FRESHMAN (2019): Ended her first year at Salem with a .258 batting average after posting 16 hits, eight runs, five RBI and two doubles over the course of the season … responsible for a .290 slugging percentage, while finishing with a .281 on-base percentage … closed out the season with 23 put outs and a .958 fielding percentage … finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and a walk in her collegiate debut against Southern Virginia (Feb. 15) … followed with a 1-for-4 performance, which included an RBI, in the second game of the doubleheader against the Knights (Feb. 15) … enjoyed her best single-game performance of the season (3-for-4), finishing with two doubles, three RBI and an RBI against Shenandoah (Feb. 16) … was 1-for-4 from the plate in a clash with Brandeis (Feb. 18) … scored her third run of the season against Kentucky Christian (March 19) … had her third multi-hit game of the season (2-3) versus Frostburg (March 20), enjoying one RBI and one run scored … followed up that performance with a 2-for-3 outing against Frostburg (March 20) in the second game of the doubleheader … began a season-long four-game hitting streak after finishing 1-for-1 from the plate with a run scored against William Peace (March 30) … was 1-for-4 with a run scored in the second game of a doubleheader with William Peace (March 30) … extended her hitting streak to three games at Meredith (March 31) after finishing 1-for-4 with a run scored … collected her final hit of the season (1-for-4) against Greensboro (April 3), swiping her lone stolen base in 2019.

PREP: Graduated from Robert B. Glenn High School in 2018 … a four-year letterwinner in softball (2014-18) … played two seasons under head coach Gary Payne (2014-15, 2015-16) and two seasons for Amber Foster (2016-17, 2017-18) … was a three-time All-Conference recipient (2015, 2016, 2018) … ended her career with a pair of All-District honors (2015, 2016) … closed out her 2016 season by being named All-State … was named Second Team All-Region in 2016 … earned the team’s Golden Glove Award as a senior (2018) … reached the North Carolina High School State Athletic Association tournament on four occasions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).

PERSONAL: Haley Rae McDonough … daughter of Jill and Ben McDonough … born on September 29, 1999 … has one sibling, Peyton … member of Beta Club and National Honor Society … named as on of Top-50 Juniors and Top-50 Seniors … graduated as a Top-10 senior … served as a Junior Marshall.