Awards and Honors
Dean’s List: S24
Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: F23
Career Recap: Austin Peay
2024-25 (Junior)
Appeared in 23 games while starting a career-best six contests during his junior campaign… Second on the team with 16 blocks and fifth with 22 offensive rebounds… Matched his career-high in scoring with eight points in the season opener against Union (Nov. 4), while also grabbing eight rebounds – including a trio of offensive boards – and tallying three steals.… Made his first of five-straight starts at Butler (Nov. 8) with two points, three steals, a pair of assists, and both a steal and a block in the win against the Bulldogs… Played a season-high 28 minutes against Chattanooga (Nov. 11), where he scored five points, went 2-for-2 from the field, and grabbed seven boards – with three offensive rebounds – against the Mocs… Hit his second-career three-pointer in a five-point, two-block effort at No. 9 Tennessee (Nov. 17)… Had a season-high three assists with no turnovers at Morehead State (Nov. 20)… After missing over a month due to a lower-body injury, returned to the lineup and started in the ASUN opener at North Florida (Jan. 2)… Had five blocks against Eastern Kentucky (Jan. 16), the most by a Governor since Chris Horton had a program-record 10 in Nov. 2014… Went 2-for-2 from the field with two points, a pair of rebounds, and a pair of steals in addition to a block in 20 minutes of action against Central Arkansas (Feb. 8)… Scored six points and had five rebounds and three steals at Queens (Feb. 20)… Tallied a trio of blocks in a seven-rebound performance against Lipscomb (Feb. 24), where he hauled in a season-high four offensive boards… Earned his sixth and final start of the season at West Georgia (Feb. 26)… Played 21 minutes where he score three points and grabbed a pair of defensive rebounds in the ASUN Baksetball Championship Quarterfinals at North Florida (March 3).
2023-24 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 30 games, making six starts during his first season in Clarksville… Led the Governors with a 67.5 field-goal percentage... Second on the team with 24 blocks and third with 35 offensive rebounds… Scored his first points as a Governor at George Mason (Nov. 10) in a two-point, four-rebound effort… Tallied a trio of steals in the Govs’ first game of the 2023 SoCal Challenge against UTEP (Nov. 17)… Had his first of two three-block performances against Sacramento State (Nov. 22)… Earned three-straight starts, Nov. 29-Dec. 5, in which he shot 8-of-9 from the field and averaged 6.3 rebounds… Had a season-high eight points and 10 rebounds, including a career-high five offensive boards, in a 4-for-4 night from the field against Midway (Dec. 5)… Hauled in nine rebounds and blocked three shots in the Governors win against Murray State (Dec. 9)… Had a block in seven-straight games, Dec. 30-Jan. 25... Prior to the season’s start, was featured in Sports Illustrated in a story written by Kevin Sweeney, “More Than What’s Missing”… Also had a mini-documentary featured on CBS Saturday with Dana Jacobson.
Career Recap: Northwestern State 2022-23 (Freshman)
One of six players who come to Clarksville from Northwestern State under Governors’ first-year head coach Corey Gipson… Appeared in 20 games during his freshman season for the Demons, starting the final five games of the season… Drained his first-career three-pointer in two minutes of action at New Orleans… Made his first-career start in a 12-minute performance against Incarnate Word where he scored two points, grabbed a season-high five rebounds, and had two blocks… Played a season-best 25 minutes against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the Southland Conference Tournament Championship.
Career Recap: Life Christian Academy
A two-year letterwinner at LCA under head coach Andrew Fowler… A three-star recruit by 247sports.com, was ranked the No. 243 prospect coming out of high school by On3.com… Averaged 25.9 points, 11.0 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 3.4 blocks per game during his senior season… Was nominated for a 2022 ESPY in the “Best Play” category.
Personal
Hansel Donato Dominguez is the son of Katy Dominguez and Hansen Donato… Has four siblings: Abigail, Kaira, Jhohansel, and Salomon… Born Oct. 24... Majoring in health and human performance.
