HAYWARD Victoria

Canada
Baseball/Softball
11 Apr 1992
29
Female
1.71/5'7''
TORONTO, ON
 
Canada
ORLANDO, FL
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BSB Baseball/Softball Softball
CAN
Canada
 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#3
MEX
Mexico
0
CAN
Canada
4
Finished
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#4
USA
United States
1
CAN
Canada
0
Finished
Yokohama Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#7
AUS
Australia
1
CAN
Canada
7
Finished
Yokohama Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#11
CAN
Canada
0
JPN
Japan
1
Finished
Yokohama Baseball Stadium
Softball Opening Round
#14
CAN
Canada
8
ITA
Italy
1
Finished
Yokohama Baseball Stadium
Softball Bronze Medal Game
#16
MEX
Mexico
2
CAN
Canada
3
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Softball World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Softball2018Chiba, JPN
3Softball2016Surrey, BC, CAN
3Softball2010Caracas, VEN
4Softball2014Haarlem, NED
5Softball2012Whitehorse, YT, CAN

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
2Softball2019Lima, PER

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
3Softball2017Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Vic (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)
:
Exploring new cities she travels to for softball, and collecting coffee mugs from places she visits. (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)
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Athlete
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Communications, Political Science - University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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English
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Canadian Wild [United States of America]
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Mark Smith [national, club], CAN
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Outfield (softball.ca, 19 Nov 2019)
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Bats left, throws left (softball.ca, 19 Nov 2019)
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2009 for Canada Against Australia, World Cup in Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019; teamusa.org, 20 Jul 2009)
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She began playing softball at age eight in Toronto, ON, Canada. (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)
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Her father signed her up to play. (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympic.org, 15 Jun 2019)
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US alpine skier Lindsey Vonn. (softball.ca, 01 Jan 2019)
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She listens to music as a pre-game ritual. (softball.ca, 01 Jan 2019)
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"The key to becoming a good softball player is willingness to fail, and have fun doing it. Our game is so tough. If you're a 300 hitter [.300 batting average], then you are failing seven out of ten times, and you're the best in the world." (olympic.org, 15 Jun 2019)
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While playing for University of Washington she received First Team All-American honours in 2014. (umassathletics.com, 01 Jan 2017)

General Interest

General
PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL
She was drafted as the 19th overall pick by the Pennsylvania Rebellion in the 2014 National Pro Fastpitch [NPF] Draft. She played with the Rebellion in 2015 and 2016, and joined the Canadian Wild in 2019. (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019; softball.ca, 19 Nov 2019; profastpitch.com, 01 Jul 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing a bachelor's degree in political science and communications at the University of Washington in 2014, she completed a master's degree in business administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2018. (Linkedin profile, 01 Jan 2019)

COACHING
She served as an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts in 2016/17 before moving to the University of Maryland for the 2018 season. In 2019 she took up a role as director of operations for the University of Central Florida softball team. "I played for the Washington Huskies at college, and did a master's in business administration, and I've done a few assistant coaching positions. But I'm currently [2019] stepping away from coaching, which is very demanding, so I can concentrate more on training [for the 2020 Olympic Games]." (olympic.org, 15 Jun 2019; olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019; softball.ca, 19 Nov 2019; profastpitch.com, 01 Jul 2019)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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