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Sctvman · 03-15-2026, 01:30 AM

The story of Colleen Haney was of someone who was an underdog story from the time she was born. She was born on February 15, 2001 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, only weighing 3 pounds and 7 ounces, born a month premature.

Growing up in the New York Tri-State area, she got experiences that others don't usually get. Her family all grew up as New York Mets fans, going back decades even though where she lives is generally a Yankees area. Her parents took her to Mets game from an early age. At five years old she attended multiple 2006 Mets playoff games, as her dad had a partial plan of tickets and took her.

She played baseball on her town Little League teams after she grew into an athletic force at a young age. Eventually softball was where she found her opportunity to shine.

Her dad worked in the technology sector in Manhattan and had a well-paying job there, her mom was a local middle school teacher. Eventually, as tech workers migrated to the area, the family moved to the Triangle in 2014 when he got a job at Lenovo.

Haney missed having her friends and going to baseball and football games in the New York area, but she eventually excelled in the well-known Wake County school system. Apex, where her family settled, is generally known as one of the best school systems in the state of North Carolina.

She had already participated in multiple geography and spelling bees in middle school, and started helping out in several on-campus activities in her 8th grade year. She was voted freshman class president at Apex High School, and was in the Student Council all four years of high school in addition to her duties on the softball field, where she played all different positions before eventually landing at 1st base.

She was in the top 1% of her class at Apex High School, and after hitting .300 on the softball field in her career, she had several offers to play in either Division II or Division III to continue in college. However, Haney was offered a full-ride scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, something very few students get, and she pounced on the opportunity and went to UNC.

She made it through most of her freshman year before COVID hit which changed her plan from wanting to become a teacher like her mom to going into business. She was admitted to one of the top undergraduate business schools in the nation and excelled in the program, getting a 3.9 GPA and before her senior year, she landed a prestigious internship with the Washington Nationals.

With the Nationals she worked with their analytics team to help develop strategies to improve their team on the field and also helped in their finance department. Haney also worked with UNC's athletic department as an intern helping at football games.

She graduated in May 2023 with a business degree and was hired by Queens Park Rangers FC to work in their analytics department, also selling tickets, which was a coup for someone who was just out of college.

03-15-2026, 01:30 AM	#2
Sctvman Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 415	The story of Colleen Haney was of someone who was an underdog story from the time she was born. She was born on February 15, 2001 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, only weighing 3 pounds and 7 ounces, born a month premature. Growing up in the New York Tri-State area, she got experiences that others don't usually get. Her family all grew up as New York Mets fans, going back decades even though where she lives is generally a Yankees area. Her parents took her to Mets game from an early age. At five years old she attended multiple 2006 Mets playoff games, as her dad had a partial plan of tickets and took her. She played baseball on her town Little League teams after she grew into an athletic force at a young age. Eventually softball was where she found her opportunity to shine. Her dad worked in the technology sector in Manhattan and had a well-paying job there, her mom was a local middle school teacher. Eventually, as tech workers migrated to the area, the family moved to the Triangle in 2014 when he got a job at Lenovo. Haney missed having her friends and going to baseball and football games in the New York area, but she eventually excelled in the well-known Wake County school system. Apex, where her family settled, is generally known as one of the best school systems in the state of North Carolina. She had already participated in multiple geography and spelling bees in middle school, and started helping out in several on-campus activities in her 8th grade year. She was voted freshman class president at Apex High School, and was in the Student Council all four years of high school in addition to her duties on the softball field, where she played all different positions before eventually landing at 1st base. She was in the top 1% of her class at Apex High School, and after hitting .300 on the softball field in her career, she had several offers to play in either Division II or Division III to continue in college. However, Haney was offered a full-ride scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, something very few students get, and she pounced on the opportunity and went to UNC. She made it through most of her freshman year before COVID hit which changed her plan from wanting to become a teacher like her mom to going into business. She was admitted to one of the top undergraduate business schools in the nation and excelled in the program, getting a 3.9 GPA and before her senior year, she landed a prestigious internship with the Washington Nationals. With the Nationals she worked with their analytics team to help develop strategies to improve their team on the field and also helped in their finance department. Haney also worked with UNC's athletic department as an intern helping at football games. She graduated in May 2023 with a business degree and was hired by Queens Park Rangers FC to work in their analytics department, also selling tickets, which was a coup for someone who was just out of college.