Career Honors & Awards
• 2019 Cecil Martin Award - Male Athlete of the Year
• 2019 GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award Nominee
• 2019 All-GLVC First Team
• 2018 All-GLVC Second Team
• GLVC Player of the Week (Dec. 5, 2018)
2018-19 (Senior): First Team All-GLVC…Cecil Martin Award for Male Athlete of the Year...Led the conference and was 29thnationally in scoring at 21 points per game…Was fourth in the GLVC with a 87.6 percent clip from the free throw line and 2.75 three point field goals made per game…Also ranked second in the league with 34.3 minutes played per outing…Added 2.6 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game while shooting better than 48 percent from the field…Was named the GLVC Player of the Week on December 5 after posting back-to-back career-high 30 and 33 point games against Drury and Missouri S&T
2017-18 (Junior): All-GLVC Second Team...Led the Cardinals and ranked third in the GLVC with 18.4 points per game...Scored in double figures all but one game with a career-high 28 at Purdue Northwest...Had 20 or more points in 11 different contests...Shot 48.7 percent (168-for-345) from the floor and 40.3 percent (71-for-176) from the three point line...Led Jewell and ranked second in the conference with an 85.0 percent (91-for-107) clip from the free throw line...Also averaged 2.3 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game
2016-17: (Panola CC): Appeared in 35 games with 17 starts under coach Grant McMillan...Averaged 6.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game...Led the team with an 81.4 percent clip from the free throw line...Also shot 45 percent from the field...Graduated with associate degree in history...Dean's List honoree
2015-16 (UMASS-Lowell): Appeared in 23 games with three starts with an average of 13.9 minutes per contest...Chipped in 6.6 points and 1.4 rebounds...Shot 44.6 percent (41-of-92) from the floor and nearly 37 percent (14-of-38) from beyond the arc...Was second on the squad boasting an 81.5 percent clip from the free throw line...Posted seven double-figure scoring games
Prep: Four-year starter at McClellan High School under coach Christopher Threatt...Three-time Arkansas All-State selection...Led the Lions to a 2015 State Championship averaging 22.6 points...Named the Arkansas Class 5A Player of the Year and first team All-Arkansas...Also selected a Mike Conley All-Star and AAA All-Star...Arvest Bank Downtown Tip-Off Player of the Week and LRSD Player of the Month...Was named the Most Valuable Player of the Pine Bluff and District 87 Tournaments...Finalist for McDonald's Full Court Athlete of the Year
Personal: Born November 15 in Little Rock, Arkansas...Son of Keith Hayes Sr. and Alsera Graham...Has two siblings Karson Hayes and Kameron Jones...Majoring in History
Career-Highs
Points: 33 vs. Missouri S&T (January 5, 2019)
Rebounds: 7 - 2x;Last vs. Truman (2/22/2018)
Assists: 8 vs. Central Missouri (November 16, 2018)
Steals: 2 - 10x; Last vs. Missouri S&T (January 5, 2019)
Blocks: 1 - 3x; Last vs. Avila (December 4, 2018)
Double-figures:
Points: 52
Rebounds: 0
Assists: 0
