Haylie McCleney

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Haylie McCleney
Outfielder
Born: (1994-07-11)July 11, 1994
Morris, Alabama
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x World Champion (2016, 2018)
  • Alabama career batter average leader (.447)
  • 3x First Team All-American (2014-2016)
  • Second Team All-American (2013)
Medals
Women's softball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team

Haylie McCleney (born July 11, 1994) is an American, former collegiate four-time All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional softball outfielder originally from Morris, Alabama. She played college softball for Alabama Crimson Tide softball in the Southeastern Conference. She currently plays in the Athletes Unlimited softball league. She also competed for and represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.

Career[]

McCleney played college softball for Alabama from 2013 to 2016, earning Second Team and three First Team All-SEC honors.[1] She was also named a Second Team and three First Team All-American from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.[2][3][4][5] McCleney would end her career with the Alabama career batting crown and a member of the elite .400 average, 300 hits, 200 runs, 100 stolen bases club.[6]

She played in the inaugural season of Athletes Unlimited Softball league.[7]

International career[]

McCleney has been a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2013. She represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. She led Team USA in batting average, batting .529 throughout the 2020 Olympics with nine hits and four runs in six games, her hits leading the tournament. Team USA was defeated by Team Japan in the gold medal game 2–0, where she was shutout at the plate.[8][9][10][11] Following the tournament, she was named to the WBSC All-Olympic softball team.[12]

Personal life[]

McCleney is engaged to former Florida State softball pitcher Kylee Hanson. They were engaged in February 2019.[13]

Statistics[]

Alabama Crimson Tide
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2013 60 185 68 86 .465 41 4 4 14 120 .648% 32 10 30 31
2014 65 198 70 88 .444 42 10 4 12 138 .697% 50 12 34 37
2015 63 165 69 72 .436 47 8 3 14 116 .703% 61 9 32 34
2016 60 152 72 67 .441 32 5 5 17 109 .717% 56 14 22 23
TOTALS 248 700 279 313 .447 162 27 16 57 483 .690% 199 45 118 125
Team USA
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 11 32 14 16 .500 7 0 3 3 25 .781% 7 1 5
2021 31 101 31 40 .396 22 9 5 4 81 .802% 16 9 9
Olympics 6 17 3 9 .529 0 0 1 0 11 .647% 4 1 2
TOTAL 48 150 48 65 .433 29 9 9 7 117 .780% 27 11 16

[14]

Athletes Unlimited Softball
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 15 53 6 21 .396 13 6 0 3 42 .792% 5 6 1
2021 14 45 14 17 .378 6 1 0 3 23 .511% 4 6 0
TOTAL 29 98 20 38 .388 19 7 0 6 65 .663% 9 12 1

References[]

  1. ^ "2016 Softball Roster Haylie McCleney". Rolltide.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  2. ^ "2013 NFCA Division I All-Americans". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. ^ "2014 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  4. ^ "2015 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  5. ^ "2016 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  6. ^ "Alabama Softball 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). rolltide.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  7. ^ "Athletes Unlimited final act of strange 2020 for Team USA". ESPN.com. 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  8. ^ "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  9. ^ "McCleney". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  10. ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  11. ^ https://olympicsoftball.wbsc.org/en/2021/e-2021-softball-olympic-games/teams/USA/players/74696
  12. ^ https://www.wbsc.org/news/japans-yamato-fujita-named-tokyo-2020-softball-mvp-as-all-olympic-team-revealed
  13. ^ Reimer, Alex (2020-07-07). "Team USA softball star Haylie McCleney comes out as gay". Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  14. ^ "Player Stats". ausports.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

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