Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley ... 
JUNIOR/COVID YEAR ~ (2021): Played in 27 games on the year which included 21 starts (at first base and designated hitter) ... hit .164 (12-for-73) with two home runs, a double, five RBIs and eight runs scored ... also walked eight times and posted a .260 slugging percentage as well as a .253 on-base clip ... recorded a trio of multi-hit games on the season ... went 2-for-4 with a home run against GCU on April 1 ... also homered at neighboring rival BYU on March 23 ... tallied a .913 fielding percentage with 21 putouts.

JUNIOR ~ (2020): Played and started 16 games (all at 1B) before having the season cut short due to COVID-19 ... batted .192 with five doubles, four walks, six RBIs and three runs scored ... posted a .274 slugging percentage and a .242 on-base clip ... had three multiple-hit games, two multiple RBI games, and a three-game hitting streak ... went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and an RBI at Abilene Christian on Feb. 16 ... also had a 2-for-4 outing with two RBIs and a walk in a win at Pac-12 foe Washington on March 6 ... tallied a .984 fielding percentage with a team-best 118 putouts ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.

SOPHOMORE ~ (2019): Played in 34 games on the year while making 30 starts (18 at 1B and 12 at DH) ... hit .207 with five home runs six doubles and 20 RBIs ... also walked 12 times and scored 18 runs ... posted a .380 slugging percentage and a .307 on-base clip ... recorded six multi-hit games as well as six multi-RBI games ... went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs against Grand Canyon on March 30 ... hit four home runs in a three-game stretch from March 30 against GCU to April 5 at Northern Colorado ... had a pair of four-RBI games on the year including a 2-for-4 performance at Air Force with a homer and a run scored on April 8 ... registered a .960 fielding percentage and 134 putouts ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.

FRESHMAN ~ (2018): Named to Academic All-WAC Team ... appeared in 33 games, making 31 starts with 27 of those coming at 1B ... also started four games as the DH ... finished with five home runs and 15 RBIs ... hit .156 overall on the season ... had two hits, including a home run, and four RBIs at UC Irvine on March 17.

Before Utah Valley ... 
Prepped at Blackfoot High School in Blackfoot, Idaho ... named Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, first-team All-Area and first-team All-State ... was the No. 1 prospect in the state of Idaho ... helped team to district and state championship in 2015 ... also played football (QB) ... played for Liam Pope and Mitch Mansanerez at Blackfoot HS ... played club ball for the Idaho Cubs and GBG Northwest Baseball.

Personal ...
Graduated from Blackfoot HS in 2017 ... born in Seattle, Wash. ... birthday is Feb. 24 ... plans to major in University Studies at UVU ... parents are Kevin and KayAnn Hayes ... has four siblings: Kade, Wyatt, Elijah, and Emery.