Hailey Dreyer is in her fourth year as the Lakeland College head softball coach.
The Muskies began to turn the corner in Dreyer's third year, finishing with a 19-21 record, a five-win increase from the year before. Lakeland finished 10-12 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, placing seventh in the conference. The Muskies had an exciting season, with a 12-game winning streak through the heart of season and conference play, battling down to the final day of the conference season for a spot in the NACC Tournament before falling just short. Lakeland ranked in the top three in the conference in numerous offensive categories and featured three all-conference performers-including first team member Bella Wilkinson and second teamers Hailey Jester and Sami Jo Williams-and 3 members of the NACC All-Freshman Team. The team also featured a pair of NACC Player of the Week award winners, and freshman pitcher Savannah Stenlund was a finalist for the NFCA NCAA Division III National Player of the Week award after a week in which she went 7-0Â
In her second season, Dreyer led the Muskies to a 14-22 overall record, a 1 1/2-game improvement over her first year. Lakeland finished 6-16 in the NACC as a young team wasn’t able to capitalize on a strong start in which the team went 7-3 on a spring break trip to Florida. The Muskies did feature a First Team All-NACC selection in freshman Sami Jo Williams.
In her first season as a collegiate head coach, Dreyer’s Muskies finished 13-24, including 9-15 in the then-Northern Athletics Conference (now NACC). Lakeland tied for ninth in the conference in a season that wasn’t far from being much better, as the Muskies finished 2-7 in one-run games on the season. The team did feature a first team all-conference performer (Heather Haeflinger) as well as another (Ashley Hough) who was both Second Team All-NAC and a member of the league’s all-freshman team.
Dreyer took over the Muskies’ coaching job after two years at the University of Dubuque, where she was a graduate assistant coach and head pitching coach for two seasons and served four months as interim head coach. Dreyer was a part of the Spartans’ 2012 team that set marks for the most wins and best record in school history, and the 2011 team had the second-best season in school history. Dreyer developed Dubuque's pitching staff, worked with outfielders, and also was involved in a number of administrative roles, including fundraising, recruiting, and managing camp, budget, travel arrangements and community involvement.
Dreyer played four years collegiately, including two years at Dubuque before finishing her career at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Dreyer was a team captain at both schools, and earned All-Midwest Collegiate Conference honors once and academic all-conference honors twice at William Penn.
Dreyer received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from William Penn in 2010 and a master’s in business administration from Dubuque in May 2012.
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| Hailey Dreyer Coaching Record | |
| Year | Overall Record | Conf. Record |
| 2013 | 13-24 | 9-15 |
| 2014 | 14-22 | 6-16 |
| 2015 | 19-21 | 10-12 |
| Career | 46-67 | 25-43 |
