Kendall Hayes Class: Junior Hometown: Lancaster, Texas High School: Lancaster HS Height: 5-11 Event: Hurdles Experience: HS

2011 Indoor Second Team All-WAC (60m Hurdles)
2011 Outdoor Second Team All-WAC (110m Hurdles)
2012 Indoor First Team All-WAC (60m Hurdles)
2012 NCAA Qualifier (100m Hurdles, 4x100m Relay)

2012: At the season-opening UAB Blazer Invitational (1/12), ran 8.06 in the 60m hurdles finals to place seventh after running 8.14 in the prelims ... At the AState Invitational (1/27), finished third in the 55m hurdles with a time of 7.61 after running 7.66 in the prelims and finished 16th in the 55m dash with a time of 6.72 ... Finished second in the 60m hurdles at the WAC Indoor Championships (2/24-25), claiming first team all-conference honors with a finals time of 8.08 after running 8.13 in the prelims ... Opened the outdoor season at the Jim Mize Invitational (4/7), placing second in the 110m hurdles ... Won the 110m hurdles at the Southeastern Invitational (4/20) with a time of 14.42 ... Finished fourth in the 110m hurdles the following day at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/21) with a time fo 14.13 ... At the Golden Eagle Classic (4/28), finished second in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.77 and placed 17th in the 100m dash with a time of 11.12 ... Finished second in the 110m hurdles at the WAC Championships (5/10-11) with a time of 13.99 ... At the NCAA East Prelims (5/24-26), finished 31st in the opening round of the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.08.

2011:Opened his collegiate career at the Leonard Hilton Invitational (1/14), running 8.24 in the 60m hurdles prelims before advancing to the finals to finish eighth overall with a time of 8.29 ... At the Arkansas State Invitational (1/22), finished second in the 55m hurdles with a finals time of 7.69 after running 7.71 in the prelims while also finishing 14th in the 200m with a time of 23.46 ... Ran 8.22 in the 60m hurdles finals at the WAC Championships (2/24-26) to finish fourth and garner second team all-WAC honors ... Finished 23rd in the 110m hurdles at the Texas Relays (4/6-9) with a time of 14.54 ... Finished second to teammate Billy Ray Walker in the 110m hurdles at the Northwestern State Invitational (4/16) with a time of 14.54 while running 23.68 in the 200m to finish 34th ... Ran 14.52 in the 110m hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/23) to finish fifth ... At the WAC Championships (5/10-13), claimed second team all-WAC honors by running 14.79 in the 110m hurdles to finish fifth.

High School: Lettered in football at Lancaster High School for Andrew Jackson ... Named first team all-district his junior year ... Recorded 80 tackles, four interceptions, two kick returns for a touchdown and one interception return for a touchdown his senior year ... Also a lettered in track, where he was a USA Today All-American in the 110 hurdles his junior season with a time of 13.71.

Personal: Kendall Hayes ... Son of Darryl and Veronica Hayes ... Brother, Darryl Hayes II, runs track for Sam Houston State ... Chose Louisiana Tech over offers from Kansas, Louisiana-Monroe, Ole Miss and Missouri ... Born March 24, 1992 in Lancaster, Texas.