Men's Basketball

2008-2009 (Junior Year)
Appeared in 27 games for the Pirates this season...average 16.7 minutes and 3.9 points per game...was 35-93 from the field for 37.6 percent and 36-49 from the free throw line for 73.5 percent...pulled down 87 rebounds, 3.2 per game...recorded 23 assists 5 blocks and 12 steals for the year.

2007-2008 (Sophomore Year)
Hayes made 8 starts appearing in 23 games and in SCAC play made 3 starts and appeared in all 15 contests...logged 401 minutes on the floor averaging 16.0 minutes per game...averaged 15.9 minutes per game in SCAC contests...scored 113 total points and averaged 4.5 points per game...averaged 4.3 points per SCAC contest...had a FG percentage of .400 shooting 38-95 from the field...went 3-9 from the 3-pt arc (.333%)...shot 34-57 from the free throw line (.596 FT percentage)...grabbed 84 rebounds on the year with 50 boards in SCAC play...averaged 3.4 rebounds per contest and 3.3 per SCAC game...had 21 assists, 7 blocks and 12 steals on the year...was fourth on the team in FT attempts with 57 and fifth on the team in free throws made (34)...seventh on the team in scoring (113 points and 4.5 ppg)...ranked third on the team in rebounds (84) and rebounds average (3.4)...ranked first in offensive rebounds with 27 (1.1 per game) and third in defensive rebounds (57)...ranked fourth on the team in blocked shots (7)...led the team in scoring with 8 points vs. Hardin-Simmons (11/20/07) and 13 points vs. Millsaps (1/4/08)...led the team in rebounds with 8 vs. Hardin-Simmons and 8 vs. Trinity (1/12/08)...led the team in steals with 1 vs. Carthage (WI) (12/18/07) and 1 vs. Trinity (2/8/08)...led the team in blocked shots five times on the season.

2006-2007 (First Year)
Hayes started 7 games and appeared in a total of 22 games logging a total of 266 minutes on the floor, he also started 6 of 11 games in SCAC play for a total of 149 minutes...averaged 2.6 points scoring a total of 57 in his rookie season...in SCAC play averaged 3.4 points per game...was 16-36 on the year for a shooting percentage of .444 ranking 7th on the team and 11-20 for a .550 percentage in the SCAC...was credited with 6 blocks and 3 steals on the year...also averaged 2.3 rebounds for a total of 50 rebounds on the year ranking 5th on the team in rebound average...led the team with 7 rebounds vs. Trinity (Feb. 9) and led the team and had a career game high 8 rebounds vs. Hendrix (Feb. 17).

High School
Hayes was a Texas Scholar, the 2006 school MVP, the Defensive MVP in 2005 and was selected to the All-Tournament team in Corpus Christi...also lettered in football for the Rangers at Clements HS.

Personal
Ross is the son of Dale and Kimberly Hayes...born on April 10, 1988...has one sister - London...is a Biology and Pre-Engineering major.