THE
ELK REFLECTS
JIM HAYES, HHHS CLASS OF 1965
HIGH SCORER AND ALL-STATE RECOGNITION
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his month ERL remembers Herbert Hoover High School (HHHS) 1965 graduate Jim Hayes, who held the scoring record in basketball at Hoover from 1963 to 2020. By the way, in 1963 there were no 3-point shots and he only attended the newly built HHHS during his 11th and 12th grade year which makes this record even more memorable. Jim led the Kanawha Valley Conference in scoring and averaged about 28 points per game for Hoover.
MARCH 2021
Jim attended Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) where he was inducted into the Morris Harvey College Basketball of Fame. A news clipping from the Charleston Daily Mail in the Elk River Communities Museum stated that, “Hayes was sought by several big colleges (WVU, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina State University) but chose local Morris Harvey College where he felt he could obtain a good education and play basketball without the pressure of big time basketball.” While there, he played with several other talented young men from Kanawha County, including Roger Hart from former Charleston High School and Jim Fout from Dupont High School.
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