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2 Hailey Backo

  • Class Junior
  • Position IF
  • Height 5-6
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Wallington, N.J.
  • High School Wallington

Biography

CAREER
Statistics
  • Has started 37 of 54 appearances, posting 19 hits, 10 runs scored, 10 RBI, five stolen bases, four doubles and two triples
  • Has logged four multi-hit performances
 
2024 SEASON
Statistics
  • Started 29 of 30 appearances, recording 13 hits, six runs, seven RBI, two doubles, a pair of triples and three stolen bases
  • Led the Pioneers in sacrifice bunts (four)
  • Registered three multi-hit outings
Game Highlights
  • Hit 1-for-2 with a career-best three RBI and two stolen bases during a 6-4 win versus Rutgers-Camden (4/20/24)
  • Finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a triple at Montclair State (4/23/24)
 
2023 SEASON
Statistics
  • Started eight of 24 appearances, recording six hits, four runs, two doubles and three RBI
Game Highlights
  • Posted her first collegiate hit with a double during an 8-0, six-inning win against Nazareth (3/12/23)
  • Made her collegiate debut March 4 at Stevens
  • Was 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored in a 9-0, five-inning victory against Alfred State (3/15/23)
 
PRIOR TO WILLIAM PATERSON
  • The team MVP and a third-team all-county and first-team all-league selection as a senior captain at Wallington H.S., breaking the school RBI single-season record
  • The NJIC champion, helping lead her team to the school wins record her senior year while recording a .426 batting average, 27 runs, 43 RBI and five home runs
  • The team MVP and a first-team all-league selection, setting new school records in batting average (.554) and doubles as a junior, adding 25 runs and 28 RBI
  • An honorable-mention all-league pick with a .350 batting average her first season
  • Also lettered in cheerleading
  • Won the 2015 and 2019 New Jersey Championships playing with Wallington All Stars Club under coaches David Backo and Andrea Piela
  • Member of the National Honor Society and Academic Decathlon
 
PERSONAL/ACADEMICS
  • Her brother, David, played baseball at WP (2020-23)
  • Her mother, Erin, graduated from WP
  • Her father, David, played baseball at Bloomfield College
  • A Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024 and Fall 2024 Dean’s List student
  • Named a 2023 and 2024 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • Selected to the 2023-24 Academic All-NJAC Honorable Mention
  • Majoring in marketing

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2023Freshman

    SS/2B
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2024Sophomore

    IF
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2025Junior

    IF
    5'6"
    2