WIZARDS: Hayes Named to got milk? All Rookie Second Team

Hayes Named to got milk? All Rookie Second Team

Rookie swingman averaged 9.6 Points and 3.8 rebounds this season
April 27, 2004

Hayes was the 10th overall selection in the 2003 NBA Draft.
NBAE/Getty Images

The Washington Wizards announced today that Jarvis Hayes was named to the got milk? NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Hayes averaged 9.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 29.2 minutes per game.

“It is such an honor to receive this award,” said Hayes. “There are some great basketball players on this team and I’m happy to be a part of it.”

The 6-7 forward scored a career-high 23 points vs. the New York Knicks on April 14, and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Chicago on January 19. Hayes led the team in scoring six times, rebounding four times and started in 42 games. He tallied two double-doubles, 12 points and 14 rebounds vs. Chicago on January 19 and 14 points and 13 rebounds vs. Seattle on January 17.

Hayes was also named to the 2004 got milk? NBA Rookie Challenge game played at All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, CA. He missed 12 games while on the Injured List with a strained left hamstring.

“Jarvis showed everyone that he has the potential to be a very solid basketball player in this league,” said Wizards President of Basketball Operations Ernie Grunfeld. “I’m sure he will work very hard during the off-season and will come back a better player next year.”

The 10th selection in the 2003 NBA Draft, Hayes joins Josh Howard (Dallas Mavericks), T.J. Ford (Milwaukee, Bucks), Udonis Haslem (Miami Heat) and Marquis Daniels (Dallas Mavericks) on the second team.