Vincent Garnett "Vince" Hanson (December 26, 1923 – August 30, 2009) was an NCAA All-American

NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 basketball player at Washington State University

Washington State University

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 (WSU) in 1944–45. Hanson was a three-sport star at WSU, playing for the basketball

Washington State Cougars men's basketball

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, baseball and track and field teams between 1942–43 and 1947–48. His best season came during his sophomore

Sophomore

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 season of 1944–45. That year, Hanson set a then-national single season scoring record with 592 points, led the Cougars to win the Pacific Coast Conference

Pacific Coast Conference

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 championship and was named a consensus Second Team All-American

1945 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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. He finished his college career with 1,153 points.

After graduating in 1948, Hanson was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1948 BAA Draft

1948 BAA Draft

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, although he never played professionally. He played one season of amateur basketball for the Akron Wingfoots

Akron Wingfoots

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 in the AAU Basketball League

National Alliance of Basketball Leagues

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. Afterward, Hanson entered the insurance business and also coached high school basketball at North Kitsap High School in Seattle, Washington.