Elmira College Athletics

Honors & Awards
2016 Empire 8 All-Conference First Team
2015 Empire 8 All-Conference Second Team
EC Athlete of the Week (5/4/15, 5/2/16)
 
2017 Season
Started 21 games during his final collegiate season…Registered a .266 batting average in 2017 with 16 runs, eight RBIs and one double…Finished tied for the team lead with six stolen bases…Tallied six multi-hit games on the year…Began the season on a nine-game hit streak, which started with a single in the season-opener against Christopher Newport (2/21)…Recorded a pair of hits in back-to-back games against Methodist (2/24) and Rutgers-Camden (2/25)…Registered two hits, two runs and a stolen base in a 10-4 triumph over Utica (3/25)…Ended the hit streak with a single in a 6-4 triumph over SUNY Canton (4/23)…Cataloged one hit with two runs and three RBIs in a 14-3 victory over Medaille (4/29)…Posted two hits, one run and one RBI in a 6-3 win over Utica (5/7). 

2016 Season
Played in 37 games, which included 36 starts in center field...Accumulated a .340 batting average with 49 hits in 144 at-bats...Finished second on the team with 10 doubles, and was tied for second in both runs scored (32) and walks (15)...Paced the club for the second straight season with 14 stolen bases...Drove in 17 RBIs...Was tied for third with 15 multi-hit games...Had three consecutive three-hit games from April 17th to April 20th and a streak of seven multi-hit games from April 27th to May 4th, where he hit at a blistering rate of .516...Tied his season high with three RBIs in a win over Houghton (4/15) and against Ithaca (4/20)...Finished a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate against SUNY Canton (4/30), which was also one of four games with a season-high-tying two stolen bases.
 
2015 Season
Was EC's only player to appear in and start all 38 games - all in center field - during the program's inaugural season...Led the Soaring Eagles with 48 hits, 30 runs, 23 stolen bases (on 24 attempts) and 11 hit-by-pitches...Was second on the team with a .340 batting average and third with 15 RBIs...Had 14 multi-hit games and a team-best 14-game hit streak from April 19th to May 2nd...Tied his season highs with three hits and two RBIs in the second game of the year vs. Houghton (3/14)...Accomplished the same feat in Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. D'Youville (4/16)...Hit both of his season's triples as part of a 3-for-3 effort with three runs scored in a win over Hilbert (4/30)...Scored three runs in the following game, a win vs. Baptist Bible (5/2)...Stole a season-best three bases without getting caught in the finale vs. SUNY Canton (5/7)...Also made two appearances on the mound and did not surrender an earned run in 2.0 innings.
 
Before Elmira
Spent his freshman season at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but did not make an appearance...Lettered in baseball at Carolina Forest High School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina...Was an All-Region selection and his team’s MVP as a senior in 2013…Owns his school’s record for most stolen bases...Participated in the North-South All-Star Game his senior year.
 
Personal
Hayden is a Biology major.