Although he was a football player with talents on both sides of the ball, West Central Valley Wildcat football senior Cody Hansen was recently recognized by the Des Moines Register for his defensive performances on the season.

With the release, Hansen has been awarded a spot on class 1A’s All-Iowa team at the linebacker position. Hansen earned his way onto the All-Iowa stage as a tackles machine on the season having accumulated 101 tackles which ranked second highest in all of class 1A. The only person to grab more tackles than Hansen, BCLUW’s Clay Silver had 121 tackles and also made onto the class 1A first team All-Iowa team at linebacker.

Hansen was 7th in class 1A in tackles for a loss on the season notching 15 while ranking 5th in class 1A in solo tackles with 65 on the season. Hansen also had one interception on the season.