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- ↑ "Ashley Hansen". Stanford University. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Career Records". Gostanford.com. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ↑ "All-Americans & Individual Awards". Gostanford.com. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ↑ "Pac-12 Conference 2020 Softball Media Guide". E-digitaleditions.com. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-11-08.