General - Completed a historic career in the Pitt State program in 2024 finishing her career as an All-American, All-Region and All-MIAA performer ... Among career ranks at PSU she finished first in RBI (195), second in doubles (59), third in hits (236), fourth in home runs (40) and ninth in runs scored (131) ... Finished with the fifth-best RBI tally in MIAA conference history.
2024 - Hayes started in 59-of-60 games she appeared in for the Gorillas, spending time in the outfield at catcher or as the designated player for the nationally ranked and division II national tournament appearance Gorillas ... Named a third-team All-American as a designated player by the NFCA and an honorable mention All-American as a utility player by the D2CCA ... A first-team All-Region performer by the D2CCA as a utility player while picking up second-team honors by the NFCA as a designated player ... Named a first-team All-MIAA designated player to become the fifth Gorilla in program history to earn first-team All-MIAA honors in three years ... Named to the MIAA All-Tournament team ... Finished the season with a .349 batting average and a .605 slugging percentage ... Scored 30 runs with 68 hits, 15 doubles, one triple, 11 home runs and 68 RBI ... In the field she recorded 151 putouts with 11 assists ... Her RBI tally in the season is good for the third-most in PSU single-season history and ninth in MIAA history ... Became the fifth Gorilla in program history to hit 10 or more home runs in three straight seasons.
2023 - Started in all 48 games she played in for the Gorillas and earned first-team All-MIAA honors at first base for a second year in a row along with being named a Gold Glove winner at the position and onto the NFCA All-Central Region second-team at first ... Finished with a .357 batting average, .701 slugging percentage and .392 on-base percentage ... Registered 157 at-bats, 56 runs scored, 56 hits, 16 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs, 58 RBIs, 11 walks and three stolen bases in as many attempts ... Defensively posted 304 putouts and 15 assists for a .991 fielding percentage ... Was the MIAA Hitter of the Week for the second time in her career on Feb. 20th and earned NFCA Division II Player of the Week honors as well on Feb. 21st.
2022 - Started all 51 games she played in for PSU while earning first-team All-MIAA honors at first base ... Finished with a .401 batting average, .703 slugging percentage and a .432 on-base percentage ... Had 172 at-bats, 43 runs scored, 69 hits, 13 doubles, 13 home runs, 46 RBIs, and a stolen base in her lone attempt ... Registered 315 putouts and 10 assists defensively for a .982 fielding percentage ... Statistically ranked sixth in the MIAA for batting average and home runs, seventh in RBIs and ninth in runs scored ... Was named the MIAA Hitter of the Week on May 2nd.
2021 - Started all 44 games she played in for the Gorillas ... Finished with a .291 batting average, .493 slugging and .325 on-base percentage ... Had 148 at-bats, 27 runs scored, 43 hits, 14 doubles, two triples, four home runs and three stolen bases in two attempts ... Recorded 76 putouts and six assists in the field.
HS - A three-time All-Conference performer at Greenwood High School (2017-19) … Also earned Arkansas All-State honors as a sophomore in 2018 … Compiled 93 RBIs and 31 doubles during her prep career.
Personal - Born on February 14, 2002 … Daughter of Darrell and Traci Hayes … A MIAA Scholar Athlete and a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll … Has a 3.48 GPA as a marketing major.
