With the University of Washington, she won four NCAA Regional Championships and advanced to the 2013 Women's College World Series.

She was named to the 2015 Pan American Games team that won Gold, but was unable to compete due to injury.

In 2018, she was an assistant coach at Maryland and in 2019, joined UCF Knights softball team as Director of Operations.

[9] On August 26, 2021, after competing at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Hayward was named an assistant coach for San Diego State.

[10] The next season, Hayward was promoted to associate head coach as the Aztecs advanced to the super-regionals of the Woman's College World Series.