UC San Diego

MEDIA
Hayden Gray's Winning Recipe (April 11, 2025)
CBS Sports: Finally Eligible for March Madness, Division I's Most Unlikely Success Story Out to Prove It's Not Done Yet (March 5, 2025)
San Diego Union-Tribune: Is Surging UC San Diego Among Smartest Teams in the Country? (Feb. 19, 2025)
San Diego Union-Tribune: Basketball Thief Hayden Gray Sparks Surging Tritons (Dec. 15, 2024)

HONORS AND AWARDS
UC San Diego
2025 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist
2025 Big West Championship All-Tournament Team
2025 Big West Defensive Player of the Year
2025 All-Big West Second Team

Division II
2023 All-Pac West Academic Team
2022 All-Pac West Academic Team

AS A SENIOR IN 2024-25
Led all of NCAA Division I with 110 steals ... Named to The Big West Championship All-Tournament team (March 15) ... Finalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award (March 12) ... Selected Big West's Best Defensive Player and All-Big West Second Team (March 11) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Feb. 17) ... Scored his 1,000th career point in a win at Utah State (Dec. 17).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023-24
Pulled down a personal best 10 rebounds in a win at UC Riverside (Feb. 22) ... Led the Tritons with 3.8 assists per game and fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 9.0 points per contest ... Finished third in The Big West in assist-turnover ratio at 2.3.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022-2023 AT AZUSA PACIFIC
Named Academic All Pac West Team 2022-2023

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021-2022 AT AZUSA PACIFIC
Named Academic All Pac West Team 2021-2022

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Santa Fe Christian School ... Led his team to the CIF San Diego Section Division 1 Championship in 2018 and 2020 and the CIF Division 1A State Championship in 2021... Named First Team All Coastal League in 2020, Second Team All CIF San Diego in 2020, Coastal League MVP in 2021, and First Team All CIF in 2021... Averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists per game during his senior year ... Played on the Gamepoint Basketball AAU team.

PERSONAL 
Born: May 11 in Napa Valley, Calif. 
Siblings: Older brother, Brook
Major: International Business
College: John Muir
Future plans: Hopes to play professionally
Favorite basketball memories: Winning a state title with his high school team 
Roots for: San Francisco 49ers and Golden State Warriors
Favorite athlete: Kyrie Irving
Hobbies: Golfing
Favorite movie: Friday
Listens to: Rap music
Favorite food: Pasta
Favorite social media outlet: Instagram
Fun fact: He grew two inches while in college
 

CAREER HIGHS
Points	22	multiple times	--
FGM	9	at Chaminade	1/20/23
FGA	15	vs. Point Loma	2/14/22
3FGM	6	vs. UC Irvine	3/15/25
3FGA	8	multiple times	--
FTM	6	at UC Riverside	2/22/24
FTA	8	vs. Hawai‘i-Hilo	1/22/22
Rebounds	10	at UC Riverside	2/22/24
Assists	9	vs. Dominican	2/04/23
Blocks	2	multiple times	--
Steals	7	multiple times	--