TicketsCincinnati's all-time leader in games played (143)
Cincinnati's all-time leader in free throws made (558)
Cincinnati's all-time leader in blocks (149)
2024-25
Named All-Big 12 Third Team... Started and played in all 29 games... Averaged 15.6 points and 9.5 rebounds per game while shooting 43.7% from the field... Was first on the team in steals (47) and second in blocks (22)... Posted 12 double-doubles, including six in Big 12 play... Notched 10 20-point performances, a new career high for a single season... Recorded her 20th career 20-piece on Senior Day vs. WVU, going 8-of-9 from the floor with eight boards and three steals... Tied her career high with four blocks at Texas Tech, breaking the program’s all-time blocks record in the process.... Led UC with 21 points and career-high 18 rebounds vs. Houston -- first Bearcat to post 21 & 18 since 2014... Scored 14 of her game-high 25 points in fourth quarter of UC's 11-point comeback win; added season-bests in assists (4) and steals (5)... First double-double of Big 12 play, and 30th of her career, with 16 points and 13 rebounds vs. BYU... Notched 18 points and 16 rebounds in Crosstown Shootout vs. Xavier... Named to Atlantic Slam All-Tournament Team... Scored 28 points to go with 11 rebounds vs. Georgetown... Named Big 12 Player of the Week, averaging a double-double (20.5 points and 11 rebounds) in leading UC to a 2-0 record to start the season... Dropped career-high 30 points and grabbed 10 boards vs. Delaware State for 25th career double-double... First double-double in first game of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds at UIC... Led team in scoring 14 times, rebounding 27 times, blocks 10 times and steals 13 times... Finished season with 24 double-digit scoring performances.
2023-24
Averaged 12.9 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per game and shot 42% from the field this season … Started all 32 games this season, leading the Bearcats in points (12.9), rebounds (8.4) and steals (1.2) … Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention ... Earned CSC Academic All-District honors … Tallied 10+ points in 26 contests and poured in 20+ points in three contests overall … Recorded 10 double-doubles for the second straight season, becoming the first Bearcat to do so since Doris Scott in 1997-99 …. Posted 15 points and career-high 17 rebounds at Kansas, with 8 pts and 10 rebounds coming in the fourth quarter ... Registered 18 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals in win vs. Texas Tech (2/3) ... First double-double of Big 12 play at WVU (1/3) with game highs in points (18) and rebounds (11) ... Posted 16 points and 16 rebounds vs. Southern Indiana (12/17) ... Eclipsed 1,000 career points with ninth career 20-point outing vs. Howard (12/13) … Named to 2023 Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team ... Tallied eighth career 20-plus point game with 20 pts vs. Louisville (11/6).
2022-23
Started all 30 games … Averaged 12.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.3 blocks in 31.6 minutes per game … Led the team in multiple categories - starts, minutes, points, rebounds, steals; second straight season that Hayes has led the team in starts, minutes, points, rebounds and steals … Her 8.6 rebounds per game led all conference juniors and her 13.0 points per game ranked third … Led the team in rebounds in 23 games … Posted 10 double doubles in 2022-23, the most by a Bearcat since 2016-17 … Has started 78 straight games dating back to her first career start in her freshman season on December 20th, 2020 … Has averaged 30-plus minutes per game each of her three seasons … Totaled 11 games with double-digit rebounds … Averaged 1.3 blocks per game and posted 13 multi-block games in 2022-23 … . Played 30-plus minutes in 15 of 17 conference games … Pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds vs. Tulane (2/18) … Named to consecutive AAC Weekly Honor Rolls on Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 … Selected to AAC Preseason All-Conference Second Team.
Played in 28 games with a team high 28 starts, averaging 11.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.3 blocks in 31.3 minutes… Led the Bearcats in points (321), rebounds (190) and blocks (36) … Ranked among AAC leaders in scoring (16th at 11.5), defensive rebounds (10th at 5.0), minutes played (13th at 31.3) and assists (16th at 2.8). … Scored a season-high 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting with five rebounds against Central Mich. (12/01) … had a season-high 11 rebounds, pairing it with 14 points and five assists vs Tulsa (1/29) … Notched 11 points and a season-high seven steals at Marquette (12/22).
2020-21
Played in 24 games with 20 starts, averaging 7.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.1 blocks in 32.2 minutes … Named to AAC All-Freshman Team … Led the Bearcats with 34 steals and ranked third in points (182), rebounds (126) and blocks (26) … Ranked among AAC freshmen in blocks (first at 1.1), defensive rebounds (second at 4.4), minutes played (third at 32.3) and assists (third at 2.7) ... Scored a season-high 20 points on 9-of-16 shooting with four rebounds at Temple (1/13) … tallied 17 points with four assists and two blocks vs. Wichita State (1/27) … Tallied 16 points with eight rebounds against Tulane (1/9) … Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds to go with eight points and three steals against Tulsa (1/6) … Posted seven points, seven rebounds and eight assists vs. Temple (2/3) … Handed out a career-high nine assists vs. UCF (2/13).
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the No. 116 prospect in the 2020 class by Collegiate Girls Basketball Report ... Tabbed as a four-star recruit by Prospects Nation ... Averaged 18.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.1 steals, 2.0 assists as a senior at Loveland High School ... Named Eastern Cincinnati Conference Co-Player of the Year as a senior … registered the most career points (1,412) and most career rebounds (778) in school history.
PERSONAL Born Dec. 18, 2001 in Norman, Oklahoma … Daughter of Kristi and Jonathan Hayes … Has three brothers: Jaxson, Jewett and Jonah … Comes from athletic bloodlines: her father, Jonathan, was a former NFL player with the Kansas City Chiefs (1985-1993) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1994-1996), assistant coach with the Cincinnati Bengals (2003-18) and recent head coach with the XFL's St. Louis BattleHawks (2020); her mother, Kristi, was the 1995 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year at Drake and scored over 3,400 points in high school; and her brother, Jaxson, who played at Texas, was the eighth overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks and currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers.