SUNY Cortland Athletics

Prior to Cortland: Attended Wagner College...Four-year member of the baseball team from 2021 to 2025...Made 51 appearances with 37 starts over four seasons, tossing 204.0 innings with 157 strikeouts and posting a 15-11 record and a 5.34 ERA...Pitched to a 9-1 record and a 3.93 ERA over 75.2 innings with 73 strikeouts during the 2023 season...Lists pitching against some of the top schools in the country in Division I, such as Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, and North Carolina State, as his greatest sports thrill in college.

High School: A 2021 graduate of Aliso Niguel in California...Two-year member of the baseball team...Earned all-conference honors as a senior.

Other: Parents are Kimberly and Jason Hayden...Has one sibling, Joshua.