Career Honors & Awards
- Academic All-Big Ten (2012)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2012)
- NJCAA Division I All-America First Team (2010)
- NJCAA Division I All-America Second Team (2009)
Career Capusle
Haley Workman posted a 4-1 record with one shutout, one save and a 3.75 ERA in 46.2 innings in her Husker career. She held opponents to two hits or less in 11 of her 17 career appearances, while stossing four scoreless innings in Nebraska's upset of No. 18 Stanford in 2011. A two-time junior college All-American, Workman won her only decision as a senior. She was also honored for her work in the classroom, earning academic All-Big Ten accolades as a senior in 2012.
Senior Season [2012]
Workman saw limited action in her senior season. She made just four appearances on the season, posting a 1-0 record with a 7.27 ERA in 8.2 innings. Her numbers were inflated by a tough outing against Cal Poly, when she allowed seven earned runs in only 3.0 innings. Taking out that game, Workman posted a 2.47 ERA in her other three appearances. Her final appearance of the season came on March 9 when she earned the win in relief against Arkansas Pine Bluff, tossing three scoreless innings of one-hit ball. Workman allowed only one hit in two of her four appearances and gave up two hits or less in three of her four appearances.
Junior Season [2011]
Workman was able to make an immediate impact in her first year with the program. All 13 of her appearances came in February and March, as the Huskers’ primarily relied on 31-game winner Ashley Hagemann during the conference season and in the NCAA Tournament. Workman finished with a 3-1 record in her junior season, posting a 2.95 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 38.0 innings. Opponents hit only .203 against her, as she allowed just 28 hits, including only four for extra bases. Workman held the opponent to two hits or less in eight of her 13 appearances, while also recording one shutout and one save.
Workman pitched well in the Huskers’ season-opening tournament, allowing only three runs in 12.0 innings. She earned a win in relief against San Jose State in the second game of the season, allowing only one run on one hit in 4.0 innings. Later that day, Workman only allowed one run on two hits in 3.0 innings of work against No. 1 Arizona. Those outings earned her the first start of her career the next day against No. 18 Stanford, and Workman tossed 4.0 shutout innings, allowing only three hits. She closed the tournament with her third straight outing against a Pac-12 opponent, allowing one run on two hits in 2.0 innings in a start against Oregon State.
The following weekend, Workman earned her lone save of the season by tossing 2.0 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief against Centenary. She picked up her final two wins of the season on back-to-back days against La Salle and Central Connecticut State in mid-March, combining for 9.2 scoreless innings in those victories. Workman’s final appearance of the season came on March 22 in the second game of a doubleheader at UTEP, when she pitched a scoreless fifth inning in the Huskers’ 16-0, five-inning win.
Defensively, Workman committed one error in three chances in the circle.
Before Nebraska
Workman was an NJCAA Division I All-American in each of her two seasons at Chattanooga State Community College, earning first-team honors in 2010 and second-team accolades in 2009. Workman won 57 games in the circle for Chattanooga State the past two seasons, helping the Tigers post a 111-23 record.
In her junior college career, Workman compiled a 57-8 record with a 1.16 ERA. She added 603 strikeouts in only 384.2 innings, while allowing just 216 hits.
In 2010, Workman compiled a 27-5 record with a 1.56 ERA en route to earning first-team All-America accolades. She posted 280 strikeouts in 179.0 innings to average 1.6 strikeouts per inning and 10.9 strikeouts per game. Workman also excelled with the bat in her final season at Chattanooga State, after not having an at bat as a freshman. She batted .338 (52-for-154) with 10 doubles, one triple, 10 home runs and 48 RBIs in 2010, while adding 12 stolen bases in only 13 attempts.
As a freshman in 2009, Workman posted a 30-3 record with a 0.82 ERA to earn second-team All-America honors. She struck out 323 batters in only 205.2 innings, an average of 1.6 strikeouts per inning and 11.0 strikeouts per game. Workman’s 323 strikeouts ranked third among all NJCAA Division I pitchers in 2009 and 12th all-time. She also allowed only 106 hits, while walking 88.
Workman played her high school ball for Easley High School in Easley, S.C.
Personal
Haley Denise Workman was born on Feb. 21, 1990, in Easley, S.C. The first South Carolina native to play for the Huskers, Haley is the daughter of Rick Workman and has one sister, Lacey (20). A psychology major, Haley earned her bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2013.
Year |
ERA |
W-L |
APP |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
OPP. AVG. |
FLD% |
2011 |
2.95 |
3-1 |
13 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
38.0 |
28 |
16 |
16 |
30 |
44 |
.203 |
.667 |
2012 |
7.27 |
1-0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.2 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
.297 |
.000 |
Total |
3.75 |
4-1 |
17 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
46.2 |
39 |
25 |
25 |
37 |
48 |
.223 |
.667 |