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OU baseball signs Cole Hansen, brother of Sooner softball star Kinzie Hansen

Fans fill the stands during the Bedlam baseball game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, May 20, 2023.
Fans fill the stands during the Bedlam baseball game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, May 20, 2023.

NORMAN — Cole Hansen, the younger brother of OU softball standout Kinzie Hansen, signed with the OU baseball team on Wednesday.

Cole Hansen is a 6-foot catcher/first baseman at Norco High in Norco, California. He recorded eight RBIs and two home runs on .295 hitting last season as a junior, and he committed to OU on Sept. 2, 2022.

Hansen's older sister, Kinzie, is a senior catcher for the OU softball team. She earned the 2023 Johnny Bench Award, which is given annually to the nation's top catcher.

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