Elon University Athletics

Lakia Hayes was a three-year letter-winner for the women's basketball team (1996-98) and led the team in both scoring and rebounding in her three seasons in the maroon and gold.  She earned All-South Atlantic Conference honors in both 1996 and 1997 and was an honorable mention All-American in both 1997 and 1998.  She also was selected as Elon's female Basnight winner in both 1997 and 1998.  In three seasons she netted 1,353 points, a number which still ranks eighth in program history.  Her 17.1 points per game average is tied for the third-best in Elon history.  She holds the school's career record with a .787 (380-483) free throw percentage and also rates among the program's career top-10 in free throws made (2nd, 380) and attempted (2nd, 483), rebounds (5th, 782) and rebounds per game (3rd, 9.9).  Hayes is one of four Elon players to go a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line in a game, accomplishing the feat against Carson-Newman on Feb. 27, 1997.  On two occasions Hayes pulled down 19 rebounds in a game, a number which is tied for the fourth-most ever for an Elon player.  She is also tied for the best field goal percentage in a game in program history as she shot .833 (10-12) from the field against Lees-McRae on Nov. 18, 1995, and holds the top two spots in the Elon record book for most free throws made in a game - 15 at Lenoir-Rhyne on Jan. 25, 1997, and 14 at Wingate on Feb. 17, 1996.  Hayes' name appears three times in the program's single-season record list for free throws made as she knocked down the second, third and fifth-most shots from the charity stripe (129 in 1996-97, 128 in 1997-98 and 123 in 1995-96).  She is one of just four Elon women to ever grab 300 or more rebounds in a single season, collecting 307 boards (seventh place) in 1996-97.  Hayes would average 11.4 rebounds per outing that season.

Hayes is a 1998 graduate of Elon.