Hayley Urban

Hayley Urban Home Run Trot vs. Bowling Green

Photo by: Drake Harlett - BGSU Athletics

Photo by: Owen Main - Owen Main Photography

Photo by: Brayden Goins / Ball State Athletics

Position:
Utility
Height:
5-9
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Columbia City
Hometown:
Columbia City, Ind.

BALL STATE CAREER NOTES ENTERING 2026 SEASON
- MAC Player of the Week (Feb. 26, 2025)
- 2025 Academic All-MAC
- 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Played in 85 of a possible 162 games over her Ball State career, earning 60 starts
- Made 36 starts in center field, 23 right field and one as the designated player
- Scored two game-winning runs and provided one game-winning RBI over her Ball State career

2025 (R-Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State ... Academic All-MAC honoree ... named the MAC Player of the Week on Feb. 26 ... played in 46 of a possible 51 games, earning 45 starts ... made 36 starts in center field and nine in right field ... ranked fifth on the squad with a .286 batting average, with 36 hits including seven doubled and five home runs ... drew eight walks and was hit by a pitch twice to raise her on base percentage to .389 ... credited with 10 multiple hit games and eight multiple RBI games ... registered a season-high three hits at Charlotte (Feb. 22), including the first two home runs of her career ... the first home run was a solo blast in the third inning, while the second was a two-run home run in the fifth helping her collect her first of three three-RBI games on the year ... added a solo home run the following day, in the fourth inning of the 12-1 (5) win over Albany ... earned MAC Player of the Week after the Charlotte Invitational (Feb. 21-23), leading the Ball State offense with a .636 batting average and a 1.545 slugging percentage in the tournament ... she reached base safely in all five games and drove in five total RBI ... add three hits in the 13-8 win at Toledo (March 21) and in the 14-5 victory at Bowling Green (March 29) ... her fourth home run came in the opening-game win at BGSU, while her fifth home run came in the second game at Kent State (April 4) ... drove in what proved to be the game-winning RBI with a fourth-inning single in the 14-4 win at Western Michigan (April 16) ... registered a .985 fielding percentage with 64 putouts and a pair of outfield assists, while committing just one error.

2024 (R-So.): Earned second letter at Ball State … named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete … played in 27 games, earning eight starts … made all eight starts in right field … appeared as a pinch runner in 15 games, scoring six of her 10 runs on the year over those occasions … scored what proved to be the game-winning run in the seventh inning of the 5-4 victory at Jacksonville State (Feb. 17) … collected three hits, with her first being an RBI double in the opener at Kent State (March 23) … drew an RBI walk in the first and added an RBI double in the second during Ball State’s 11-3 (5) win in the series finale at Bowling Green (April 14) … recorded nine putouts and a pair of outfield assists, while boasting a 1.000 fielding percentage … had a hand in one of Ball State’s 16 double plays.

2023 (R-Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State … played in 12 games, earning seven starts … made six starts in right field and one as the designated player … credited with four hits on the season for a .167 average … her first of four RBI on the year came on a third-inning bases loaded walk in the 10-2 (5) win over Bellarmine (Feb. 24) … added an RBI double in the sixth inning of the game for her first collegiate hit and double … credited with hits in three straight starts, helping guide the team to wins at Kent State (March 17, game two), versus Central Michigan (March 25) and at Western Michigan (April 12, game two) … scored what proved to be the game-winning run in the 11-3 (6) victory over Buffalo after reaching base on a third-inning error … finished the season with four RBI and one run scored … registered five putouts in five chances on defense for a 1.000 fielding percentage.

2022 (Fr.): Redshirted at Ball State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in softball for coach Dan Weigel at Columbia City High School … helped guide the Eagles to a 60-20 record over her three varsity seasons, with her junior season being wiped out due to the COVID-19 global pandemic … two-time NE8 all-conference selection, earning first time as a sophomore and second team as a senior … finished her career with a .392 batting average, with 98 hits and a .429 on base percentage … also scored 68 runs while driving in 98 RBIs over her Eagles career … helped guide Columbia City to conference, sectional, and regional championships as a senior, in addition to a semi-state runner-up finish … batted .438 as a senior with 11 doubles, three triples and five home runs over 30 games … also earned four letters in basketball and two in track and field for Columbia City.

CLUB: Played five seasons for the Fort Wayne Spartans … helped guide her time to the 2018 Little League Softball World Series as the Central Champions … team placed third overall in the even … was also named MVP of a tournament in 2017.

WHY BALL STATE: I chose Ball State because I loved the atmosphere, size of campus, and my stepmom went here.