UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Madison Hayes of the NC State women's basketball team has signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun, the organization announced Monday.

Hayes played four years at NC State and was known as the team's "glue," doing anything it took for the team to win and mostly playing out of position this season. The Chattanooga, Tennessee product ended her career with 131 games played, the third most of those who played four years in NC State history. She started in 98 games in a Wolfpack uniform, including 73 straight, which was a team's most, as well as finished her career with a streak of playing 105 straight games. Hayes left NC State as one of the most efficient perimeter shooters, with the third best 3-point percentage at .394, along with the 13th most 3-pointers made with 150 and the 15th most rebounds with 707. She became the 40th 1,000-point scorer in school history with 1,050 points in her NC State career, 1,145 overall.

In her graduate year, Hayes finished with 20 double-digit scoring games, seven 10+ rebound games and five double-doubles. Her 7.1 rebounds per game led the team, along with her .413 3-point percentage and .819 free throw percentage. She ended her career at Reynolds Coliseum on a high note, finishing with 17 points with a career-high five 3-pointers against Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 to help the Pack advance to the Sweet 16. Hayes was a Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Preseason Watch List selection, as well as the USBWA National Player of the Week in 2024. She finished her career with a 105-27 record (.795) in games played.

Hayes will join teammate Saniya Rivers, who was drafted by the Sun eighth overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft.

The 2025 WNBA season officially tips off on Friday, May 16.

Wolfpack in the WNBA
18 Draft Picks (20 total) | 4-First Round Selections
1997 - Sharon Manning - Charlotte Sting (R2, P10)
1997 - Trena Trice - New York Liberty (R3, P22)
1997 - Umeki Webb - Phoenix Mercury (R3, P24)
1997 - Rhonda Mapp - Charlotte Sting
1997 - Andrea Strinson - Charlotte Sting
1999 - Chastity Melvin - Cleveland Rockers (R1, P11)
2000 - Summer Erb - Charlotte Sting (R1, P11)
2001 - Tynesha Lewis - Houston Comets (R2, P31)
2004 - Kaayla Chones - Washington Mystics (R2, P15)
2006 - Tiffany Stansbury - Houston Comets (R3, P29)
2007 - Gillian Goring - Washington Mystics (R3, P32)
2007 - Ashley Key - Indiana Fever (R3, P25)
2008 - Khadijah Whittington - Indiana Fever (R2, P26)
2014 - Markeisha Gatling - Chicago Sky (R1, P10)
2014 - Kody Burke - Washington Mystics (R3, P32)
2019 - Kiara Leslie - Washington Mystics (R1, P10)
2022 - Elissa Cunane - Seattle Storm (R2, P17)
2022 - Kayla Jones - Minnesota Lynx (R2, P22)
2025 - Saniya Rives - Connecticut Sun (R1, P8)
2025 - Aziaha James - Dallas Wings (R1, P12)