Tiffany Hayes

Tiffany Hayes
Tiffany Hayes
Tiffany Hayes
College Connecticut
Conference Big East
Sport Basketball
Position Guard
Jersey # 3
Class Junior
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality American
Born September 20, 1989 (1989-09-20) (age 22)
Fort Polk, Louisiana
High school Winter Haven High School
Awards
McDonald's All-America
Parade Magazine All-America
Championships
2009 NCAA Championship
2010 NCAA Championship

Tiffany Kiara Hayes (born 20 September 1989) plays guard for the UConn women's basketball team,[1] the 2009 and 2010 NCAA National Champions.

Contents

Early life

Hayes was born 20 September 1989 in Fort Polk, a town in western Louisiana to Dorothy and Renard Hayes.[2]

High school

Hayes played basketball for Winter Haven High School in Winter Haven, Florida. The team compiled a 117–9 record during her career, and won the state championship in 2004 and 2007.[2] She was the leading scorer on her team, scoring an average of 18.3 points per game.[3]

Hayes helped lead the AAU team Essence to the 2007 National Championship.[2]

Hayes was invited to the 2007 Youth Development Festival, a USA Basketball sponsored event for elite sophomores and juniors in high school, biennially at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. The 2007 event featured three teams from the USA and a team representing Brazil. Hayes was leading scorer of the White USA team, which won of five of its games to clinch the gold medal.[4] Hoopgulrz.com named Hayes the outstanding player of the Festival.[5]

Hayes participated in the 2008 Nike SPARQ Training 'My Better' Championship event. She finished the preliminary round as one of the top twenty-two out of the 3,000 high school athletes competing. The top finishers were flown to Nike World Headquarters for the finals.[6] Hayes finished second among all females competing.[7][8]

College

Medal record
Women's Basketball
Competitor for  United States
World University Games
Gold 2009 Belgrade Team Competition

Hayes plays for the University of Connecticut Huskies. She asked to wear number 3, the number most recently worn by UConn legend Diana Taurasi. Hayes was not a starter at the beginning of the season, but after teammate Caroline Doty was injured, she stepped into the starting line-up. Her career high scoring game was against California in the regional semifinal of the NCAA Championship. Connecticut would go on to win every game of the season by double digits, but found itself in the unusual position of being eight points behind in the California game.[9] Hayes scored 28 points to help lead the team to a victory.[10]

Hayes was invited to the tryouts for the USA Women’s World University Games Team. She made the team, as the youngest player on the team, and the only freshman.[11] She would help the team to a 7–0 record and a gold medal in Belgrade, Serbia.[12]

On the fifth of February 2011, the Connecticut Huskies beat DePaul 89–66. This game was the 100th win in Hayes' college career, and occurred in her 101st game, making her the fastest player in NCAA basketball history to reach 100 wins.[13]

Awards and honors

  • 2007—MVP, Nike Nationals, HoopGurlz.com[3]
  • 2007—First Team, All-State 5A (Florida)[3]
  • 2008—McDonald's All-America[14]
  • 2008—Parade Magazine All-America[2]
  • 2009–10—Wade Watch[15]
  • 2010–11—Wade Watch[16]
  • 2011—First Team All Big East[17][18]


University of Connecticut statistics

Tiffany Hayes Statistics[19][20] at University of Connecticut
Year G FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A TO B S MIN PTS AVG
2008–09 39 109 238 0.458 46 123 0.374 63 83 0.759 156 4.0 102 57 15 44 1002 327 8.4
2009–10 39 130 296 0.439 45 140 0.321 91 124 0.734 129 3.3 58 85 116 85 1028 396 10.2
2010–11 38 167 383 0.436 51 146 0.349 134 173 0.775 174 4.6 77 91 139 91 1203 519 13.7
Totals 116 406 917 0.443 142 409 0.347 288 380 0.758 459 4.0 237 233 270 220 3233 1242 10.7

Notes

  1. ^ "Tiffany Hayes". UConnHuskies.com. http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/hayes_tiffany00.html. Retrieved 2010-04-30. 
  2. ^ a b c d "Tiffany Hayes". UConnHuskies.com. http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/hayes_tiffany00.html. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  3. ^ a b c "Tiffany Hayes". HoopGurlz.com. http://www.hoopgurlz.com/player/tiffany-hayes. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  4. ^ "USA WOMEN'S YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FESTIVAL -- 2007". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=wydf_2007. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  5. ^ "Prospect Watch - Aug. 3". Hoopgurlz.com. http://hoopgurlz.com/story/prospect-watch-aug-3. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  6. ^ "Nike Hosts Nationwide Search...". PR-Insider.com. http://www.pr-inside.com/nike-hosts-nationwide-search-for-the-r578132.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-08. 
  7. ^ "My Better Championship". Nike. http://www.sparqtraining.com/my-better-results/mybetter_ratings_events.php. Retrieved 2009-11-08. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Girls Basketball Testing Protocols". Nike SPARQ. http://www.sparqtraining.com/basketball_girls/protocol. Retrieved 2009-11-08. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Freshman Hayes' 28 points power UConn to rout". ESPN. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=294000053. Retrieved 1 May 2010. 
  10. ^ Clark, Jim. "Tiffany Hayes: (Leave) Open at Your Own Risk!". Scout with Foxsports.com. http://wbb.scout.com/2/852318.html. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  11. ^ "2009 Women's World University Games Team". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/women/2009/09_wwug_guide_01.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  12. ^ "TWENTY-FOURTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 2009". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/WWUG_2009.html. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  13. ^ "Maya Moore's 34 points, 11 rebounds lift UConn in rout of DePaul". ESPN. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=310360041. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  14. ^ "2008 McDonald's(R) All American Basketball". Thomson Reuters. 2008-02-20. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS122972+20-Feb-2008+PRN20080220. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  15. ^ "WBCA Announces Preseason Selections for the 2009-2010". WBCA. July 30, 2009. http://www.wbca.org/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/30/blog-693/. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  16. ^ "WBCA Announces Preseason Selections for the 20010-2011 "Wade Watch"". WBCA. August 3, 2010. http://www.wbca.org/blog/index.cfm/2010/11/16/WBCA-Announces-Preseason-Selections-for-the--20102011-Wade-Watch/. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  17. ^ Adamec, Carl (March 4, 2011). "Primed for more". Journal Inquirer.com. http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2011/03/04/sports/uconn/doc4d7112fb874d6605334601.txt. 
  18. ^ Fuller, Jim (March 04, 2011). "UCONN WOMEN: Hayes joins Moore as first team All-Big East selection". New Haven Register. http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/03/04/sports/doc4d70033ae5a67763755242.txt. Retrieved 17 April 2011. 
  19. ^ "Season Statistics". UConnHuskies.com. http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2008-2009/teamcume.html. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  20. ^ "UCONN Season Statistics". University of Connecticut. http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2009-2010/teamcume.html. Retrieved 11 April 2010. 

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