18 Facts About Hailey Dawson

Hailey Dawson came to national prominence in 2017 when she expressed a desire to use her robotic hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in all 30 Major League Baseball parks.

Hailey Dawson completed her goal on September 16,2018, with an appearance at Angel Stadium.

Hailey Dawson was born in Henderson, Nevada, on March 2,2010.

Hailey Dawson's father, Greg, is a corrections officer for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and her mother, Yong, is a photographer.

Hailey Dawson is missing a right pectoral muscle and three fingers on her right hand; the pinky and thumb on her right hand are underdeveloped.

Hailey Dawson found open-source designs for a 3D-printed prosthesis posted online by a South African organization called RoboHand, and asked the UNLV College of Engineering to produce one for her daughter.

The hand does not operate on electronics, but on wrist movement: when Hailey Dawson flexes her wrist, the fingers grip; when she extends her wrist, the fingers uncurl.

Hailey Dawson made her first ceremonial first pitch at a UNLV Rebels baseball game in 2015 shortly after receiving her first 3D-printed robotic hand at age 5.

Hailey Dawson then expressed a desire to throw out the first pitch at a Baltimore Orioles game, as her father, a Maryland native, had made the team a family favorite.

Hailey Dawson appeared at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in August 2015.

Hailey Dawson next posted a request on Instagram to meet Bryce Harper, a fellow Las Vegas native, and in June 2017 threw out the first pitch to him at Nationals Park.

In 2017 Hailey Dawson expressed a wish to throw out the first pitch at all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums.

Hailey Dawson began her "Journey to 30" quest to pitch in the remaining 27 stadiums during the 2018 Major League Baseball season with an appearance at Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, in late March.

For each stadium Hailey Dawson pitched at, the UNLV College of Engineering produced a 3D-printed robotic hand customized with the home team's logo and colors.

In 2016 Hailey Dawson wore a 3D-printed robotic hand inscribed with the seal of the president of the United States when she toured the White House and met then-President Barack Obama.

On February 11,2018, Hailey Dawson was invited to drop the puck at a hockey game between the Vegas Golden Knights and Philadelphia Flyers.

Hailey Dawson's customized 3D-printed hand sported the colors of the Golden Knights, and she wore their jersey.

Hailey Dawson was the recipient of the first Las Vegas Baseball Ambassador Award presented by the Society for American Baseball Research's Las Vegas chapter in February 2018.