Victoria Gran Hayward (born 11 April 1992) is Canadian, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional softball player.[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]

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Victoria Hayward

Biographical details
Born	(1992-04-11) 11 April 1992 (age 30) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	Washington
Playing career
2011–2014	Washington
2015–2016	Pennsylvania Rebellion
2019–present	Canadian Wild
Position(s)	Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2015	LSU (asst.)
2016–2017	Massachusetts (asst.)
2018	Maryland (asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-NPF Team (2019) Jennie Finch Award (2019)
Medal record Women's softball Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 2019 Lima World Championships 2010 Caracas 2016 Surrey 2018 Chiba

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 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

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

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

After finishing her college softball career, she became a coach. She joined Louisiana State University 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 the University of Maryland and was Director of Operations for the University of Central Florida softball team in 2019.[9]

Statistics

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References