mother, Mary Lou Flippen, was an All-America softball player at Utah State.

Professional Experience


Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball, AUX & AUSL (2020–2025)

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Collected 650 leaderboard points. Received two Defensive MVP citations. Started all eight games, tallying four hits.

2025 AUSL Regular Season: Inaugural recipient of the AUSL Defensive Player of the Year award. Started 23 games, hit .296 with three home runs and 20 RBIs, and scored 17 runs.

2024 Championship Season: Placed 14th with 1,368 points. Member of the AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team for the fourth consecutive season, hitting .244.

2024 AUX Season: Accumulated 888 leaderboard points. Two-time Defensive MVP honoree, batting .242 with a home run.

2023 Championship Season: Claimed 10th place with 1,524 points. Started all 15 games, tallying nine hits and two home runs.

2022 Championship Season: 2022 Athletes Unlimited Defensive Player of the Year, posting a .983 fielding percentage. Hit .306 with two home runs.

2021 Championship Season: Finished 28th with 1,146 points. Hit .267.

2020 Championship Season: Finished 19th with 1,420 points. Hit .340 with six home runs.


Other Professional Experience (2017–2023)

NPF & Japan Diamond League: Played for the Scrap Yard Dawgs (2017) and Chicago Bandits (2019). Competed for Hitachi Sundivas (2022-2023).


International Experience (2016–2026)

Team USA: Won Gold at the 2025 World Games, the 2022 World Games, and the 2017 Pan American Championship. Named Most Outstanding Player at the 2023 WBSC World Cup Group A event. Member of the 2026 National Team pool.

College Experience: Utah (2014–2017)


Career Statistics: Ranks third in Utah history with a .392 career batting average. Amassed 263 career hits, 33 home runs, 145 RBIs, and drew 105 career walks.


Awards & Honors

All-America: Three-time NFCA All-America selection (First-Team as a junior and senior).

Conference Honors: Two-time Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year and 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.

Academic: Two-time First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America.

Headshot of Hannah Flippen

Career Stats

YEAR
G
GS
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
2025 All-Star Cup
8
8
29
25
.160
.222
.160
.382
-
4
-
-
-
-
2
-
3
4
-
2
-
-
2025 AUSL
23
23
83
71
.296
.386
.479
.865
17
21
4
-
3
20
9
2
11
34
1
-
-
-
2024 Championship*
15
8
54
45
.244
.370
.311
.681
5
11
3
-
-
3
8
1
4
14
-
-
1
1
2024 AUX Softball
12
6
43
33
.242
.395
.364
.759
7
8
1
-
1
4
8
1
2
12
1
-
-
-
2023 Championship*
15
7
51
42
.214
.340
.381
.721
4
9
1
-
2
7
7
1
7
16
-
1
2
-
2022 Championship*
15
-
59
49
.306
.424
.510
.934
12
15
2
1
2
6
7
3
9
25
-
-
1
1
2021 Championship*
15
-
52
45
.267
.365
.378
.743
6
12
2
-
1
6
5
2
1
17
-
-
1
2
2020 Championship*
15
-
61
53
.340
.410
.736
1.146
15
18
1
1
6
18
7
-
3
39
1
-
4
1
Career Totals
118
52
432
363
.270
.375
.444
.819
66
98
14
2
15
64
53
10
40
161
3
3
9
5

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Splits

Game Log

DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
8/31/2025
Team KowalikTeam Coffel
4
4
.250
.250
.250
.500
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
8/30/2025
Team KowalikTeam Garcia
4
3
-
.250
-
.250
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
8/29/2025
Team RickettsTeam Kowalik
4
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
8/26/2025
Team KowalikTeam Ricketts
4
3
.333
.500
.333
.833
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
1
-
-
-
-
8/25/2025
Team RickettsTeam Netz
3
3
.333
.333
.333
.666
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
8/24/2025
Team RickettsTeam Coffey
4
4
.250
.250
.250
.500
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
8/4/2025
Team LorenzTeam Ocasio
3
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
8/2/2025
Team CorrickTeam Lorenz
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Highlights

2026 Women’s National Team Athlete Pool Features 27 AUSL players

USA Softball revealed the list of athletes chosen by the Women’s National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC) for the U.S. Women’s National Team (WNT) Athlete Pool on Thursday. A total of 36 athletes were named, 27 of whom compete in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). These athletes are under consideration for the 2026 USA Softball […]

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Awards & Honors

2022 AU Pro Softball GEICO DPOY
2025 AUSL Champion (Talons)
2020 Olympic Silver Medalist
2025 AUSL Defensive POY (Regular Season)
Three-Time NFCA All-America selection
2025 AUSL All-Defensive Team (Regular Season)
2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
Two-Time Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year

Transactions

  • 11/21/2025-
    Initial Protected Player
  • 1/30/2025Talons
    Talons drafted Hannah Flippen in the inagural draft [Round 4, Pick 4(16)]

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