Jared Hassin

{{Short description|American football player (born 1989)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college football player

|name=Jared Hassin

|school=Army Black Knights

|image = Jared hassin 1 (danny wild) (5336918896) (2).jpg

|caption = Hassin playing for Army in the 2010 Armed Forces Bowl

|currentnumber=7

|currentposition=Running back

|class=Senior

|major=Engineering

|birth_date={{Birth date |1989|12|17}}

|death_date={{Death date and age|2023|10|24|1989|12|17}}

|birth_place=Delafield, Wisconsin

|heightft=6

|heightin=3

|weight=235

|pastschools=

• Army Black Knights (2009-2012)

|highlights=

}}

Jared Hassin (December 17, 1989 - October 24, 2023)https://alumni.westpointaog.org/memorial-article?id=a83cc793-f8db-4a46-a16c-d8c2461527c2 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} was an American football running back who played for the Army Black Knights

Hassin was born and grew up in the state of Wisconsin. He played football at Kettle Moraine High School, where he played both running back and linebacker.

Hassin briefly attended the United States Air Force Academy, but quickly decided he wanted to transfer to the United States Military Academy.{{cite web |title=Jared Hassin - 2011 - Football |url=https://goarmywestpoint.com/sports/football/roster/jared-hassin/5505 |website=Army West Point |access-date=31 January 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Heyman |first1=Brian |title=Following Tradition at Army, After Detour at Air Force |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/sports/ncaafootball/06army.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=31 January 2024 |date=5 November 2010}} After transferring from the Air Force Academy to the Military Academy, Hassin sat out the 2009 season due to NCAA rules regarding transfers. Hassin rushed for 1,013 yards and scored nine touchdowns as a sophomore in 2010.{{cite news|title=Following Tradition at Army, After Detour at Air Force|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Brian Heyman|date=November 5, 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/sports/ncaafootball/06army.html}}{{cite web|title=Jared Hassin|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=June 16, 2022|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jared-hassin-1.html}} He tied the Army school record in 2010 with four consecutive 100-yard rushing games.{{cite web|title=Jared Hasssin|publisher=GoArmy.com|accessdate=June 16, 2022|url=http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hassin_jared00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124101740/http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hassin_jared00.html |archive-date=2011-11-24 }} His output dropped in his junior and senior seasons, and he left the team with five games remaining in his senior year.{{cite news|title=Former 1,000-yard rusher Hassin off Army's roster|newspaper=Times Herald-Record|author=Sal Interdonato|date=October 24, 2012|url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/sports/college/2012/10/24/former-1-000-yard-rusher/49330524007/}} Hassin graduated from the academy in 2013.{{cite web |title=Mr. Jared A. Hassin |url=https://www.west-point.org/users/usma2013/69611/ |website=www.west-point.org}} Hassin was a third-generation member of the U.S. Army, as both his father and grandfather had served in it. His father had also graduated from the U.S. Military Academy.

Hassin deployed to Afghanistan.{{cite web |title=Obituaries in Milwaukee, WI |url=https://www.jsonline.com/obituaries/pwix0614374 |website=jsonline.com |date=November 2023 |publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=31 January 2024 |language=en}}

Hassin had an affinity for dogs. He erected a memorial in Afghanistan to a war dog that had protected his unit's tactical outpost. Upon returning to civilian life, he volunteered with humane societies, ultimately adopting two dogs from them.

Hassin died on October 24, 2023.