Oklahoma Catcher Kinzie Hansen Will Miss Opening Weekend After 'Little Mishap'

The OU senior posted on Instagram that she had an appendix problem and will miss the Sooners' season-opening event at the Mark Campbell Invitational.

John E. Hoover | Feb 8, 2023

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Oklahoma senior catcher Kinzie Hansen will miss the Sooners’ season-opening tournament, she has revealed.

Hansen, an All-American candidate and four-year starter for the Sooners, posted via Instagram Wednesday that she “had a little mishap with my appendix yesterday” and will miss No. 1-ranked OU’s trip to Irvine, CA, for the five-game Mark Campbell Invitational.

Hansen posted a photo of herself smiling over breakfast in a medical facility.

Kinzie Hansen / Kinzie Hansen via Instagram

Hansen battled through multiple injuries last season to help the Sooners repeat as national champions with a 59-3 record. Hansen batted .273 with eight home runs and 29 RBIs.

Hansen was an All-American in 2021 and has 36 career home runs for the Sooners with a .993 career fielding percentage.

OU opens the 2023 campaign Thursday against No. 16-ranked Duke, then plays Liberty tomorrow night, followed by a game Saturday against No. 17 Stanford, one Sunday against No. 14 Washington, and finishes the even Monday against San Jose State.

Published Feb 8, 2023

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.