#12 Layla Hays Season 2025-26

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, 2x Alaska Player of the Year

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