Haylie McCleney

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Alabama (2013–2016)
USSSA Pride (2016)
Texas Charge (2017)
Scrap Yard Fast Pitch (2018–2020)
Team USA (2016–2024)

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2× World Champion (2016, 2018)
Alabama career batter average leader (.447)
3× First Team All-American (2014-2016)
Second Team All-American (2013)

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Haylie McCleney (born July 11, 1994) is an American former professional softball outfielder. She played college softball for Alabama. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. She most recently played in the Athletes Unlimited Softball league.

Career

McCleney played college softball for Alabama from 2013 to 2016, earning Second Team and three First Team All-SEC honors.{{cite web |url=https://rolltide.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1316 |title=2016 Softball Roster Haylie McCleney |website=Rolltide.com |date= |access-date=October 7, 2019}} She was also named a Second Team and three First Team All-American from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/awards/nfca-all-americans/2013-d1-all-americans-5484 |title=2013 NFCA Division I All-Americans |website=NFCA.org |date= 29 May 2013|access-date=October 7, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/category/ncaa-i?awarddivision=ncaa-i&awardtype=all-american&awardyear=2014 |title=2014 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS |website=NFCA.org |date= |access-date=October 7, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/category/ncaa-i?awarddivision=ncaa-i&awardtype=all-american&awardyear=2015 |title=2015 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS |website=NFCA.org |date= |access-date=October 7, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/category/ncaa-i?awarddivision=ncaa-i&awardtype=all-american&awardyear=2016 |title=2016 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS |website=NFCA.org |date= |access-date=October 6, 2019}} McCleney would end her career with the Alabama Crimson Tide batting crown and a member of the elite .400 average, 300 hits, 200 runs, 100 stolen bases club.{{cite web |url=https://rolltide.com/documents/2019/2/12/wsb_media_guide.pdf |title=Alabama Softball 2019 Media Guide |website=rolltide.com |date= |access-date=October 7, 2019}}

She played in the inaugural season of Athletes Unlimited Softball league.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-28|title=Athletes Unlimited final act of strange 2020 for Team USA|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/29738295/athletes-unlimited-final-act-strange-2020-team-usa-softball-players|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=ESPN.com}} On July 25, 2024, McCleney announced she would retire at the conclusion of the Athletes Unlimited summer season.{{Cite web|url=https://d1softball.com/haylie-mccleney-announces-retirement/ |title=Haylie McCleney Announces Retirement |website=d1softball.com |first=Justin |last=McLeod |date=July 25, 2024 |access-date=July 25, 2024 }}

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.{{cite web |url=https://olympicsoftball.wbsc.org/en/2021/schedule-and-results/box-score/6289 |title=JPN 2, USA 0 |website=olympicssoftball.wbsc.org |date=2021-07-27 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-date=2021-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727131658/https://olympicsoftball.wbsc.org/en/2021/schedule-and-results/box-score/6289 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://olympicsoftball.wbsc.org/en/2021/teams/USA/players/74696 |title=McCleney |website=olympicssoftball.wbsc.org |date=2021-07-27 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-date=2021-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728224511/https://olympicsoftball.wbsc.org/en/2021/teams/USA/players/74696 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/team-usa/2020-olympic-team |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007043704/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/team-usa/2020-olympic-team |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |title=2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team |website=Teamusa.org |date= |access-date=October 7, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://olympicsoftball.wbsc.org/en/2021/e-2021-softball-olympic-games/teams/USA/players/74696|title=United States|access-date=2021-07-27|archive-date=2021-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727204429/https://olympicsoftball.wbsc.org/en/2021/e-2021-softball-olympic-games/teams/USA/players/74696|url-status=dead}} Following the tournament, she was named to the WBSC All-Olympic softball team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbsc.org/news/japans-yamato-fujita-named-tokyo-2020-softball-mvp-as-all-olympic-team-revealed|title=Japan's Yamato Fujita named Tokyo 2020 softball MVP as All-Olympic team revealed}}

On August 31, 2023, McCleney was named to the U.S. women's national team for the 2023 Pan American Games.{{cite web |url=https://www.usasoftball.com/news/2023/08/31/usa-softball-announces-16-player-womens-national-team-roster-set-to-represent-team-usa-at-2023-pan-american-games/ |title=USA Softball announces 16-player Women's National Team roster set to represent Team USA at 2023 Pan American Games |website=usasoftball.com |date=August 31, 2023 |access-date=September 8, 2023}}

McCleney represented the United States at the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup and won a silver medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-womens-softball-world-cup-finals/news/2024-women-softball-world-cup-final-usa-japan |title=Japan outscore USA in the final to become Women's Softball World Champions |website=wbsc.org |date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}}

Personal life

McCleney is engaged to former Florida State softball pitcher Kylee Hanson. They were engaged in February 2019.{{Cite news |last=Reimer |first=Alex |date=2020-07-07 |title=Team USA softball star Haylie McCleney comes out as gay |language=en |url=https://www.outsports.com/2020/7/7/21315947/hayley-mccleney-softball-coming-out |access-date=July 8, 2020}}

Statistics

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|+Alabama Crimson Tide

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| YEAR

| G

| AB

| R

| H

| BA

| RBI

| HR

| 3B

| 2B

| TB

| SLG

| BB

| SO

| SB

| SBA

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| 2013

| 60

| 185

| 68

| 86

| .465

| 41

| 4

| 14

| 120

| .648%

| 32

| 10

| 30

| 31

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| 2014

| 65

| 198

| 70

| 88

| .444

| 42

| 10

| 4

| 12

| 138

| .697%

| 50

| 12

| 34

| 37

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| 2015

| 63

| 165

| 69

| 72

| .436

| 47

| 8

| 3

| 14

| 116

| .703%

| 61

| 9

| 32

| 34

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| 2016

| 60

| 152

| 72

| 67

| .441

| 32

| 5

| 17

| 109

| .717%

| 56

| 14

| 22

| 23

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| TOTALS

| 248

| 700

| 279

| 313

| .447

| 162

| 27

| 16

| 57

| 483

| .690%

| 199

| 45

| 118

| 125

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|+Team USA

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| YEAR

| G

| AB

| R

| H

| BA

| RBI

| HR

| 3B

| 2B

| TB

| SLG

| BB

| SO

| SB

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| 2020

| 11

| 32

| 14

| 16

| .500

| 7

| 0

| 3

| 25

| .781%

| 7

| 1

| 5

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| 2021

| 31

| 101

| 31

| 40

| .396

| 22

| 9

| 5

| 4

| 81

| .802%

| 16

| 9

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| Olympics

| 6

| 17

| 3

| 9

| .529

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 11

| .647%

| 4

| 1

| 2

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| TOTAL

| 48

| 150

| 48

| 65

| .433

| 29

| 9

| 7

| 117

| .780%

| 27

| 11

| 16

{{cite web |url=https://auprosports.com/softball/stats/ |title=Player Stats |website=ausports.com |date= |access-date=July 11, 2021}}

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|+Athletes Unlimited Softball

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| G

| AB

| R

| H

| BA

| RBI

| HR

| 3B

| 2B

| TB

| SLG

| BB

| SO

| SB

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| 2020

| 15

| 53

| 6

| 21

| .396

| 13

| 6

| 0

| 3

| 42

| .792%

| 5

| 6

| 1

References

External links

[https://www.usasoftball.com/roster/haylie-mccleney/ Haylie McCleney] at USA Softball
{{Team USA|new_id=haylie-mccleney-909372|old_id=MC/Haylie-McCleney|archive=20220204120946}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com|haylie-mc-cleney}}
{{2019 Pan American Games profile|softball/athlete-profile-n1122414-mccleney-haylie}}
{{Official website}}

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