Elmira College Athletics

Honors & Records
Empire 8 Player of the Week (12/18/17)
Empire 8 Rookie of the Week (1/5/15)
EC Athlete of the Week (1/5/15, 11/21/16)
Empire 8 President's List (Spring 2018)
Graduated second in program history in 3-point field goals (256)

2017-18 Season
Appeared in 22 games with 17 starts during his senior season...Ranked third on the team with 12.1 points per game, while adding 2.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 26.7 minutes per game...Ranked first in the Empire 8 in three-point field goals per game (3.5) and third in 3-point field goal percentage (.394)...Led EC with 78 made three-pointers, which ranks third all-time in single-season history...Ended his career ranked second in Elmira history with 256 made career 3-point field goals...Scored in double figures in 11 contests...Added 24 points on 8-for-11 (.727) shooting from behind the arc in the win over Oswego (11/19)...Broke a single-game program record with 11 3-pointers in the win over St. Lawrence (12/16), recording a career-high 33 points...Poured in 23 points and pulled down five rebounds against E8 foe Nazareth (2/8).

2016-17 Season
Appeared in 22 of 25 games, which included 17 starts…Averaged 10.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 0.8 assists in 27.1 minutes per game…Paced the Empire 8 with 2.9 3-point field goals made per game...Led EC with 64 3-point field goals made, while shooting at a team-best .410 from three-point range…Finished tied for the team lead in points per game (10.2)… Scored 18 points and grabbed five rebounds in a 70-68 win over SUNY Maritime (11/9)...Poured in a season-high 21 points against St. Lawrence (12/04) and St. John Fisher (2/15)…Made a season-best seven treys in the contest against St. Lawrence (12/04). 

2015-16 Season
Played in 23 of 25 games and started in eight of them…Finished the season averaging 10.3 points, 1.0 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game…Led Elmira with 71 3-point field goals made, tied for the fifth-most in a single season for a Soaring Eagle, and finished third in points scored with 236…Concluded the season tied for the team-lead in free-throw percentage (.813)…Scored a career-high 24 points on a career-best eight 3-point field goals made in 32 minutes in a 93-88 overtime victory over Chatham University (11/29)…Posted a season-high three assists in 21 minutes against Empire 8 foe Ithaca College (1/12).

2014-15 Season
Played in 24 of Elmira’s 25 games and started in seven of them…Completed his rookie season averaging 6.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game per game…Finished third on the Purple and Gold with 43 3-point field goals made…Scored a season-high-tying 17 points against No. 13 Centre College (12/30)…Played a season-high-tying 30 minutes in a 75-60 victory over Ithaca College, scoring a season-high-tying 17 points on a season-best five 3-pointers made (1/2). 

Before Elmira
Hayden was a Federal Division First Team All-Conference selection and an East County & All-County All-Star...He was also named his team’s MVP his senior year. 
 
Personal
Hayden is a Business Administration major with concentrations in Management and Marketing.