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Sierra Hyland

Personal information
Nationality	Mexico
Born	(1995-03-03) March 3, 1995 (age 29) Shawnee, Kansas
Sport
Sport	Softball
College team	Cal Poly Mustangs
League	Women's Professional Fastpitch
Team	Smash It Sports Vipers Xinliwang Lions (2019–20) Ogaki Minamo (2022)

Sierra Hyland (born March 3, 1995) is a professional softball pitcher for the Smash It Sports Vipers of the Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). She represented Mexico at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and helped them place fourth.

Early life

Hyland was born in Merriam, Kansas and grew up in Visalia, California. She played softball at El Diamante High School.

Playing career

She graduated from Cal Poly. As a Mustang, Hyland broke the all-time career Big West Conference strikeouts record (finishing with 965) and tossed three perfect games (on March 29, 2014; February 11, 2017; and May 22, 2017 in the NISC).

She also played for the Cleveland Comets after being drafted fourth overall in 2017. As a rookie with Chicago, Hyland compiled a 3.57 ERA in 15.2 innings.

At the 2021 Olympics, Hyland pitched 1.2 innings across two games, holding opposing batters to a .167 average.

References

1. "Mexican Olympic Softball roster announced, Dallas Escobedo highlights pitching staff". wbsc.org. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
2. "Mexican Softball Federation | Team Mexico". Federación Mexicana. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
3. "Sierra Hyland heads to Tokyo with Team Mexico". KSBY. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
4. "Sierra Hyland". Cal Poly Mustangs Athletics. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
5. "Sierra Hyland's High School Softball Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
6. "All-Tulare County Softball: Sierra Hyland is first 4-time player of the year". USA TODAY High School Sports. June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
7. "Former Cal Poly softball star heading to Olympics with Team Mexico". Cal Coast News. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
8. "CAL POLY PITCHER SIERRA HYLAND FANS HER WAY TO USA SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
9. Clark, Lucas (March 27, 2017). "Hyland sets strikeout mark". The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA). pp. 1B.
10. "Cal Poly pitcher Hyland will play pro softball". The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA). April 25, 2017. pp. 6B.
11. "Sierra Hyland". Cleveland Comets. June 14, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
12. Serrano, Jay (October 23, 2017). "Sierra Hyland re-signs with Chicago Bandits". Mustang News.

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