Honors
MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award: 2016, 2017
MVC Honor Roll: 2015, 2016, 2017
NFCA Scholar-Athlete: 2016, 2017
MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017
2017 (Junior)
Started all 49 games she appeared in and all in left field ... Batted second in the order 43 games ... Finished third on the club with a .327 average, second in hits (50) ... Compiled 11 multi-hit games and 11 two-out hits ... Went 3-for-4 in win over New Mexico (Feb. (1) and 3-for-5 in victory over Alabama state (March 11) ... Drove in a pair of runs in win over Incarnate Word (Feb. 10) and in win over Loyola (March 25) ... Was 2-for-2 with a pair of runs in win at Oklahoma State (March 16) ... Drove in a run and went 2-for-4 in MVC Tournament vs. SIU (May 12) ... Compiled 100 putouts -- including six vs. Samford (March 11) and vs. Drake (April 28) -- with 3 outfield assists ... Ended the season with a seven-game hitting streak ... Earned MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll laurels ... MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll Spring and Fall 2017.
2016 (Sophomore)
Started 50 times and played in all 52 games in 2016 ... She hit .262 with 17 runs scored, six RBI, five stolen bases and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage ... Began the season by drawing a walk in each of the first three games ... Tripled with an RBI and a run scored in the win over Northern Colorado (Feb. 13) ... Hit safely and scored a run in each of the four games from Feb 13 through Feb. 19, including two hits and an RBI at Western Kentucky (Feb. 19) ... Went 2-for-3 in the win over Mercer (Feb. 26) ... Recorded a season-high two RBI to go with two hits, two runs scored and a stolen base in victory over UMKC (March 4) ... Extended her hitting streak to four games with base knocks against SEMO (March 5), Northern Illinois (March 5) and UMKC (March 10) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in the series-opening win over Bradley (March 25) ... Scored twice with a triple and a walk in win at Arkansas (March 29) ... Had two hits with a run scored in game two of the UNI series (April 23) ... Began a season-best six-game hitting streak with a pair of singles in the series opener at Evansville (April 29) ... Hit her third triple of the year (tied for the most on the team) at Wichita State on May 3 ... Went 2-for-3 in regular season finale versus Indiana State (May 8) ... Stole a base and scored a run in each game of the MVC Tournament, going 2-for-3 with an RBI in the quarterfinals versus Southern Illinois (May 13).
2015 (Freshman)
Played in 42 games with 25 starts in her first season with the Bears ... Hit .256 with 12 runs scored, five RBI and was a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts ... Had back-to-back 2-for-3 outings with a runs scored in each game against UAPB (Feb. 7) and at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 8) ... Drew a walk as a pinch hitter versus Eastern Michigan (Feb. 13) ... Stole her first base after a single against Samford (March 8) ... Scored a run in three-straight games against UMKC and Arkansas (March 11-12) ... Had a pinch-hit game-winning RBI single in the seventh inning of the series finale at Bradley (March 22) ... Slugged a double over the center fielder at Indiana State (March 29) for first career extra-base hit ... Had two hits in each game of the three-game series versus Evansville (April 4-5) with four runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a stolen base on the weekend ... Extended hitting streak to season-high four games with hit in series opener against Loyola (April 11) ... Drew a walk and scored a run in finale versus Loyola (April 12) ... Drew a walk, scored, and drove in a run during eight-run inning at Illinois State (April 18) ... Began the UNI series (April 25) with a 1-for-1 outing with a walk ... Had a season-high three hits in game two versus UNI (April 25) with a RBI and a successful sacrifice bunt ... singled during decisive sixth inning in regular season finale at SIU (May 3).
Background
Played four seasons for head coach Yancey Little at Ozark (Mo.) High ... While with the Tigers, she set a school record with 70 career stolen bases and finished second all-time with 151 hits and 115 runs scored ... Earned first-team all-conference, all-district and all-region accolades in each of her final three seasons and was twice named to the All-Ozarks squad ... Was a second-team all-state selection as a senior and first-team pick as a sophomore while leading Ozark to three straight state tournaments, including a Class 4 state runner-up finish in 2012 ... Played for the Ozark Dynamite, where she led the competitive team to a runner-up finish at the 2010 ASA Nationals ... Moved to the Tulsa Elite ‘95 team in 2012 and piloted the team to a top-six finish in the ASA/USA 18U Gold Nationals in both seasons.
Personal
Hailee Kalani Vigneaux was born January 16, 1996, in Springfield, Mo. ... Daughter of Shannon and Jay Vigneaux ... Has a sister, Hannah ... Her sister and parents all attended MSU ... Majoring in Family and Consumer Science Education.