Hailey Herman

A woman in a blue softball uniform gathers momentum towards home plate while winding up to throw a pitch

Photo by: Miranda Sampson/Sampson Snapshots

A woman playing softball in a grey uniform throws a pitch while winding up to throw the ball

Photo by: Mario Terrana

Photo by: Mario Terrana

Position:
Pitcher
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Staley H.S.
Hometown:
Kansas City, Mo.

PRONUNCIATION

2026: Pitched in 22 games and made five starts across season ... finished year with a 3-4 record and 6.39 ERA ... struck out 36 batters and walked 35 across 49 1/3 innings ... earned first win of season with four-inning effort versus Bucknell on Feb. 7 ... pitched two innings, allowing no earned runs, next day to log save against Stephen F. Austin ... one of two complete games came in February 14 victory versus Colgate ... threw seven innings and allowed three runs, with career-high 10 strikeouts, in win against Raiders ... also threw six innings, giving up three runs, in a tight defeat at Wichita State on March 17 ... remaining three-plus inning efforts came at nationally-ranked Nebraska (Feb. 27) and at South Dakota (March 22).

2025: Appeared in 18 games as a relief pitcher … picked up two wins against Princeton (March 13) and North Dakota State (April 19) while also recording a save against South Dakota (April 6) … posted a 4.25 ERA while striking out 13 in 31 1/3 innings of work.

2024: Appeared in nine games with 20 innings of work ... recording nine strikeouts and a 2.45 ERA ... had one at bat resulting in a single against SEMO (March 2) ... threw 4.1 innings of scoreless work against Omaha (May 4).

Before SDSU: Earned all-conference first team, all-region and all-district accolades while on the mound for Staley High School … all-district performer and all-conference at the plate as well … led team in batting average with a .381 mark as a senior in the fall of 2022 … season also featured a perfect game in the circle … ranked as the 128th players in the recruiting class of 2023 by Extra Innings Softball … oldest sister pitched at Central Arkansas … plans to study pre-dental at South Dakota State University.