Hailey Backo - 2026 - Softball - William Paterson University Athletics

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CAREER
Statistics

Has started 71 of 88 appearances, posting 42 hits, 26 runs scored, 21 RBI, 10 doubles, two triples, a home run and nine stolen bases
Has logged 10 multi-hit and two multi-RBI outings

2025 SEASON
Statistics

Started all 34 games played, compiling 23 hits, 16 runs scored, 11 RBI, six doubles, a home run, four stolen bases, three sacrifice hits and three sacrifice flies
Recorded six multi-hit and one multi-RBI performance

In the NJAC Statistics

Game Highlights

Batted 2-for-3 with a home run against Drew (3/4/25)
Logged two hits and drove in a career-high three runs during a 6-5 home win against New Jersey City (4/10/25)
Went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and a stolen base during a 7-0 home victory versus Lehman (4/18/25)

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)
Was 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored in a 9-0, five-inning victory against Alfred State (3/15/23)
Made her collegiate debut March 4 at Stevens

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
Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the national student-athlete honor society
A Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 and Fall 2025 Dean’s List student
Named a 2023 and 2024 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete
A member of the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team
Selected to the 2023-24 and 2024-25 Academic All-NJAC Honorable Mentions
Majoring in marketing

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