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Jersey Number 13
Lily Hayes
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Berkeley Prep
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Florida
Florida Career Accolades:
As a Freshman (2025) - Match-by-Match stats - Career Stats
Hayes' High School Accolades
Individual
Her mother, Nel (Fettig) Hayes, was the National High S Player of the Year, Youth National Team Member and went on to be a 3 time All American and four-time NCAA Champ (3 playing, 1 coaching) while at UNC Chapel Hill. She played professional soccer where she was a league All Star and WUSA Champion with the Carolina Courage. Her brother, Cooper Hayes, was the starting freshman quarterback for Berkeley Prep on their 2023 State Championship team.
- 2025 AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year
- 2025 AVCA Southeast Region First Team
- 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team
- SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (Oct. 13, 2025)
| 2025 Season Highs | Category | Career Highs |
| 1 at USF (9/2/25) | Kills | 1 at USF (9/2/25) |
| .500 (1-0-2) at USF (9/2/25) | Hitting % | .500 (1-0-2) at USF (9/2/25) |
| 7 (4x) last vs. Missouri (10/10/25) | Assists | 7 (4x) last vs. Missouri (10/10/25) |
| 4 vs. Vanderbilt (10/12/25) | Aces | 4 vs. Vanderbilt (10/12/25) |
| 24 at Arkansas (10/26/25) | Digs | 24 at Arkansas (10/26/25) |
| 4.0 vs. Vanderbilt (10/12/25) | Points | 4.0 vs. Vanderbilt (10/12/25) |
As a Freshman (2025) - Match-by-Match stats - Career Stats
- Saw action in all 28 matches and 108 sets as a freshman... She became the first true freshman to open a season in the libero jersey since Elyse Cusack in 2006 and went on to record 391 digs, marking the fourth-most by a freshman in program history.... Finished first on the team in digs (391), third in assists (104) and fifth in aces (14)... Led Florida in digs 19 times and finished in double digits defensively in 22 matches, including four with 20 or more... Averaged 3.62 digs per set, 0.96 assists per set and 0.13 aces per set... Recorded a career-best 24 digs at Arkansas (Oct. 26)… Career-high 4 aces vs. Vanderbilt (Oct. 12)… Career-high seven assists at Wisconsin (Sept. 21), vs. Mississippi St. (Sept. 26), vs. Auburn (Oct. 3) and vs. Missouri (Oct. 10)... Made her first collegiate appearance in Florida’s season-opener against No. 6 Stanford (Aug. 22) and finished with 12 digs and five assists.
Hayes' High School Accolades
- FACA District 15 All Star, 2024
- FHSAA two-time State Finalist; AHN 2022, Berkeley Prep, 2024
- FHSAA State Semi Finalist, AHN 2021
- Academy of the Holy Names Coaches Award, 2021
- Prime Time Preps Hillsborough County Player of the Week
Individual
- AAU All-American, 14U/15U/16U/17U, 2021-2024
- Prep Volleyball Club All American, 16U/17U, 2023, 2024
- Prep Volleyball #7 Libero, #36 Overall Class of 2025, Summer 2024
- Prep Dig #2 Libero, #23 Overall Class of 2025, Aug 2024
- MEQ, Big South All-Tournament Team (2024, 2022)
- Prep Volleyball #3 Libero, #19 Overall Class of 2025, Summer 2023
- Prep Dig #2 Libero, #19 Overall Class of 2025, Aug 2023
- Prep Volleyball USAV Nationals Super 7 Player, 15U, 2022
- Prep Volleyball #1 Libero, #6 Overall Class of 2025, Summer 2022
- AAU Nationals 3rd Place, 14 Open/16 Open/17 Open (2021/2023/2024)
- Big South Qualifier, 1st Place, 17 Open, 2024
- MEQ Qualifier,1st Place, 17 Open, 2024
- USAV Junior Girls Nationals 5th Place, 15 Open, 2022
- AAU Nationals, 2nd Place, 15 Open, 2022
- NIT Triple Crown 2nd Place, 15 Open, 2022
- Sunshine Qualifier, 1st Place, 14 Open, 2021
- Big South Qualifier, 1st Place, 15 Open, 2022
- Sunshine Qualifier, 3rd Place, 15 Open, 2022
- Prep Volleyball #1 Ranked Club Team, 15s, 2022
- USAV Junior Girls Nationals 3rd Place, 14 Open, 2021
- 2025 U19 USA Team Roster for FIVB Girls U19 World Championships
- Won silver medal
- USAV National Team Development Program (NTDP)
- 2022-23 NTDP Spring, Summer, Fall, & Winter Camps attendee
- Team Florida Indoor All-Star Selection Camp Invite
- Headmasters List, Berkeley Prep, 2023
- Presidents Honor Roll with Distinction, Academy of the Holy Names, 2021, 2022
- Esse Quam Videre Award, 2022
- Pre-calculus Book Award (highest grade)
- Honors U.S History & English 11
- Also played soccer for ECNL Team and Tampa Bay United
- US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program Interregional Team, 2020
- Florida ODP Player Pool, 2020, 2021
- ECNL Girls National Playoffs, Starting Center Back, TBU ECNL 07
Her mother, Nel (Fettig) Hayes, was the National High S Player of the Year, Youth National Team Member and went on to be a 3 time All American and four-time NCAA Champ (3 playing, 1 coaching) while at UNC Chapel Hill. She played professional soccer where she was a league All Star and WUSA Champion with the Carolina Courage. Her brother, Cooper Hayes, was the starting freshman quarterback for Berkeley Prep on their 2023 State Championship team.
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