WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
CAREER: Four-year letterwinner…appeared in 150 games, 120 as a starter…hit .279 with 124 hits, 26 doubles, four triples, seven homers and 59 RBI…recorded 15 stolen bases and scored 60 runs…earned bachelor’s degree in sport management.
SENIOR (2018): Appeared in 49 games, 47 as a starter…hit .278 with seven doubles, one triple, three home runs and 23 RBI…also stole four bases and scored 24 runs…recorded four outfield assists…had 13 multiple-hit games and posted a team-best 18-game on-base streak…in Pac-12 Conference play, second on team with .310 batting average and third on team with 18 RBI…came off bench to hit two-out two-run single in comeback win over UC Riverside at Husker Classic in Tempe (Feb. 18)…reached base three times, singled, stole a base and drove in a run in win at Grand Canyon (Feb. 20)…had two hits and scored a run at Alabama (Game 1 - Feb. 23)…had two hits and scored against Saint Mary’s (March 8)…had two hits, doubled in a run and scored twice at No. 14 UCLA (March 16)…had a hit in all three games at Arizona, had three hits with a double and homer (March 25)…scored twice in win over Arizona State (March 29)…had two hits, threw out a runner at home in the ninth inning and scored winning run in the 11th inning in win over Arizona State (March 30)…singled and scored in win at Oregon (April 8)…had two hits including game-winning walkoff RBI-single in win over California (Game 2 – April 14)…recorded two hits and threw a runner out at home at Gonzaga (April 17)…singled home tying run in win over Santa Clara (April 20)…had a hit in all three games against No. 3 Oregon State including two hits and a homer May 5…had two hits against USC (May 12)…had two-run single at No. 3 Stanford (May 20)…had two hits, homered, doubled, stole a base, drove in four runs and scored a run against Utah (May 24)…had two hits and two RBI against Utah (May 25).
JUNIOR (2017): Appeared in 51 games, all as a starter…hit .298 with four home runs and 23 RBI…recorded 13 doubles and two triples…stole five bases and scored 23 runs…fourth on team with 16 multiple-hit games including three 3-hit games…had a nine-game hitting streak and a 12-game on-base streak…in conference play, had team-best eight doubles…had two hits, stole two bases and scored twice against Stephen F. Austin (March 3)…hit homer against Stephen F. Austin (Game 1 – March 5)…drove in three runs against Utah Valley (March 10)…had three hits including a triple against Utah Valley (Game 2 – March 11)…had three hits with a solo homer at Long Beach State (March 15)…robbed a home run at USC (March 19)…had two doubles and two RBI against Cal State Northridge (Game 2 – March 25)…hit a solo home run at Pacific (April 3)…had two hits including a double and made nine putouts in right field against No. 8 Arizona (April 9)…recorded two hits, stole a base and drove in three runs in win at Utah (April 28)…in series win against Oregon (May 6-7), went .500 (6-12) with three hits in game one and a walk-off RBI-single in game two…had two hits with an RBI in win over No. 28 UCLA (May 13)...recorded two hits with a double in season-finale against No. 8 Stanford (May 27).
SOPHOMORE (2016): Appeared in 18 games, making 13 starts…hit .235 with four doubles, nine runs scored, three stolen bases and five RBI…had a pinch-hit double and scored a run against Arizona State (April 2)…doubled and scored against Utah (May 8)…drove in two runs and stole a base at No. 14 Washington (May 14)…had two hits, an RBI and stolen base against McNeese State (Game 2 – May 20)…had two hits with an RBU and three runs scored against McNeese State (May 21)…doubled against California (May 28)…stole a base, drove in a run and scored a run against California (May 29).
FRESHMAN (2015): Played in 32 games, including nine starts...batted .256 with three extra base hits...first collegiate hit was pinch-hit single against UC Riverside (Feb. 28)...recorded a hit, walk, and RBI in first career start against Gonzaga (Mar. 31)..was 2-for-3 with double, triple, RBI and two runs vs. Washington (Apr. 9)...went 3-for-4 with three RBI against San Jose State (Apr. 19).
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters in baseball and two in football…four-time all-conference selection in baseball, including first team honoree as a sophomore, junior and senior…all-area first team in 2012…member of Kansas City Royals’ area code team in Long Beach, Calif.
PERSONAL
Justin Kohl Hancock…born in Richland, Wash…father Terry, switchman and mother Teresa, real estate specialist…older sisters Ashley and Courtney…father (baseball), mother (basketball) and sister Courtney (soccer) played in junior college…aunt Kelly attended Washington State…cousin Kaitlin is a current student in Pullman…grandfather Hec was a sportswriter who covered Cougar athletics for the Tri-City Herald…enjoys four-wheeling and cliff jumping.
