====== Kieran Hayward ======
  * **Player**
  * **Seasons:** [[season_2017-18|2017-18]]
  * **Number:** 3
  * **Position:** G
  * **Height:** 6' 4"
  * **Weight:** 195
  * **Hometown:** Sydney, Australia
  * **High School:** St. Joseph's College
  * **Prep School:** none
  * **Transfer From:** [[opponent_lsu|Louisiana State]]
  * **Birthday:** November 26((https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/934845986761068544))

===== At UMass =====
==== 2017-18 Sophomore year ====
{{:hayward_kieran_roster_photo_2017-18.jpg?nolink|Roster photo 2017-18}}

  * Will sit out the season per NCAA transfer rules

===== Pre-UMass =====
==== Louisiana State ====
  * [[http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=211088696&DB_OEM_ID=5200|Roster page on LSUSports.net]]

=== 2016-17 Freshman year ===
{{:hayward_kieran_roster_photo_2016-17.jpg?nolink&125|Roster photo 2016-17}}

  * Played in 26 games, averaging 8.2 minutes per game
  * Averaged 1.2 points, 1.1 rebounds, 0.3 assists and 0.2 steals per game
  * Scored in eight games during the season
  * Had three points in five games, eight in two
  * Scored eight against Texas Southern (12/17) making 3-of-4 field goals with two treys in 17 minutes
  * Other eight point game was against Mississippi State (1/7) making 2-of-3 field goals, both treys with two free throws in 14 minutes
  * Nine-of-10 field goals made were treys
  * Played double digit minutes in nine games

==== Statistics ====
^  ^^^^^  Total  ^^^  3-Pointers  ^^^  ^^^  Rebounds  ^^^^  ^^^^^^^^
^Season^GP^GS^Min^Avg^FG^FGA^%^FG^FGA^%^FT^FTA^%^Off^Def^Tot^Avg^PF^FO^A^TO^Blk^St^Pts^Avg^
|2016-17 LSU|26|0|214|8.2|10|45|.222|9|31|.290|3|5|.600|9|20|29|1.1|31|0|8|4|3|4|32|1.2|
|Career|26|0|214|8.2|10|45|.222|9|31|.290|3|5|.600|9|20|29|1.1|31|0|8|4|3|4|32|1.2|

[[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Kieran-Hayward/Bests/106921|Career highs from RealGM.com]]

==== High School ====
  * A two-year captain and MVP of the basketball team at St. Joseph's College where Jim Arkell coached him
  * Averaged 18 points per game and eight rebounds per game during his senior season (2015-16)
  * Representative of the North Sydney Bears from 2008-15
  * Named the NSBA U18's Representative MVP in 2014
  * Finished high school play in 2016, came to knowledge of American schools after the AUSA AAU Tour in the summer of 2015

===== External Links =====
[[http://umassathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9069|Official roster page from UMass Athletics]]\\
[[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Kieran-Hayward/Summary/106921|RealGM - Kieran Hayward]]\\
[[https://twitter.com/KieranHayward0|Twitter - Kieran Hayward]]

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