Sierra Hyland (2024) - Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame

Sierra Hyland

Induction:
2024

Hyland, the Big West Conference all-time strikeout leader (965), tossed three perfect games and three no-hitters in her Mustang career. She was a 2017 NFCA All-America second-team honoree (just the third player in Cal Poly’s Division I history) and the only four-time NFCA All-Region selection in program history. Hyland is the first and only Olympian in softball program history, competing for the Mexico Women’s National Team, which placed fourth at the 2021 Tokyo Games.

In Big West history, Hyland ranks co-first all-time for appearances (161), third for innings pitched (942.2) and sixth for victories (82). Also Cal Poly’s all-time leader for shutouts (38), starts (122), complete games (104) and saves (six).

Offensively at Cal Poly, Hyland remains second in program history with 127 RBI, third with 303 total bases, fourth with 208 hits, fifth with 16 homers, 631 at-bats and 39 doubles, sixth with a .480 slugging percentage and ninth with a .330 batting average.

She set the Big West all-time record (any sport) with 18 career Player of the Week honors.

Hyland helped Cal Poly to a 38-win season as a senior in 2017 (third highest Division I total that includes a victory against eventual WCWS winner Oklahoma), a No. 25 national ranking in the NFCA Coaches Poll and a fourth-place showing in the inaugural National Invitational Softball Championship (throwing a perfect game on the final day of her career).

Hyland, who twice was the winning pitcher against perennial national power Oklahoma in her career, was the No. 4 overall selection in the 2017 National Pro Fastpitch Draft.