Sierra Hyland

Sierra Hyland (born March 3, 1995) is a professional softball pitcher for the Smash It Sports Vipers of the Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). She represented Mexico at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and helped them place fourth.

Early life
Hyland was born in Merriam, Kansas and grew up in Visalia, California. She played softball at El Diamante High School.

Playing career
She graduated from Cal Poly. As a Mustang, Hyland broke the all-time career Big West Conference strikeouts record (finishing with 965) and tossed three perfect games (on March 29, 2014; February 11, 2017; and May 22, 2017 in the NISC).

She also played for the Cleveland Comets after being drafted fourth overall in 2017. As a rookie with Chicago, Hyland compiled a 3.57 ERA in 15.2 innings.

At the 2021 Olympics, Hyland pitched 1.2 innings across two games, holding opposing batters to a .167 average.