5-7, Junior, Midfielder
Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS)
Career Statistics

2010 – Started in all 19 games for the Pirates, earning honorable mention all-conference honors after checking in as the team’s second-leading scorer in the 2010 season…Scored 13 goals with five assists for 31 points…Recorded three multiple-goal games, including a four-score game at Harris-Stowe on Oct. 20, helping the Pirates to a 14-0 win…Also had two of the team’s three goals in a 3-2 win over MidAmerica Nazarene University and another pair of goals on Oct. 2 at home against Harris-Stowe…Also had two of her five assists on the year in the home win over the Hornets for six total points…Recorded Park’s game-winning goal at William Woods University, a 2-0 victory, and scored the lone goal in the regular-season finale against Missouri Baptist University, burying the ball in the back of the net in the 55th minute…Finished the year with a .220 shot percentage, taking 59 shots, and had 32 shots on goal for a .542 shot-on-goal average…Ended the year as an academic all-conference honoree and was the AMC’s offensive player of the week on Oct. 4...2009 - Played in all 18 games with 17 starts, posting six goals and four assists to total 16 points...Took 44 shots, 21 of which were shots on goal...Had a career high four goals in the American Midwest Conference quarterfinals against Harris-Stowe State University...Also had scores against Harris-Stowe in the regular season...Had three assists in Park’s 19-0 win over the Hornets in Parkville...Made 10 consecutive starts to end the regular season...PERSONAL - Dana Hemmingsen was born in Kansas City, Mo., and is the daughter of Connie and Neil Hemmingsen, who reside in Prairie Village, Kan...Father is an electrical engineer, mother a fraud specialist…Has two sisters, Amanda and a twin, Nichole, who is also on the Park women’s soccer roster…High school coaches at Shawnee Mission East were Jim Ricker and Jamie Kelly…In 2009, was selected First-Team All-Sunflower League, First-Team Northeast Kansas Region and First-Team All-State in Kansas Class 6A...Named 2008 All-Sun honorable mention and honorable mention All-Sunflower League as a junior…Played on the Kansas Olympic Development Program team from 2002 to 2004…Chose Park University over Wayne State, Tennessee Tech and UMKC because of its location…Will major in mathematics…Also enjoys reading and volleyball.