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California Institute of Technology

2026-27 Caltech Women's Tennis Roster

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Polaris Hayes

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Robbinsville, N.J.
  • High School The Pennington School
  • Major Applied and Computational Mathematics

Biography

Research and STEM Activities
Selected for Summer@ICERM 2026, a competitive mathematical modeling research program at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (Brown University)... Conducted research on graph-theoretical models of DNA self-assembly, with work expected to culminate in a co-authored mathematics research publication... Presented SURF research on the debris disc Beta Pictoris at the 2025 Caltech SURF Seminar.

Prior to Caltech
Academic Honors: 3-time AIME Qualifier (2022–2024)... 2-time Math Kangaroo National Champion... Valedictorian... New Jersey Governor's School in the Sciences Scholar... AP Scholar with Distinction... National Merit Commended Scholar. 

Athletic Honors: Academic All-District (2026)... Second Team All-SCIAC (2026)... Trenton Times Player of the Year (2022, 2024).

Personal 
Enjoys piano, reading, mixed martial arts, running and skiing... Chose Caltech for the renowned research opportunities and the small, collaborative environment.  

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Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25First-Year

    5'6"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2026-27Junior

    5'6"