WILMINGTON, Ohio - Hayley Suchland, a senior on the Wilmington College softball team, is the College's Female Clyde Lamb Award winner for the 2021-22 academic year.

Suchland hails from South Vienna, Ohio, and is a graduate of Northeastern High School. A four-year member of the program, Suchland has been in the Fightin' Quakers' starting lineup since the moment she stepped foot on campus. She appeared in 112 games playing primarily shortstop with 383 at bats and 137 hits. Of those hits, 33 are of the extra-base variety with 22 doubles, a triple and 10 home runs. Suchland, who drove in 68 career RBIs with a .358 batting average, was a very reliable batter to put the ball in play. She struck out 23 times in her career, just six percent of at bats. For her first three years, Suchland was a member of the WC pitching staff, hurling 112 innings with a 4.38 ERA and 76 strikeouts. She won nine games, pitched eight complete games and tallied two saves. 

A three-time All-OAC selection including garnering Honorable Mention All-OAC honors this season, Suchland hit .380 with seven doubles, a home run, 17 RBIs and a team-best 10 stolen bases. A very reliable hitter, she struck out just four times in 108 at bats.

An athletic training major who graduated summa cum laude, Suchland carries a 3.99 GPA and has been named Academic All-OAC the previous three years. She served as president of the Sports Medicine Leadership Council, a member of the Ohio Athletic Trainers' Association (OATA) Student Senate and was involved in WC's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Additionally, Suchland was part of the College's Green Key Honor Society, the Honors Program and served as a tutor to her peer students.

Congratulations, Hayley – Wilmington College's Female Clyde Lamb Award winner for the 2021-22 academic year!