Jarvis James Hayes (born August 9, 1981) is an American-Qatari college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Georgia State Panthers and is a former professional player. Hayes was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 10th overall pick of the 2003 NBA draft. College career Jarvis Hayes was born five minutes ahead of his twin brother, Jonas Hayes. After a high school career at Douglass High School in Atlanta, he (and Jonas) enrolled first at Western Carolina, where Jarvis became the first freshman in 40 seasons to lead the Southern Conference in scoring. After a year, he transferred to Georgia, where he was named First Team All-SEC in both his sophomore and junior years. He became the first Bulldog to be so honored since Dominique Wilkins in 1981–82. He also stepped up in big games, averaging 28.5 points per game during the two games Georgia played in the 2002 NCAA tournament. Hayes holds the rare distinction of having led two different conferences in scoring while in college. Professional career NBA career He was taken 10th in the 2003 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards, to back up Jerry Stackhouse, to come in off the bench and provide that deep range. Hayes averaged 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds through the first three games of the season but hit the 'rookie wall' within a month. He was the Wizards' only representative at the season's All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles when he made the Rookie-Sophomore challenge. By season's end, he had made through a tough season and sported some solid numbers in spite of missing 12 games with various injuries. In that rookie season, he averaged 9.6 points while making 42 starts and playing an average of 29.2 minutes. Hayes did well in his second season, filling in for Larry Hughes, averaging 10.2 points a game, until a night in February when he and Manu Ginobili bumped knees. A few games later, Hayes went up for a dunk against the Sacramento Kings and when he came down, his right knee had split completely open. For a year, he hoped things would get better without surgery. In his recovery period from the injury, he ballooned to 245 pounds reviewing local area restaurants with Washingtonian Magazine Food Critic Tom Head on a weekly radio segment. In his third season, at a preseason game at Wake Forest, Hayes scored 18 points in