Julia Hayes

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-1
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Union Catholic
Hometown:
Union, N.J.
Major:
Human Services

AT DELAWARE
• Fourth-year member of the Blue Hens
• 2017 ECAC Academic Honor Roll Selection

2019 SEASON
• Saw action in 15 matches, playing 43 sets
• Had a season-high seven kills in Delaware's four-set victory at JMU on Oct. 4
• Matched her career high with nine rejections in a five-set win against UNCW on Sept. 28
• Averaged a block per set
• Named to CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll for fall semester

2018 SEASON
• Started all 28 matches for Delaware and led the team with 96 blocks and 0.91 blocks per set
• tallied her season-best eight blocks at Florida International
• reached 92 kills and put up her career-high nine kills at Northeastern
• carried a .218 hitting percentage to rank second on the team

2017 SEASON
• Appeared and started in 20 matches on the season
• played in 75 sets
• named CAA Defensive Player of the Week on September 25th
• ranked first on the team with 67 blocks and averaging 0.89 per set
• ranked sixth on the team with 51 kills
• averaged 0.68 kills per set
• slammed a season-high five kills at Elon
• posted a season-high nine kills in two consecutive matches at William & Mary and Elon
• contributed seven digs and one assist on the season

2016 SEASON
• Appeared in three matches before sitting out the rest of the season as a redshirt
• posted three kills and five block assists vs. VCU on Sept. 3
• added four blocks against SMU on Sept. 9
• played two sets vs. Missouri on Sept. 17

HIGH SCHOOL
• First team All-Conference and All-County selection at Union Catholic Regional
• named Union County Player of the Year as a senior
• first team All-State pick for non-public schools, and earned second team All-State honors for all groups
• three-year starter
• led Union Catholic to the 2015 conference and county championship
• four-year high honor student • member of National Honor Society and French National Honor Society

PERSONAL
• Julia Marie Hayes
• born March 14, 1998
• daughter of Robert Hayes and Christy Worsoe
• has an older brother, Tyler, and a younger sister, Tori
• mother was a gymnast in college and father was a professional dirt biker
• aunt runs an orphanage in Haiti, where she periodically volunteers
• majoring in human services with a minor in disability studies and organizational and community leadership
• Wants to become a licensed clinical social worker and work as a school social worker in low-income and underrepresented communities