Victoria Hayward

Last updated
Victoria Hayward
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Nevada
Conference MWC
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born (1992-04-11) 11 April 1992 (age 32)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater Washington
Playing career
2011–2014 Washington
2015–2016 Pennsylvania Rebellion
2019 Canadian Wild
2000 - present Athletes Unlimited
Position(s) Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2015 LSU (Graduate asst.)
2016–2017 Massachusetts (asst.)
2018 Maryland (asst.)
2022 San Diego State (asst.)
2023 San Diego State (AHC)
2024 Washington (asst.)
2025–present Nevada
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Caracas
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Surrey
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Chiba

Victoria Gran Hayward (born 11 April 1992) is a Canadian Olympic athlete, a professional softball player and the current head coach for the University of Nevada softball program. [1] She played college softball at the University of Washington from 2011 to 2014, professional softball with the National Pro Fastpitch league from 2015 to 2019 and currently competes in the Athletes Unlimited softball league. [2] She is an outfielder who bats and throws left-handed. She has played for the Canadian Senior Women's softball team since June 2009 and was team captain when Canada won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]

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Early life

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

College

She attended the University of Washington 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

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] and joined the Canadian Wild in 2019. In 2020, she was the first athlete to sign with Athletes Unlimited, was named Chairperson of the Players Executive Committee for the first two years of the league's existence and currently competes in the Championship Series.

National Team

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

Upon completion of her college softball playing career, she joined LSU, which finished third at the 2015 Women's College World Series, as a graduate assistant. In 2016 and 2017, she was an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts helping them to back-to-back winning seasons. In 2018, she was an assistant coach at Maryland and in 2019, joined UCF Knights softball team as Director of Operations. [9]

On August 26, 2021, after competing at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Hayward was named an assistant coach for San Diego State [10] . The next season, Hayward was promoted to associate head coach as the Aztecs advanced to the super-regionals of the Woman's College World Series. [11] On June 12, 2023, she was named an assistant coach for Washington. [12]

On May 22, 2024, Hayward was named head coach for Nevada. [13]

Statistics

[14]

Athletes Unlimited Softball
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
20201553221.3961121231.585%757
20211548817.354200421.437%447
TOTAL301011038.3761321652.515%11914

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