Career Highs

Updated following the 2017 season

• Innings pitched: 9.0, Minnesota, Apr 29, 2016 ; Penn State, Mar 26, 2016
• Strikeouts: 7, at Southern Illinois, Mar 19, 2016
• Batters faced: 34, Minnesota, Apr 29, 2016

Redshirt-Junior - 2017

• Missed the season with an injury

Redshirt-Sophomore - 2016

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Illinois’ No. 2 starting pitcher
• 14 starts on the mound
• 6-5, 3.58 ERA, 88.0 IP, 88 H, 35 ER, 30 BB, 55 SO
• Led the team in wins (6)
• Second on the team in innings pitched (88.0)
• Third on the team in strikeouts (55)
• Fourth on the team in ERA (3.58)
• Seventh in the Big Ten in innings pitched during conference games (53.1)
• One-hitter vs. Penn State (9.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 3 K) March 26
• First Illini to throw a one-hitter since Mike Stankiewicz at Northwestern in 2007
• First career shutout April 29 vs. No. 19 Minnesota (9.0 IP, 8 H, 0 R, 6 K)
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Week May 2

Redshirt-Freshman - 2015

• Made five appearances in his first season with the Illini
• Had a scoreless stanza vs. USF (3/20) and at Ohio State (5/1)
• Made career debut at Florida Gulf Coast (2/20), tossing one scoreless inning while giving up two hits and striking out one

Freshman - 2014

• Redshirted the 2014 season
• Was a member of the Illinois club baseball team

High School

• All-Area selection during his senior year, posting a 0.93 ERA over 66 innings
• Earned varsity letters in baseball as a junior and senior
• Named academic all-conference for Dupage Valley Conference during his junior and senior year.

Personal

• Full name is Douglas William Hayes
• Major: Finance
• Parents are Matt and Nancy Hayes
• Enrolled in the College of Business
• Born on Oct. 23, 1994 in Houston, Texas and hometown is Wheaton, Illinois
• Has an older sister, Lauren, and younger siblings, Tim and Jessica
• Favorite Illini growing up was Dee Brown
• Plans to attend law school after graduation