2025 Softball Roster
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Hayward, Paige
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Jersey Number 29
Paige Hayward
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Torrance South
- Hometown:
- Torrance, CA
- Major:
- Sociology
Bio
2025
Started all 54 games in center field...Outstanding fielder with 65 putouts and 0 errors for a 1.000 fielding %...First hit of the season in the season opener vs. Morehead State (2/7)...Went 2-2 with 2 RBI in win at Presbyterian (2/8)...First XBH with a double and two RBI vs. Coppin State (2/18)...Went 3-5 with 1 RBI, 1 double and 3 runs scored vs. Towson (2/22)...Huge series vs. St. Bonaventure, going a combined 7-9 with 5 RBI and 5 R (3/14-15)...Back-to-back two hit games at UMass (3/22)...2 stolen bases vs. UMES (3/26)...Big performance in win vs. George Mason with 2 hits, 1 double, 2 RBI and one run scored...Smacked a double in the A-10 Championship vs. Saint Joseph's (5/8).
2024
A-10 All-Rookie Team…A-10 Rookie of the Week (3/5)...Started all 53 games in center field in rookie season…Finished 11th in conference in RBI (31)…Was tied 3rd in A-10 in sacrifice hits (7)…Outstanding fielding in center field, starting every game with just 2 errors…highlight diving catch vs. Cornell (3/2)…12 multi-hit games in rookie season…Made collegiate debut vs. Bucknell (2/9)...Recorded first career hit, RBI and double vs. Campbell (2/9)...Scored a run in win vs. Syracuse (2/11)...Was the driving force with back-to-back 3 RBI games (career high) in straight wins over Cornell (3/2)...Went 2-4 with 3 RBI, 1 run scored vs. UC Davis (3/10)…Matched career high again with 3 RBI and added 1 run scored vs. Towson (3/19)…Went 2-3 with 3 RBI vs. SLU (3/29)…Was 2-3 with 2 RBI and a double vs. Morgan State (4/24)…In final game of the season, went 3-4 with double, 3 RBI and 3 runs scored vs. St. Bonaventure (5/5).
BEFORE GW
Played three years of varsity softball at Torrance South High School...Won consecutive Best Defensive Player of the Year awards...Named three times to the All-Pioneer League Team and three times to the All-Area First Team...Played club softball for BSC Bengals Briggs..Ranked 35th in Extra Innings Elite 100 for the class of 2023...Made the honor roll every semester of high school...Member of the Sustainable South Club, Members at Large Club and Connect Club.
Started all 54 games in center field...Outstanding fielder with 65 putouts and 0 errors for a 1.000 fielding %...First hit of the season in the season opener vs. Morehead State (2/7)...Went 2-2 with 2 RBI in win at Presbyterian (2/8)...First XBH with a double and two RBI vs. Coppin State (2/18)...Went 3-5 with 1 RBI, 1 double and 3 runs scored vs. Towson (2/22)...Huge series vs. St. Bonaventure, going a combined 7-9 with 5 RBI and 5 R (3/14-15)...Back-to-back two hit games at UMass (3/22)...2 stolen bases vs. UMES (3/26)...Big performance in win vs. George Mason with 2 hits, 1 double, 2 RBI and one run scored...Smacked a double in the A-10 Championship vs. Saint Joseph's (5/8).
2024
A-10 All-Rookie Team…A-10 Rookie of the Week (3/5)...Started all 53 games in center field in rookie season…Finished 11th in conference in RBI (31)…Was tied 3rd in A-10 in sacrifice hits (7)…Outstanding fielding in center field, starting every game with just 2 errors…highlight diving catch vs. Cornell (3/2)…12 multi-hit games in rookie season…Made collegiate debut vs. Bucknell (2/9)...Recorded first career hit, RBI and double vs. Campbell (2/9)...Scored a run in win vs. Syracuse (2/11)...Was the driving force with back-to-back 3 RBI games (career high) in straight wins over Cornell (3/2)...Went 2-4 with 3 RBI, 1 run scored vs. UC Davis (3/10)…Matched career high again with 3 RBI and added 1 run scored vs. Towson (3/19)…Went 2-3 with 3 RBI vs. SLU (3/29)…Was 2-3 with 2 RBI and a double vs. Morgan State (4/24)…In final game of the season, went 3-4 with double, 3 RBI and 3 runs scored vs. St. Bonaventure (5/5).
BEFORE GW
Played three years of varsity softball at Torrance South High School...Won consecutive Best Defensive Player of the Year awards...Named three times to the All-Pioneer League Team and three times to the All-Area First Team...Played club softball for BSC Bengals Briggs..Ranked 35th in Extra Innings Elite 100 for the class of 2023...Made the honor roll every semester of high school...Member of the Sustainable South Club, Members at Large Club and Connect Club.
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