Emy Hayford

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Position:
G
Class:
Senior
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Maastricht, Netherlands
High School:
Calandlyceum

2021-22: Appeared in 29 games as junior, starting 19 at guard for the Panthers… Finished the season averaging 20.0 mpg, 4.2 ppg, 1.8 apg and 1.7 rpg while shooting 33% from the floor and 31% from behind the arc… Ranked third on the team in assists with a career-high 53… Scored a career-high 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting in the season opening win against Radford (11/10/21)… Dished out a career-best six assists in a home win over Lafayette (11/12/21)… Recorded eight points on 2-for-3 shooting from deep to go along with five boards and three assists on the road win against Clemson (1/27/22)… Scored eight or more points in seven games… Had 3+ rebounds nine times and 3+ assists eight times… Racked up a career-high 25 steals including eight games with multiple thefts.

2020-21: Played in all 19 games while earning three starts at guard for the Panthers… Finished the season averaging 18.4 mpg, 3.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg and 2.1 apg while shooting a career-high 93.3% from the free throw line (14-for-15)… Had a career-high 39 assists and 16 steals on the year… Posted her best game of the season in a road game at Virginia Tech (12/10) as she netted 10 points, four rebounds and two assists while going 4-for-5 from the floor… Had seven points, four rebounds and two assists across 25 minutes of work at NC State (2/25)… Recorded a career-high five assists against Louisville (2/18) and Georgia Tech (2/28)… Averaged 21.0 mpg and 3.6 assists per game over her final five games of the season… Played double digit minutes in all 19 games while notching 20+ minutes played in five games… Had 13 games with multiple rebounds and 10 with multiple assists including in each of her final four games of the season.

2019-20: Appeared in all 31 games while making 11 starts for the Panthers during her first season... Averaged 21.9 mpg, 4.7 ppg and 3.2 rpg while posting 36 assists and 18 steals... Posted a career-high 13 points, four rebounds and two assists across 21 minutes of work against Georgetown (11/16)... Snagged a career-high 10 rebounds along with eight points in the win over Fairleigh Dickinson (11/19)... Had nine points, three rebounds and two assists at Penn State (12/5)... Posted eight points and six rebounds in the home ACC opener against Notre Dame (1/2)... Played a career-high 33 minutes to go along with six points and seven rebounds against Duke (2/13)... Posted seven points, three rebounds and two assists in her first ACC Tournament game as Pitt downed Notre Dame (3/4)... Notched a career-high three steals across 20 minutes at Boston College (2/20)... Scored 5+ points 18 times on the season while notching multiple assists nine times... Grabbed 5+ rebounds in six games... Posted 20+ minutes in 20 games and 30+ minutes in three games... Ranked fourth on the team with 17 three-pointers made.

Prior to Pitt: Finished off the 2019 FIBA U18 Women’s European Championship for the Netherlands averaging 9.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists… Voted unanimously by the coaches as the MVP of the Luxemburg International Invitation for National Teams for women in 2017… Selected as an All-Star in the Copenhagen International Invitation for girls under 15 – only All-Star selection from a non-finalist team in the history of the tournament… Voted unanimously by coaches as MVP of the European women U16 tournament in Maastricht in 2015… 2015 Champion of the Belgium Regional Championships… Listed as a three star recruit by ESPNW.

Personal: Born on April 8, 2001… Daughter of Kingsley Hayford and Myrese Willems-Hoedemaekers… Has two siblings, Floor Hayford and Sanne Willems-Hayford… She enjoys playing tennis and dancing… Her two favorite athletes are Maya Moore and Blake Griffin… Lists her favorite foods as popcorn and oysters… She describes her playing style as fast and furious.