University of Georgia Athletics
Jarvis Hayes Named Allstate SEC Basketball Legend
February 19, 2016 | Men's Basketball
ATHENS, Ga. --- Jarvis Hayes, one of the Southeastern Conference's most electrifying players in the early 2000s, has been named as Georgia's Allstate SEC Basketball Legend for 2016.
Legends from each of the 14 member institutions will be honored at the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament March 9-13 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
Hayes joined Dominique Wilkins to become just the second Bulldog to earn consensus first-team All-SEC honors two times. A native of Atlanta, Hayes and his twin brother Jonas transferred to Georgia after playing at Western Carolina as freshmen.
Jarvis took the SEC by storm as a sophomore, earning SEC Newcomer of the Year honors from the AP after averaging a league-best 18.6 points per game in 2001-02. Hayes again led the Bulldogs offensively in 2002-03 while averaging 18.3 points per game and reached 1,000 career points in just 55 games, six games quicker than UGA's career scoring leader. Hayes helped Georgia to on-court records of 22-10 - and a 2002 NCAA Tournament bid - and 19-8 during his two seasons in Athens.
Hayes was selected by the Washington Wizards with the No. 10 overall pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft and went on to play seven seasons with Washington, Detroit and New Jersey, as well as two seasons internationally in Italy and Romania.
In addition to Hayes, the 2016 class includes Ennis Whatley, Alabama; Pat Bradley, Arkansas; Jack Stewart, Auburn; Lee Humphrey, Florida; Larry Conley, Kentucky; Stanley Roberts, LSU; Johnny Neumann, Ole Miss; Mario Austin, Mississippi State; Devan Downey, South Carolina; Vincent Yarbrough, Tennessee; Carroll Broussard, Texas A&M; Shan Foster, Vanderbilt.
Each SEC Basketball Legend will be recognized at halftime of his institution's first game at the tournament.
Highlighting the schedule of events at the Sunkist Soda SEC FanFare will be appearances by selected legends. FanFare will be open Thursday-Saturday, March 9-12.
This marks the 18th year of the SEC Basketball Legends program.
