1. Tiffany Kiara Hayes was born on September 20,1989 and is an American-Azerbaijani professional basketball player for the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association.
30 Facts About Tiffany Hayes
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Tiffany Hayes was born September 20,1989, in Winter Haven, a city in Central Florida, to Dorothy and Renard Tiffany Hayes.
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Tiffany Hayes played basketball for Winter Haven High School in Winter Haven, Florida.
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Tiffany Hayes was the leading scorer on her team, scoring an average of 18.3 points per game.
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Tiffany Hayes helped lead the AAU team Essence to the 2007 National Championship.
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Tiffany Hayes was invited to the 2007 Youth Development Festival, a USA Basketball sponsored event for elite sophomores and juniors in high school, biennially at the US Olympic Training Center.
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Tiffany Hayes was leading scorer of the White USA team, which won five of its games to clinch the gold medal.
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Tiffany Hayes participated in the 2008 Nike SPARQ Training 'My Better' Championship event.
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Tiffany Hayes finished the preliminary round as one of the top twenty-two out of the 3,000 high school athletes competing.
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Tiffany Hayes knew about the program when she was a little girl, and had interest in UConn since childhood.
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Tiffany Hayes asked to wear number 3, the number most recently worn by UConn legend Diana Taurasi.
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Tiffany Hayes was not a starter at the beginning of the season, but after teammate Caroline Doty was injured, she stepped into the starting line-up.
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Tiffany Hayes scored 28 points to help lead the team to a victory.
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Tiffany Hayes was invited to the tryouts for the USA Women's World University Games Team.
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Tiffany Hayes made the team, as the youngest player on the team, and the only freshman.
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Tiffany Hayes was selected by the Atlanta Dream as the second pick in the second round, the 14th overall pick of the 2012 WNBA draft.
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In 2016, Tiffany Hayes re-signed with the Dream to a multi-year deal once her rookie contract expired.
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In 2017, with the team's leading scorer Angel McCoughtry deciding to rest during the season, Tiffany Hayes took on more scoring responsibility in her absence and continued to improve offensively.
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Tiffany Hayes was voted into the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her very first all-star game appearance.
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Tiffany Hayes was voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her second all-star game appearance.
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Tiffany Hayes finished the season with a new career high in scoring.
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On December 13,2023, Tiffany Hayes announced her retirement from the WNBA.
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On October 4,2024, the WNBA announced Tiffany Hayes is the Sixth Player of the Year, the award for the top player coming off the bench in the league's season.
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On February 6,2025, Tiffany Hayes signed a one-year contract with the Golden State Valkyries.
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On September 27,2024, it was announced that Tiffany Hayes would appear and play in the inaugural season of Unrivaled, the women's 3-on-3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.
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Tiffany Hayes was a part of the United States women's national basketball team which won gold at the 2009 Summer Universiade held at Belgrade, Serbia.
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Tiffany Hayes appeared in the exhibition match victory against China in 2018.
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In 2015, Tiffany Hayes became an Azerbaijani citizen, and competed for the Azerbaijan women's national basketball team at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan during June 2015.
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Tiffany Hayes competed in the 3x3 basketball event, where her team progressed to the quarterfinals.
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Tiffany Hayes participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics for the Azerbaijan women's 3x3 basketball team.