Kelli Hayes

News

Sports

Arts

Opinion

The Quad

Photo

Video

Illustrations

Cartoons

Graphics

The Stack

PRIME

Enterprise

Interactives

Podcasts

Games

Classifieds

Print issues

Budget Cuts Explained,

Dance Marathon 2026

robots

Graduating UCLA women&#039;s basketball guard Kelli Hayes helped lead the Bruins to their first Elite Eight appearance since 1999 during her senior season. Hayes is one of three seniors who will be graduating this year. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)

https://dailybruin.com/2018/06/09/senior-signoffs-kelli-hayes-reflects-on-basketball-and-her-humanitarian-growth-along-the-way/web-sp_-kellihayes-kh_-1-jpg/

twitter:card

twitter:description

twitter:title

twitter:site

https://wp.dailybruin.com/images/2018/06/web.sp_.kellihayes.KH_.1.jpg

twitter:image

twitter:creator

web.sp.kellihayes.KH.1.jpg - Daily Bruin

Sports Columns

Uncategorized

Women's Basketball

Daily Bruin

Senior signoffs: Kelli Hayes reflects on basketball and her humanitarian growth along the way - Daily Bruin

Senior signoffs: Kelli Hayes reflects on basketball and her humanitarian growth along the way

max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1

As a student-athlete, UCLA has opened my eyes and given me experiences that I could only dream of before arriving on campus. I was fortunate to receive the opportunity to have my senses awakened by the pothole-filled streets of Westwood that wrecked my Jetta’s tires, to expand my knowledge through the gender studies department, to develop leadership skills on and off the court, and lastly, to gain perspective, giving way to a constant desire for finding the commonalities among things seen as different and to hold a relentless pursuit for saving the world one person at a time.

https://dailybruin.com/2018/06/09/senior-signoffs-kelli-hayes-reflects-on-basketball-and-her-humanitarian-growth-along-the-way/

Monday, March 16, 2026

IN THE NEWS:

Senior signoffs: Kelli Hayes reflects on basketball and her humanitarian growth along the way

By Kelli Hayes

June 9, 2018 10:44 p.m.