2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
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Northwestern State
Nov 3 (Mon)
7:00 PM
Jersey Number 2
Hayden Hefner
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Nederland, Texas
- High School:
- Nederland
- Saw action in a school-record 143 games over five seasons.
2024-25 (Graduate)
Saw action in 32 of 34 games with 18 starts … Averaged 4.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game … Posted a trio of double-digit scoring games, including a season-high 19 vs. HCU … Had three games with a season-high three 3-pointers, including in the Aggies’ comeback win at No. 16 Ole Miss … Against No. 5 Alabama, Hefner scored 16 points, while grabbing five rebounds with three off the offensive glass.
2023-24 (Senior)
Averaged a career-best 5.0 points per game (174 total) while seeing action in 35 games with 18 starts … Reached double figures in four games, including a career-high 24 against HCU (12/22) … Hefner also led all scorers with 19 and chipped in a season-high seven rebounds in the season-opening win over Texas A&M-Commerce … Hit four 3-pointers on his way to 14 points in just 19 minutes against No. 19 FAU in the ESPN Events Invitational (11/24) …. For the season, he connected on 32 3-pointers, which was fourth-best on the team … Logged career highs in minutes (497), field goals (60), 3-pointers, free throws (22), rebounds (59) and assists (22).2022-23 (Junior)
Was one of the Aggies’ top backcourt options off the bench with 102 points and a team-best 17 3-pointers as a reserve ... Saw action in 32 games with a start in the Aggies’ win over Loyola-Chicago at the Myrtle Beach Invitational (11/20) ... Chipped in 3.4 points per game and had six games with multiple 3-pointers ... Connected on 79.2 percent of his free throw attempts (19-of-24) … Hit his first 12 free throws of the season ... Had a season-best 13 points vs. Colorado (11/18) … Missed DePaul, SMU and Boise State games due to a hand injury.
2021-22 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 29 games … Averaged 3.5 points and 1.1 rebounds per game in 11.0 minutes of action … Scored a career-high 17 points against Missouri (2/5) while hitting five 3-pointers … Registered 10 points against Dallas Christian (12/27) … Poured in nine points in the win over Arkansas at the SEC Tournament.2020-21 (Freshman)
Played in 15 games, making four starts … Buried three 3-pointers to account for all nine of his points in his collegiate debut in the season-opening win over New Orleans ... Returned to the court for the first time since Dec. 12 and put up six points in the win over Auburn ... Hauled in a season-high five rebounds at South Carolina … Dished a season-high three assists against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament.High School
Three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Ranked No. 186 nationally by 247Sports … Rated No. 35 shooting guard nationally by ESPN and Rivals … Ranked No. 47 shooting guard nationally by 247Sports … Under the direction of head coach Brian English, Hefner led Nederland to a 21-5A district title and was named district MVP in his senior season … Named TABC All-State and a UIL 5A All-State recipient in 2019-20 after averaging 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists … Earned first-team Super Gold honors by Beaumont Enterprise in 2018-19 and 2019-20 … Played AAU for the Houston Defenders on the Under Armor Circuit where he averaged 11.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals.The Aggie Basketball Hour with Bucky McMillan (Ep 1)
Monday, October 20
SEC Network Interview: Bucky McMillan, Pop Isaacs, Mackenzie Mgbako
Wednesday, October 15
SEC Tipoff Press Conference: Bucky McMillan
Wednesday, October 15
Media Availability: Bucky McMillan
Tuesday, October 14
