Alumni Advocates of the Year

Ash Hayes
San Diego State University

Dr. Ash Hayes has been highly active in the San Diego State University Alumni Association and the CSU Alumni Council for 10 years. He has been a member of the CSU Alumni Council since 2000 and served as CSU Alumni Council Secretary in 2004. Prior to that, he was San Diego State Alumni President in 2000.

Hayes has distinguished himself by nurturing many political contacts and lobbying tirelessly on behalf of higher education, the California State University and San Diego State. He has served on the SDSU Ambassadors for Higher Education since 2002 and was a San Diego State Sacramento Legislative Day attendee from 2003-07.

Hayes has held appointments under former Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan to lead national physical fitness and sports programs, and served as executive director, director of sports administration and director of federal/state relations at the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in Washington, D.C., during the 1970s and 1980s. He has written more than 80 manuals, guides and articles on physical fitness. In addition, he has given over 500 presentations around the world, and continues to administer health, physical education and athletic programs to San Diego Unified Schools.