Victoria Hayward

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Victoria Hayward
Biographical details
Born (1992-04-11) 11 April 1992 (age 32)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materWashington
Playing career
2011–2014Washington
2015–2016Pennsylvania Rebellion
2019–presentCanadian Wild
Position(s)Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2015LSU (Graduate asst.)
2016–2017Massachusetts (asst.)
2018Maryland (asst.)
2022San Diego State (asst.)
2023San Diego State (AHC)
2024–presentWashington (asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Caracas
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Surrey
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Chiba

Victoria Gran Hayward (born 11 April 1992) is Canadian, former professional softball player and current assistant coach for Washington.[1] She played college softball for Washington from 2011–14. She most recently played for the Canadian Wild in the National Pro Fastpitch. She played in the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball league and finished in third place overall in points earned.[2] She is an outfielder and bats and throws left-handed. She has played for the Canadian Senior Women's softball team since June 2009 and helped them win a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Early life[edit]

Born in Toronto, Victoria grew up in Mountain View, California and went to Mountain View High School (MVHS). She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Political Science from the University of Washington and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts.

Playing career[edit]

College[edit]

She attended the University of Washington for four years from 2011 to 2014 and played outfield for the Washington Huskies softball program. She was a 2014 All-American and a four-time All-Pac-12 selection. With the University of Washington, she won four NCAA Regional Championships and advanced to the 2013 Women's College World Series.[4]

Professional[edit]

Hayward was drafted 19th overall by the Pennsylvania Rebellion in the 2014 NPF Draft. She played professionally for the Rebellion in 2015 and 2016.[5] She joined the Canadian Wild in 2019 and in 2020 became the first player to sign with the Athletes Unlimited Softball league.

National Team[edit]

Hayward has played with the Canadian Women's Senior National team since 2009 and at 16, was the youngest player to appear for the Canadian national team. She has won five medals competing for Canada - two Silver at the Pan American Games and three Bronze medals at the World Championships. She was named to the 2015 Pan American Games team that won Gold, but was unable to compete due to injury.[6] She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she recorded six hits to hit .300, including two during the bronze medal game to defeat Team Mexico 3–2.[7][8]

Coaching career[edit]

After finishing her college softball career, she joined LSU in 2015, where she helped guide the team to a third-place finish at the Women's College World Series. In 2016 and 2017, she was an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts helping them to back-to-back winning seasons in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, she was an assistant coach at Maryland and was Director of Operations for UCF Knights softball team in 2019.[9]

On August 26, 2021, Hayward was named an assistant coach for San Diego State.[10] On August 2, 2022, she was promoted to associate head coach at San Diego State.[11] On June 12, 2023, she was named an assistant coach for Washington.[12]

Statistics[edit]

[13]

Athletes Unlimited Softball
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 15 53 2 21 .396 11 2 1 2 31 .585% 7 5 7
2021 15 48 8 17 .354 2 0 0 4 21 .437% 4 4 7
TOTAL 30 101 10 38 .376 13 2 1 6 52 .515% 11 9 14

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2014 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  2. ^ "CAT OSTERMAN CROWNED FIRST ATHLETES UNLIMITED CHAMPION". Auprosports.com. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  3. ^ "Profile at Softball Canada". Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Victoria Hayward Bio - UCFKnights.com | UCF Knights Athletics". ucfknights.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-23.
  5. ^ "Player Profile".
  6. ^ "Player Profile".
  7. ^ "MEX 2, CAN 3". Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  8. ^ "Hayward". Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  9. ^ "Player Profile".
  10. ^ "Victoria Hayward Named Softball Assistant Coach". goaztecs.com. August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "Victoria Hayward Promoted to SDSU Softball Associate Head Coach". sdsu.edu. August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "Huskies Add Gano, Hayward To Coaching Staff". gohuskies.com. June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  13. ^ "Player Stats". Ausports.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
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