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2026 Softball Roster

8 Hailey Peterson

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Haynes Academy
  • Hometown Metairie, La.

Biography

Awards and Honors
  • Club 40 - Spring 2025
  • 2025 Fall President's List
  • 2025 SAA Softball Rookie of the Year
  • 2025 SAA Softball All-Tournament Team
  • 2025 All-SAA First Team Third Baseman
  • SAA Athlete of the Week - Feb. 3
  • 2025 Spring President's List
  • 2025 Spring SAA Academic Honor Roll 
  • Club 40 - 2024 Fall Semester
  • 2024 Fall President's List

Freshman Season (2025): 2025 SAA Softball Rookie of the Year ... 2025 SAA Softball All-Tournament Team ... 2025 All-SAA First Team Third Baseman ... Peterson was a dual threat during the regular season. She switched between third base and pitcher ... During her freshman campaign, Peterson boasted an 11-6 pitching record while making 21 appearances and 16 starts in 114.2 innings pitched inside the circle ... Peterson finished the 2025 season with 37 strikeouts and 10 strikeouts looking ... She concluded her freshman reign tied for ninth in the conference with 45 hits, sixth with 32 hits, and tied for fifth with 12 doubles ... Peterson tied first on the team with four homeruns ... Peterson accumulated three shutouts of the season ... On Feb. 15 she only allowed two hits and zero runs to help the Majors defeat MUW, 5-0 ... She registered one triple, 12 walk, and was third in the conference with 35 RBIs. 

Prior to Millsaps: Lettered in volleyball, basketball, and softball ... In volleyball Peterson was a 1st Team All-District ... 2x Second Team All-District ... LHSAA All-Academic ... Following her basketball career at Haynes Academic Peterson stood out as a 2x First Team All-District ... Team mvp her senior year ... Announced to the LHSAA All-Academic Basketball Team ... In softball Peterson was 4x First Team All-District ... District 9-3A MVP ...3x LSCA  LSCA Class 3A Softball All-State Team ... 3x LSWA Class 3A Softball All-State Team ... 4x All-Metro Softball Team ... New Orleans area All-Metro small schools outstanding player ... 4x Team MVP... Single Season Homerun Record Holder ... All Time Homerun and Base Hit Record Holder ... Nola.com Athlete of the Week ... LHSAA All-Academic Softball Team ... 2x LHSAA Division II Select State Runner-Ups, 3x District Champions ... In volleyball Peterson was also a 3x District Champ where she helped led her local high school to the State Tournament Semifinals in 2022 and quarterfinals in 2021 and 2023 ... Peterson was a Valedictorian at Haynes Academy ... Principal's List with a 5.0 GPA ... Jefferson Parish Outstanding Student-Athlete Award ... LHSAA All-Academic Volleyball Team ... LHSAA All-Academic Basketball Team ... LHSAA All-Academic Softball Team ... A Honor Roll Student Athlete ... Patrick Taylor Award for Academic Excellence ... Superintendent's Breakfast and Luncheon ... Peterson also excelled in the National Honor Society ... National English Honor Society ... National Science Honor Society ... National Art Honor Society ... National Spanish Honor Society ... Rho Kappa ... Mu Alpha Theta ... Student Council ... Key Club ... HOSA.

Personal: Majoring in Health and Exercise Science ... Private Softball Instructor ... Offered private softball lessons to players of all ages and specialized in pitching, hitting, and fielding ... Helped young softball athletes enhance their skills and improve their fundamentals ... Club 40 - Spring 2025 ... 2025 Fall President's List ... 2025 Spring President's List ... 2025 Spring SAA Academic Honor Roll ... Club 40 - 2024 Fall Semester ... 2024 Fall President's List ... Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society ... Kappa Delta ... SAAC Softball Representative ... AED (Pre-Health) ... CASE Tutor Consultant ... Uncle Brian Shearman played baseball for Tulane University where he received the scholastic award in 1984 ... Cousin Brandon Shearman played baseball for Delgado Community College ... Daughter of Dayna Funk and Scott Latham.

Statistics

Season:
2026

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2025Freshman

    RHP/INF
    5'3"
    8
  • 8

    2026Sophomore

    RHP/UTL
    5'3"
    8