Vontreece Hayes enters her third season with the Hawks after finishing her collegiate career at Greensboro College in North Carolina.
In her final season, Hayes played for the Greensboro Pride where they won the 2015 USA South Conference Regular Season and Tournament Title. The team captain started all 28 contests while helping the squad finish 24-5 overall, including an unblemished home record.
Recently, Vontreece was part of the semi-professional women’s basketball USA Elite in Greensboro, N.C. Also, Hayes joined the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s (WBCA) So You Want To Be a Coach Program where she met Coach Batchelor.
Since 2008, she has volunteered with the National Carolina Basketball Association tournament under former Utah Jazz and Wake Forest guard Delaney Rudd. Since 2009, she taught Team Reign Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 12u and 16u girls. For three years (2009-11), she coached North Carolina Basketball Association AAU Phoenix Select 12u.
In high school, Hayes attended Northern Guilford where she specialized in Marketing and Business Administration. Furthermore, she became the first female basketball player to sign a National Letter of Intent (NLI) from her alma mater.
In May 2015, Hayes completed her undergraduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Administration and Economics.