Wisconsin Badgers

Awards and Honors: 2019 Academic All-Big Ten, 2019 NFCA Great Lakes Region Third Team, 2018 Second team All-Big Ten ... Big Ten All-Freshman team ... NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team

2019: Appeared in 36 games, starting 29 …  earned third team Great Lakes All-Regional honors … finished with 17-5 record … pitched nine complete games and five shutouts … struck out team leading 117 batters, 34 looking … earned the win against No. 15  Arizona State on their home field (3/2) 

2018: Appeared in 33 games, starting 26 in the circle … earned first team Great Lakes All-Regional, second team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman team honors … finished her freshman season with a 17-7 record and a team-best 2.05 ERA … picked up her first collegiate win for the Badgers against Incarnate Word (2/10) … earned her first shutout in a 1-0 win over San Diego (2/24) … struck out a personal-best six batters against No. 18 Oklahoma State (2/22) … pitched 17 complete games and three shutouts … upped her career strikeout record to seven against Purdue (4/21) … set a UW freshman record for best winning percentage (.708)

High School: Wisconsin has had many great players from Kaukauna come in and drastically enhance the program, and Haley Hestekin will be no different. The 5-7 pitcher was named the Senior Pitcher of the Year and the Wisconsin Player of the Year, as well as earning her second career Post-Crescent Player of the Year nod in her final season for Kaukauna High School. Named the North-East Wisconsin Player of the Year, Hestekin is also a three-time FVA Player of the Year.

In a stellar senior season, Hestekin went 25-2, highlighted by two no-hitters and a 0.40 ERA. She finished her career at Kaukauna with 80 wins in 96 appearances, 47 of which were shutouts, while recording four saves and a 0.50 ERA.

A three-time first-team All-State selection, Hestekin has led Kaukauna High School to the 2017 State title to top off three conference championships and four regional championships. Additionally, she is a four-time first-team All-District selection, four-time first-team All-Conference selection and three-time preseason Fantastic 15.

Hestekin has been honored on three separate occasion as the Post-Cresecent Player of the Week.

Healy on Hestekin: Haley Hestekin is one of the most highly recruited, elite pitchers that we’ve had the honor of bringing to the Badgers. Haley’s passion for the University of Wisconsin, and her pride in pitching for her hometown team will make her every fan in the state of Wisconsin’s favorite player to cheer for. We’ve had a long history of outstanding players from Kaukauna rewriting the record books. We can’t wait for Haley to continue that tradition on the mound. After competing for the Beverly Bandits and Birmingham Thunderbolts, Haley will be ready to walk in and pitch against the best competition in the country, as a freshman.