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#12 Layla Hays Season 2025-26

PositionC
Height6-5
ClassFr.
HometownWasilla, Alaska
High SchoolWasilla, Alaska

Lay-la Hay-es

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2025-26
- Registered a career-high 20 points against Evansville (11/9).
- Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds against Drake (11/13).
- Saw action in 31 games.
- Notched 123 points and 78 rebounds.
- Recorded her first career double-double against Drake with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
HIGH SCHOOL
- No. 70 overall prospect and 92 overall scout grade (ESPN.com)
- Four-star prospect
- No. 1 player in Alaska (2025)
- Averaged 16.2 points, 11.9 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots per game as a junior and won her first state title
- 4x first team all-region, 3x first team all-state, and also recieved the director award for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame in 2025

PERSONAL
- Father played basketball at College of the Desert
- Familiar connection that Hays has to the program is the fact that her mom’s best friend Leah Magner, who played for the Hawkeyes from 1998 to 2002
- Majoring in Sport & Recreation Management