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2026 Softball Roster

8 Haley Downes

  • Position Second Base
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Greenbrier Christian Academy
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.

Biography

2024: Appeared in 39 games with 37 starts… batting average of .283… slugging percentage of .315… totaled 26 hits, 16 runs scored, five RBIs, four walks and six stolen bases… also had three doubles and ten sacrifice hits… registered a hit in 21 games… recorded a season-high two hits in five games… scored a run in 16 games… produced an RBI in four games… tallied a season-high two RBIs against Ferrum College… registered 85 putouts, 59 assists and nine errors for a fielding percentage of .941. 

2023: Appeared in 36 games with 35 starts as a freshman… batting average of .235… slugging percentage of .272… totaled 19 hits, 12 runs scored, ten RBIs, four walks, and five stolen bases… also had three doubles… registered her first collegiate hit against Randolph… recorded a hit in 17 games… registered a season-high two hits against the University of Lynchburg and at Mary Baldwin… scored a run in 11 games… crossed home a season-high two times against Greensboro… produced an RBI in nine games… tallied a season-high two RBIs at Mary Baldwin… registered 69 putouts, 46 assists and nine errors for a fielding percentage of .927. 

High School: Named First Team All-TCIS Conference her junior and senior years... Second Team All-VISAA State in 2021, First Team in 2022... GCA Female Athlete of the Year in 2022.

Personal: Daughter of Vicki and Steven Downes… father, Steven, played soccer at Christopher Newport University from 1990-93… Haley is majoring in kinesiology, with a minor in cognitive behavioral psychology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2023Freshman

    Second Base
    5'3"
    8
  • 8

    2024Sophomore

    Second Base
    5'3"
    8
  • 8

    2025Junior

    Second Base
    5'3"
    8
  • 8

    2026Senior

    Second Base
    5'3"
    8