University of South Alabama Athletics

2016: Enters season as the school’s all-time leader in goals against average (0.90) and needs one shutout to tie for first in school history (19).

2015: Third Team NSCAA All-South Region… Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team… Started 18 times in 18 appearances… Compiled an 0.92 goals against average in over 1,663 minutes, with an .809 save percentage and eight shutouts… Her GAA is fourth-best in a single season at South Alabama, and the shutouts are tied for third… Gave up multiple goals just four times during the season, and more than two just once to No. 2 Florida State (11/20)… Started season with back-to-back shutouts against Mississippi State (8/21) and Tennessee-Martin (8/30), and blanked three opponents in a row during conference play, part of a streak of over 356 minutes without a goal allowed… Permitted three goals in three games in the Sun Belt Tournament, including clean sheet in final… Recorded eighth and final shutout of the year in first round of NCAA Tournament vs. LSU (11/14).

2014: Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team… Started 19 games… Recorded 0.92 GAA, tying a school record, with 10 shutouts, one away from tying the school mark… Made 81 saves for a 81.8 save percentage… Named to SBC All-Tournament team after giving up just one goal in 270 minutes as the Jaguars won the title… Closed tournament with 221 shutout minutes… Had five saves in SBC Tournament championship vs. Troy (11/9)… Allowed two goals in the season opener, but didn’t allow another one for a school-record 532 minutes… Shutout span included five consecutive whitewashings… Consecutive clean sheets vs. North Florida (9/19) and Francis Marion (9/21) earned her Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week award… Made 12 stops in double overtime loss to UAB (8/22)… Gave up one goal in four-game stretch in October, including two overtime contests for a 0.24 GAA.

2013: Made one start in net, shutting out Alabama State behind a pair of saves in only appearance of the season.

2012: Redshirted.

High School: Was named all-region, all-state, Defensive MVP, Newcomer of the Year and team captain during her junior and senior years at Waxahachie High School in the Texas town of the same name… Helped her outfit reach the playoffs all four years of her career, twice making regional semifinal appearances.

Club: Played one year in the net with 2012 North Texas State Cup champions Chelsea Solar ‘94 White, based in Grapevine, Texas.

Personal: Full name is Sarah Elizabeth Hay… Born on March 16, 1994 in Fort Worth, Texas… Daughter of James and Wendy Hay… Oldest of three siblings… Hobbies include listening to music, reading and drinking coffee… Goals for the season are to rank in the top 10 in the NCAA in goals against average, and shutout every Sun Belt opponent… Favorites – movie: “Braveheart”; books: Harry Potter series; pro teams: Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks; athlete: Megan Rapinoe; musical artists: Zac Brown Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Eagles, Foo Fighters; food: likes any food; class: history… Likes music, politics, reading and drinking coffee, and dislikes gender inequality and racism… Prays before a game… Prematch ritual is wearing a certain sports bra… Best part of playing sports is the friendships she’s gained… Would like to meet Jon Stewart and John Oliver… Thankful for her faith, family, friends and pets… Goal in five years is to pursue her master’s degree, and in 10 years would like to start a family and travel… Has traveled to Ireland and the Bahamas on mission trips… Belongs to Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Public Relations Student Society of America… Three wishes: travel the world, cure the earth of human-caused climate change and have the gospel spread throughout the entire world.

Major: Broadcast journalism