Haley Simpson

position Outfielder
height 5-10
class Fifth Year
B/T L/R
Hometown Cumming, Ga.
High school North Forsyth

position Outfielder
height 5-10
class Fifth Year
B/T L/R
Hometown Cumming, Ga.
High school North Forsyth

2023:

Returned to action after missing two seasons due to injury, playing in 44 games, and starting 13 times … Her first hit of the season came on a home run against Western Kentucky (2/19), her first home run in nearly three years (1,086 days) … Finished the season with a career-high four home runs and nine RBIs … Tied a career-high with seven stolen bases … Finished with a slugging percentage of .545.

2022:

Did not see game action due to injury

2021:

Did not see game action due to injury

2020:

Led Carolina at the plate with a .353 batting average in 21 games, drawing 19 starts in the outfield… Posted 18 hits in 51 at-bats, 11 runs, two doubles, two triples, one home run and four RBI… Slugged .529 with five walks and one hit by pitch on her way to a .414 on-base percentage… Finished a perfect 7-for-7 on stolen bases… Made history on Feb. 14 against Virginia Tech, becoming the first Gamecock since 2007 to record two triples in a single game… Went 3-for-3 with two doubles in the 3-2 (8) win over Boston College on Feb. 21… Had another 3-for-3 night against Charlotte on Feb. 29 in the 10-0 (5) win.

2019:

Hit .264 in 47 games of action, earned 26 starts… Slugged .306 with a .329 on-base percentage.. Proved to be dangerous on the base paths with a perfect stolen-base percentage… Was perfect in the field with 41 putouts… Recorded her first career hit in her first start against Duke on Feb. 8… Also recorded her first career RBI and walk against the Blue Devils… Followed it up with a 3-for-3 night with a run and RBI against Notre Dame on Feb. 9… Produced a career-high three RBI in the win over Campbell on Feb. 16… Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Kentucky on Feb. 9… Hit 2-for-3 with a run against Bethune-Cookman on May 18… Had at least one hit in each of the four regional games to close the year and scored a run in half of the contests… Produced three multi-hit games and one multi-RBI contest… Named to the Puerto Vallarta Challenge All-Tournament Team.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Lettered in four sports in high school at North Forsyth High School (basketball, track, swimming and softball)… Was a sectional qualifier in the 4X100, finished second in the Georgia Regional 5-7A for long jump and was a state qualifier in the long jump… Never hit lower than .341 in school, including a .447 batting average her freshman year with 34 home runs and 21 RBI… Honors include the Georgia Dugout Club All-State Team, Defensive Player of the Year, All-Region and All-County Teams in 2017… Her 2015 honors include All-Region and All-County Teams and was named Defensive Player of the Year… For her efforts in 2014, she was named to the All-Region and All-County Teams as well as the Defensive Player of the Year… She also holds the Georgia High School career stolen base record with 56 (in just three years of action after missing her junior year due to injury).