Norfolk State University Athletics

2019 (Senior): An All-MEAC first-team selection for the second straight year … Also one of 10 national finalists for the Division I Senior CLASS Award for excellence on the field, in the classroom and in the community … Also given the Joseph Echols Award for by the Norfolk Sports Club as the top senior athlete at NSU. Led the MEAC in stolen bases for the second year in a row, with 30 … Ranked 18th in the country in steals per game and 19th in total stolen bases … Also tied for fourth in the MEAC with 40 runs scored … Started all 49 games in which he played … Batted .301 with 40 runs scored, seven doubles, four triples, one home run and 22 runs batted in … Made just one error in 120 chances in the outfield … Had 14 multi-hit games … Tied a season and career high with four hits, going 4-for-5 with two runs scored and two steals in the series finale vs. Savannah State … Swiped a season-high three bases in the second game of the first Delaware State series, matching a career best … Tied that career effort by posting three steals in back-to-back games to begin the first Coppin State series, batting a combined 5-for-11 in those two contests … Recorded nine hits in the second series with Maryland Eastern Shore, including a pair of four-hit games to tie his career high for hits in a game … Was 4-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs and a career-high four runs scored in the series opener … Batted 4-for-6 with three runs scored in the final game of that series … Went 8-for-12 in the second Coppin State series to earn MEAC Player of the Week honors … Hit a three-run homer to help NSU take the series opener from CSU … Was 3-for-4 with two steals in the final game of the series … Notched a pair of two-hit games in the two-game series at N.C. Central … Had one hit in all four MEAC tournament games … MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team member … NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member for the fall semester.

2018 (Junior): All-MEAC and VaSID All-State first-team selection … Also voted to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-East Region second team … Led the MEAC with 28 stolen bases … Nationally, ranked seventh in Division I in steals per game (0.62) and 20th in total stolen bases … Also ranked third in the MEAC with a .347 batting average and fifth with a .438 on-base percentage … Finished the season with a team-high 35 runs scored, 58 hits (tied for first with Alsander Womack), eight doubles, one home run and 12 RBI … Had 16 multi-hit games … Played in 45 games and started 44 of them … Posted three straight multi-hit games during a nine-game hitting streak in March … Had back-to-back three-hit games at VCU and Lehigh, helping him earn MEAC Player of the Week honors for the first time … Was 7-for-13 with three walks during the four-game Lehigh series … Scored three runs and stole two bases in the series finale at Delaware State in March … Went 4-for-10 and stole four bases in the first three-game series with Maryland Eastern Shore … Swiped four bags in the first three-game set with Coppin State … Batted 2-for-2 with a season-high three steals and two runs scored in a win over DSU in the teams’ series in early April … Earned another MEAC Player of the Week award after a strong performance in the second series against MDES … Went 7-for-9 with five runs and five RBI in a doubleheader sweep of the Hawks on April 14 … Was 3-for-5 with an RBI and season-high tying three steals in game one … In the second game of that doubleheader, went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a grand slam – his lone homer of the season … Went 5-for-10 in the three-game series at Coppin State in late April … Led NSU to a win over Longwood with a 2-for-5 day, including two runs scored and two steals … Had two hits in both MEAC Tournament games with Bethune-Cookman … Named to the NSU AD’s Honor Roll for both semesters and was selected to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Played summer ball with the Strasburg Express of the Valley Baseball League (VBL) … Selected to play in the VBL all-star game.

2017 (Redshirt): Sat out the year as a Division I transfer.
 
At ODU: Played two seasons at ODU (2015-16), playing in 89 games with 38 starts … Had 39 hits in 157 at-bats with … Hit .321 as a freshman in 2015, second-best on the team … Had three hits in a game at UTSA … Logged a .212 average as a sophomore in 2016, starting 26 times … Hit three doubles and one triple with 13 RBI while stealing seven bases that year … Had five multi-hit games, including a career-high-tying three hits against Western Kentucky, in his sophomore year … Twice named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

High School: Led Western Branch to the 2014 6A state championship … Was a second-team all-conference selection that season after batting .325 with 12 steals … Was first-team All-Southeastern District and second-team All-Tidewater as a junior after batting .425 with 15 steals.

Personal: Justin Avery Hayes was born on Dec. 5, 1995 … Son of Robert and Christina Hayes … Earned a bachelor's degree in business management.