2024 Interview with Hayden Hicks from Steubenville


 

Name: Hayden Hicks

School: Steubenville High School 

Positions played: 
Football: punter/kicker 
Soccer: center back, center defensive midfielder, center midfielder 
Baseball: right-handed pitcher and outfielder 

Graduating year: 2025

Height and weight: 6’2” and 160lbs 

You play three sports: baseball, soccer, and football. How long have you played each sport, and what got you started playing them?

Football: started as a high school freshman
Baseball and Soccer: Since I was 4 years old

Of the three sports that you play, which one do you feel you are best at?

Baseball 

Of the three sports that you play, which one is the toughest to prepare for?

Soccer because of the conditioning 

What has been the highlight of your athletic career so far?

Throwing a two-hit shutout this summer in addition to hitting a home run in the championship game of the Firecracker Classic in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 
I also won MVP for the tournament.

Kicking or punting—which one do you feel that you are best at?

Punting 

What has been your longest field goal in practice, then in a game?

We do not kick traditional field goals in our games. The farthest punt was 68 yards.

Can you share with everyone any awards that you have won or earned?

Soccer: 
2023 honorable mention of all conferences
2023 second team, all districts
2022: Honorable mention of all conferences
2022 first team all region
2022 team defender of the year

Baseball:
2024 MVP of the Firecracker Classic
2024: Second team, all conference 
2024 second team, all districts

What is the best part of being a three-sport athlete at Steubenville High School?

The friends and always being involved with some part of the school

What is the toughest part of being a three-sport athlete?

The lack of free time with rigorous workouts and early mornings and the determination to show up every day all year for a practice or some sort of sport lifting or conditioning. 

Should the state final for all high school sports be at the same location?

Sports in the same season should be close to each other in the case of multisport athletes.

Do you prefer to kick on turf or grass?

Football: turf 
Soccer: grass
Baseball: grass 

If you are hearing from any colleges, could you share some of those schools with everyone, including the sport that you are being recruited for?

I have heard from a few about baseball and have some visits set up. I am looking at Walsh University, Chatham University, and Seton Hill University, but I am keeping my options open.

Have you ever gone to a Columbus Crew game?

No, but I have been to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and to a Real Madrid game in Columbus.

When you have free time, which has to be rare, what are you doing for fun?

Fishing, hunting, playing video games, and Netflix 

What is your favorite class or subject?

Science

 


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