Northern State University Athletics

2024: Appeared and started in all 50 games for the Wolves… Recorded a .350 batting average, .413 on-base percentage, and a .492 slugging percentage… Totaled 62 hits in 177 at-bats with 16 double, three homeruns and five stolen bases… Accumulated 43 RBI and 35 runs scored… Tallied a .992 fielding percentage with 248 putouts, 16 assists, and two errors… Was named to the NCIS All-Defensive Team…

2023: Appeared in and started all 42 games for the Wolves… Recorded a .245 batting average, .305 on-base percentage, .358 slugging percentage, and a .663 on-base plus slugging percentage… Totaled 39 hits in 159 at-bats with six doubles and four homeruns… He accumulated 22 RBI and 17 runs scored… Notched ten multi-hit games… On the base paths he collected a team-best seven stolen bases on nine attempts… Tallied a .972 fielding percentage with 69 putouts and two errors…

2022: Appeared in 37 games while making 35 starts for the Wolves… Notched a .294 batting average and a .412 slugging percentage… Totaled 40 hits, six doubles, two triples, two homeruns, 11 RBI, 18 runs scored, and seven stolen bases… Recorded a season best of three hits in three different games, including a May 2^nd win at UMary when he batted 3-for-4 with three RBI… Tallied a .951 fielding percentage with 55 putouts, three assists, and three errors…

2021: Appeared in 34 games, making 29 starts… Led the team hitting .303 with 30 hits, nine doubles, and two homeruns… Recorded 16 runs scored and 14 RBI… Stole a team high eight bases on ten attempts… Tallied 32 putouts and one assist without giving up an error…

2020: Did not make an appearance…

Prep: Karson Hesser is a 6-foot-2, 180-pound shortstop out of Wahoo High School. He is a 4-year starter for the Warriors under head coach Kyle Weyers. Hesser posted a .440 average in 2018, and was a 2-time all-conference selection in 2017 and 2018. The Warriors won the 2018 Nebraska State Championship, after finishing as the runner-up in 2017. He is the son of Elke and TJ Hesser.