Sophomore Year (2005-06):  Finished the fall season with the highest scoring average with a 74.8 ... low round was a 70 ... highest finish was fourth at the Colgate Invitational where he finished four-over-par ... finished sixth at the ECAC Championship with a 143, just one-over-par ... shot a 224 at the Bucknell Invitational for 27th place and a 227 at the Cornell Invitational for 14th place both were three rounds of 18 ... was 31st at the Binghamton Invitational with a 156.

Freshman Year (2004-05):  74.6 scoring average was the best on the Colgate team … low round was 69 in the first round of the Colgate Invitational … won the NBT Bank Collegiate Classic with a score of two-over par … tied for second at the Colgate Invitational…Placed third at the Bethany Beach Invitational … also finished third at the St. Bonaventure Keenan Invitational … tied for 12^th place at the Patriot League Championship … qualified for the Connecticut State Open … finished second at the Westchester County (N.Y.) Amateur Championship.

Before Colgate:  A 2004 graduate of Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, Conn. … lettered all 12 sports seasons (four times apiece in golf, soccer, and skiing) … ski team won two Connecticut State Open Championships … golf team posted a 40-11 record in that span … named first-team all-Fairfield County all four years … first team all-state as a sophomore and junior … won Connecticut State Championship as a junior … represented the United States at the World Junior Golf Cup as a junior…Placed 10^th at the New England Championships as a junior … named first team all-area by the Danbury News Times as a sophomore, junior, and senior … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Major is undeclared … born December 28, 1985 in Stamford, Conn. … parents are Richard and Gary Hayes of Ridgefield, Conn. … has one sister … full name is Richard Allen Hayes, Jr … aunt Carolyn Cromwell Wheeler is a member of Colgate’s Class of 1980.