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Paige Halstead

University of California, Los Angeles '19

Hometown: Upland, California

Won 2019 National Championship with UCLA.

Playing for Amazon Conservation

Halstead graduated from UCLA as a political science major and is now working towards her graduate degree. Halstead coaches and trains younger women and hopes to share her experience with future generations to help them become leaders in sports and life. Halstead has two older brothers, Josh and Ryan. Ryan is a professional baseball player in the Giants organization.

Athletes Unlimited will be Halstead's first opportunity playing professionally, however she has plenty of experience playing for the U.S. Women's National Softball team. In 2016, she was a member of the gold medal winning team at the WBSC Women's World Championship, but did not appear in any games. She also earned a silver medal at the World Cup of Softball, going 4-for-6 (.667) with three RBIs.

  • 2019 National Champion 
  • Caught multiple games for UCLA including in the WCWS, catching the National Player of the Year - Rachel Garcia
  • 2017 World Cup of Softball silver medalist with Team USA
  • 2016 WBSC Women's World Championship gold medalist
  • 2016 World Cup of Softball silver medalist
  • 2016 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
Headshot of Paige Halstead

Career Stats

YEAR
G
GS
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
2020 Championship*
6
-
7
7
.286
.286
.286
.572
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
-
-
-
-
Career Totals
6
-
7
7
.286
.286
.286
.572
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
9/28/2020
Team PiancastelliTeam Ocasio
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/27/2020
Team OcasioTeam Osterman
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
9/26/2020
Team WarrenTeam Ocasio
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/21/2020
Team HaywardTeam Warren
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/20/2020
Team WarrenTeam Osterman
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/19/2020
Team ReedTeam Warren
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/14/2020
Team ReedTeam Sanders
1
1
1.000
1.000
1.000
2.000
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
9/13/2020
Team SandersTeam Osterman
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/12/2020
Team PiancastelliTeam Sanders
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/7/2020
Team HaywardTeam Ocasio
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
9/6/2020
Team ShowTeam Hayward
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/5/2020
Team OstermanTeam Hayward
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/31/2020
Team PendleyTeam Fagan
3
3
.333
.333
.333
.666
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
8/30/2020
Team FaganTeam Wagner
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/29/2020
Team WarrenTeam Fagan
1
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Awards & Honors

Won 2019 National Championship with UCLA.

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