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Jersey Number 26
Haley Cruse
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Del Norte HS
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
Bio
CAREER
Only player in program history to lead the team in hitting four straight seasons – no one else has done it more than two years in a row … Finished career in the top 10 at UO in four different stat categories … Fifth with a .378 batting average and fifth with 156 runs scored … Seventh with 63 stolen bases and tied for eighth with 38 doubles.
SENIOR (2021)
-First-Team All-Pac-12
-NFCA First Team All-Pacific Region
Returned for a fifth year and led the team in hitting for the fourth straight year with a .389 batting average … First player in program history to lead the team in hitting four straight years - no other player has done it more than twice in a row … First on the team in seven major offensive categories (AVG, R, H, 2B, SLG, OBP, SB) … In the top 10 of the conference in six of those categories (AVG, R, H, 2B, OBP, SB) … Had a .515 OBP this year when leading off an inning … Reached base in 50 of her 56 games played … First-team All-Pac-12 selection … Named NFCA first team All-Pacific Region … Hit safely in 13 of the final 14 games of the season … Led the team with 21 multi-hit games, including a team-best six three-hit games … Hit four leadoff home runs … vs. Montana (Feb. 12): Tied a school single-game record with three doubles, going 3-for-3 with three runs scored … vs. Weber State (Feb. 13): Matched a career-high with four RBIs to go along with a pair of doubles, finishing the opening weekend of the season leading the nation with five two-baggers … at Fresno State (Feb. 21): Made a game-saving diving catch to end the game in a 2-1 win to leave a pair of runners on in the seventh inning … vs. Boise State (Mar. 6, 7): Hit first leadoff homer of the season against the Broncos on Mar. 6, before going yard in back-to-back games for the first time in her career with a solo shot the next day … vs. Utah (Mar. 19-21): Went 8-for-14 with three runs scored, three walks, a homer and three RBIs in a four-game sweep … at Oregon State (Apr. 1): Blasted a leadoff homer on the first pitch in a 2-0 win … vs. UCLA (Apr. 9-11): Doubled home a run late in a game one win over the Bruins before homering in the series finale – both big hits came off Rachel Garcia … Went 6-for-14 in the series with a hit in all four games … vs. Arizona (May 7-9): Turned in a monster senior weekend, going 8-for-13 with a double, triple, homer and three RBIs … vs. Arizona (May 7): Broke up a perfect game with a leadoff single in the seventh inning to set up Terra McGowan for a walk-off two-run homer … vs. Arizona (May 8): Hit for the cycle over the two games of a doubleheader, going 5-for-6 with three RBIs, a double, triple and a homer … NCAA Austin Regional (May 21-23): Went 9-for-20 with a pair of doubles and four runs scored, hitting safely in all five games in the postseason.
SENIOR (2020)
- Softball America Second-Team All-American
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 25)
Led the team and finished third in the conference with a .457 batting average … The first player in program history to lead the team in hitting three straight years … Second in the Pac-12 in total hits with 37, fourth with 30 runs scored and tied for the conference lead with 15 stolen bases … Led the team in all three of those categories in addition to on-base percentage (.505) … Also first on the team with 12 multi-hit games, including five three-hit games … The only Power 5 player and one of just seven overall nationally to have stolen at least 15 bases without being thrown out … Ended the season on a nine-game hitting streak, and hit safely in 21 of the 24 games … Started all 24 games, 19 in center field and five in right, while hitting leadoff in every game … Reached and scored a run in the first inning in nine of the 24 games … vs. George Washington (Feb. 7): Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored … vs. Dayton/at Houston (Feb. 15): Scored three runs in each game of the doubleheader an matched a career-high with three stolen bases vs. Dayton, while going 2-for-4 with a solo homer in the nightcap against Houston … Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 20-22): Named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the first time in her career after leading all players in the elite 29-team tournament with a .667 batting average and 10 runs scored … Also reached base at a .684 clip while hitting two doubles and two triples, driving in six runs … vs. Bethune-Cookman/Mississippi State (Feb. 20): Went 3-for-4 in both games of the doubleheader, scoring two runs in game one and three in the second game, finishing just a home run shy of the cycle against Mississippi State … vs. Notre Dame (Feb. 21): Turned in third straight three-hit game, going 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs and a run scored in a 5-1 win … Delivered a pair of key insurance runs in the sixth inning with a two-run triple … vs. Idaho State (Feb. 21): Finished 2-for-2 with three runs scored, a double, RBI and a walk … vs. Northwestern (Feb. 22): Got the Ducks on the board with a two-RBI single in the second inning on the way to a 6-3 win over the No. 25 Wildcats … at Tulsa (Feb. 28): Turned in fifth three-hit game of the year by going 3-for-4 with a double … vs. Loyola Marymount (March 7): Went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs … vs. Seattle (March 7): Hit a leadoff solo homer and finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs in a 10-2 win.
JUNIOR (2019)
- Third Team All-Pac-12
- NFCA Second Team All-Pacific Region
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
Led the Ducks as a junior with a .348 batting average and a .465 on-base percentage ... Tallied five doubles, two home runs, a triple and 19 RBIs ... Hit .373 with a .464 OBP during conference games ... Top 10 in the Pac-12 in OBP (.465), walks (31) and stolen bases (13) ... Second on the team with 13 multi-hit games, including her first career four-hit game on March 30 at Stanford ... Recorded four games with multiple RBIs,... Thrived after returning to the leadoff spot on March 29 at Stanford, batting .406 with a .479 OBP over her last 20 games ... Opened the season with three multi-hit games in the first five contests ... Finished the season with six multi-hit performances in her last 12 games, and four in her last seven ... Drew multiple walks 10 different times, including a three-walk game on Feb. 24 against UCSB ... Started all 48 games she played in center field while also helping out a thin pitching staff with three appearances in the circle … vs. Oklahoma State (March 9): Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two stolen bases … at Pacific (March 27): Stole a career-high three bases, finishing 1-for-2 with two runs scored ... vs. California (April 19): Blasted first home run of the year while going 2-for-3 … vs. Portland State (April 23): Drove in a career-high four runs in game two of a doubleheader, including a three-run inside-the-park home run to cap a 9-8 comeback win for the Ducks.
SOPHOMORE (2018)
- Third Team All-Pac-12
- NFCA Second Team All-Pacific Region
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
Led all Pac-12 hitters with a .426 batting average in conference games, 70 points better than second place (.356) ... Her .377 overall batting average ranked sixth in the Pac-12 and first among Ducks to headline breakout sophomore season ... Ranked ninth in the Pac-12 with a .430 on-base percentage, drawing 12 walks with only 13 strikeouts in 130 at-bats ... Hit two home runs and had 11 doubles for a .508 slugging percentage ... Appeared in 59 of Oregon's 62 games, making 46 starts ... Had three straight two-hit games and five in a six-game span from April 29 to May 11, going 6-for-14 (.429) over that stretch … vs. FGCU (March 2): Notched the first of 15 multi-hit games, going 2-for-2 with a walk ... vs. UCLA (March 17): Recorded two hits in a 2-for-4 day vs. the No. 3 Bruins … at Oregon State (March 29-30): Went 2-for-3 with two doubles before going 2-for-4 with another double the next day vs. the Beavers, her third two-hit game in a four-game span ... vs. Utah (May 4): Blasted her first home run of the season – a solo shot in the fourth inning ... vs. Kentucky (May 24-26): Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored to open the Super Regionals, and added a double and an RBI in another two-hit night two days later to send UO to the Women's College World Series ... vs. Arizona State (May 31): Blasted her second homer of the year against the No. 8 Sun Devils to open the WCWS, notching her lone two-RBI game of the season ... vs. Florida State (June 2): Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in UO's final game of the WCWS.
FRESHMAN (2017)
Made 34 appearances in her first season with the Ducks, including four starts ... Scored 14 runs and drove in seven ... All four of her hits on the season went for extra bases - two doubles, one triple and one home run... vs. Virginia (Feb. 9): Went 1-for-2 with a double in her collegiate debut ... vs. Fresno State (Feb. 10): Made her first career start ... at Hawaii (Feb. 25): Hit first career home run – a pinch-hit three-run blast in the fifth inning ... vs. Hofstra (March 10): Drew two walks and scored twice off the bench … vs. Washington (June 1): Entered as a pinch runner and scored in the opening game of the WCWS.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, at Stanford (March 30, 2019)
Runs: 3, 5x, last vs. Idaho State (Feb. 21, 2020)
RBIs: 4, vs. Portland State (April 23, 2019)
Doubles: 2, at Oregon State (March 29, 2018)
Triples: 1, 4x, last vs. Notre Dame (Feb. 21, 2020)
Home Runs: 1, 7x, last vs. Seattle (March 7 2020)
Stolen Bases: 3, 2x, last vs. Dayton (Feb. 15, 2020)
Walks: 3, vs. UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 24, 2019)
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time first team all-Avocado East League choice…Hit .487 as as senior with 50 runs scored, 20 doubles and 15 RBIs...Went a perfect 18-for-18 on stolen base attempts in 2016...Hit .436 in 26 games as a junior in 2015 with 30 runs scored, 13 RBIs, 11 doubles and two home runs…Hit a career-best .488 as a sophomore in 23 games with four homers…23-for-27 in career stolen bases…Also pitched as a freshman, with a 1.41 ERA in 34.2 innings and 28 strikeouts.
CLUB
Played with the Corona Angels club team.
Only player in program history to lead the team in hitting four straight seasons – no one else has done it more than two years in a row … Finished career in the top 10 at UO in four different stat categories … Fifth with a .378 batting average and fifth with 156 runs scored … Seventh with 63 stolen bases and tied for eighth with 38 doubles.
SENIOR (2021)
-First-Team All-Pac-12
-NFCA First Team All-Pacific Region
Returned for a fifth year and led the team in hitting for the fourth straight year with a .389 batting average … First player in program history to lead the team in hitting four straight years - no other player has done it more than twice in a row … First on the team in seven major offensive categories (AVG, R, H, 2B, SLG, OBP, SB) … In the top 10 of the conference in six of those categories (AVG, R, H, 2B, OBP, SB) … Had a .515 OBP this year when leading off an inning … Reached base in 50 of her 56 games played … First-team All-Pac-12 selection … Named NFCA first team All-Pacific Region … Hit safely in 13 of the final 14 games of the season … Led the team with 21 multi-hit games, including a team-best six three-hit games … Hit four leadoff home runs … vs. Montana (Feb. 12): Tied a school single-game record with three doubles, going 3-for-3 with three runs scored … vs. Weber State (Feb. 13): Matched a career-high with four RBIs to go along with a pair of doubles, finishing the opening weekend of the season leading the nation with five two-baggers … at Fresno State (Feb. 21): Made a game-saving diving catch to end the game in a 2-1 win to leave a pair of runners on in the seventh inning … vs. Boise State (Mar. 6, 7): Hit first leadoff homer of the season against the Broncos on Mar. 6, before going yard in back-to-back games for the first time in her career with a solo shot the next day … vs. Utah (Mar. 19-21): Went 8-for-14 with three runs scored, three walks, a homer and three RBIs in a four-game sweep … at Oregon State (Apr. 1): Blasted a leadoff homer on the first pitch in a 2-0 win … vs. UCLA (Apr. 9-11): Doubled home a run late in a game one win over the Bruins before homering in the series finale – both big hits came off Rachel Garcia … Went 6-for-14 in the series with a hit in all four games … vs. Arizona (May 7-9): Turned in a monster senior weekend, going 8-for-13 with a double, triple, homer and three RBIs … vs. Arizona (May 7): Broke up a perfect game with a leadoff single in the seventh inning to set up Terra McGowan for a walk-off two-run homer … vs. Arizona (May 8): Hit for the cycle over the two games of a doubleheader, going 5-for-6 with three RBIs, a double, triple and a homer … NCAA Austin Regional (May 21-23): Went 9-for-20 with a pair of doubles and four runs scored, hitting safely in all five games in the postseason.
SENIOR (2020)
- Softball America Second-Team All-American
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 25)
Led the team and finished third in the conference with a .457 batting average … The first player in program history to lead the team in hitting three straight years … Second in the Pac-12 in total hits with 37, fourth with 30 runs scored and tied for the conference lead with 15 stolen bases … Led the team in all three of those categories in addition to on-base percentage (.505) … Also first on the team with 12 multi-hit games, including five three-hit games … The only Power 5 player and one of just seven overall nationally to have stolen at least 15 bases without being thrown out … Ended the season on a nine-game hitting streak, and hit safely in 21 of the 24 games … Started all 24 games, 19 in center field and five in right, while hitting leadoff in every game … Reached and scored a run in the first inning in nine of the 24 games … vs. George Washington (Feb. 7): Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored … vs. Dayton/at Houston (Feb. 15): Scored three runs in each game of the doubleheader an matched a career-high with three stolen bases vs. Dayton, while going 2-for-4 with a solo homer in the nightcap against Houston … Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 20-22): Named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the first time in her career after leading all players in the elite 29-team tournament with a .667 batting average and 10 runs scored … Also reached base at a .684 clip while hitting two doubles and two triples, driving in six runs … vs. Bethune-Cookman/Mississippi State (Feb. 20): Went 3-for-4 in both games of the doubleheader, scoring two runs in game one and three in the second game, finishing just a home run shy of the cycle against Mississippi State … vs. Notre Dame (Feb. 21): Turned in third straight three-hit game, going 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs and a run scored in a 5-1 win … Delivered a pair of key insurance runs in the sixth inning with a two-run triple … vs. Idaho State (Feb. 21): Finished 2-for-2 with three runs scored, a double, RBI and a walk … vs. Northwestern (Feb. 22): Got the Ducks on the board with a two-RBI single in the second inning on the way to a 6-3 win over the No. 25 Wildcats … at Tulsa (Feb. 28): Turned in fifth three-hit game of the year by going 3-for-4 with a double … vs. Loyola Marymount (March 7): Went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs … vs. Seattle (March 7): Hit a leadoff solo homer and finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs in a 10-2 win.
JUNIOR (2019)
- Third Team All-Pac-12
- NFCA Second Team All-Pacific Region
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
Led the Ducks as a junior with a .348 batting average and a .465 on-base percentage ... Tallied five doubles, two home runs, a triple and 19 RBIs ... Hit .373 with a .464 OBP during conference games ... Top 10 in the Pac-12 in OBP (.465), walks (31) and stolen bases (13) ... Second on the team with 13 multi-hit games, including her first career four-hit game on March 30 at Stanford ... Recorded four games with multiple RBIs,... Thrived after returning to the leadoff spot on March 29 at Stanford, batting .406 with a .479 OBP over her last 20 games ... Opened the season with three multi-hit games in the first five contests ... Finished the season with six multi-hit performances in her last 12 games, and four in her last seven ... Drew multiple walks 10 different times, including a three-walk game on Feb. 24 against UCSB ... Started all 48 games she played in center field while also helping out a thin pitching staff with three appearances in the circle … vs. Oklahoma State (March 9): Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two stolen bases … at Pacific (March 27): Stole a career-high three bases, finishing 1-for-2 with two runs scored ... vs. California (April 19): Blasted first home run of the year while going 2-for-3 … vs. Portland State (April 23): Drove in a career-high four runs in game two of a doubleheader, including a three-run inside-the-park home run to cap a 9-8 comeback win for the Ducks.
SOPHOMORE (2018)
- Third Team All-Pac-12
- NFCA Second Team All-Pacific Region
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
Led all Pac-12 hitters with a .426 batting average in conference games, 70 points better than second place (.356) ... Her .377 overall batting average ranked sixth in the Pac-12 and first among Ducks to headline breakout sophomore season ... Ranked ninth in the Pac-12 with a .430 on-base percentage, drawing 12 walks with only 13 strikeouts in 130 at-bats ... Hit two home runs and had 11 doubles for a .508 slugging percentage ... Appeared in 59 of Oregon's 62 games, making 46 starts ... Had three straight two-hit games and five in a six-game span from April 29 to May 11, going 6-for-14 (.429) over that stretch … vs. FGCU (March 2): Notched the first of 15 multi-hit games, going 2-for-2 with a walk ... vs. UCLA (March 17): Recorded two hits in a 2-for-4 day vs. the No. 3 Bruins … at Oregon State (March 29-30): Went 2-for-3 with two doubles before going 2-for-4 with another double the next day vs. the Beavers, her third two-hit game in a four-game span ... vs. Utah (May 4): Blasted her first home run of the season – a solo shot in the fourth inning ... vs. Kentucky (May 24-26): Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored to open the Super Regionals, and added a double and an RBI in another two-hit night two days later to send UO to the Women's College World Series ... vs. Arizona State (May 31): Blasted her second homer of the year against the No. 8 Sun Devils to open the WCWS, notching her lone two-RBI game of the season ... vs. Florida State (June 2): Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in UO's final game of the WCWS.
FRESHMAN (2017)
Made 34 appearances in her first season with the Ducks, including four starts ... Scored 14 runs and drove in seven ... All four of her hits on the season went for extra bases - two doubles, one triple and one home run... vs. Virginia (Feb. 9): Went 1-for-2 with a double in her collegiate debut ... vs. Fresno State (Feb. 10): Made her first career start ... at Hawaii (Feb. 25): Hit first career home run – a pinch-hit three-run blast in the fifth inning ... vs. Hofstra (March 10): Drew two walks and scored twice off the bench … vs. Washington (June 1): Entered as a pinch runner and scored in the opening game of the WCWS.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, at Stanford (March 30, 2019)
Runs: 3, 5x, last vs. Idaho State (Feb. 21, 2020)
RBIs: 4, vs. Portland State (April 23, 2019)
Doubles: 2, at Oregon State (March 29, 2018)
Triples: 1, 4x, last vs. Notre Dame (Feb. 21, 2020)
Home Runs: 1, 7x, last vs. Seattle (March 7 2020)
Stolen Bases: 3, 2x, last vs. Dayton (Feb. 15, 2020)
Walks: 3, vs. UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 24, 2019)
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time first team all-Avocado East League choice…Hit .487 as as senior with 50 runs scored, 20 doubles and 15 RBIs...Went a perfect 18-for-18 on stolen base attempts in 2016...Hit .436 in 26 games as a junior in 2015 with 30 runs scored, 13 RBIs, 11 doubles and two home runs…Hit a career-best .488 as a sophomore in 23 games with four homers…23-for-27 in career stolen bases…Also pitched as a freshman, with a 1.41 ERA in 34.2 innings and 28 strikeouts.
CLUB
Played with the Corona Angels club team.
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