Hayden Foltz begins his third year as Assistant Athletic Director for Communications in 2025-26.
Foltz oversees the Yellowjackets’ gameday operations, sports communication, and media relations, focusing primarily on volleyball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s basketball, and baseball.
In the 2024-25 academic year, Foltz was recognized as a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Finalist for Designer of the Year in the Creative & Digital Design Contests, placing him among the top 10 in the college division (DII, DIII, NAIA) out of more than 2,100 entries across all divisions. Also in the college division, his baseball gameday graphic ranked 4th overall, while his women’s golf gameday graphic placed 7th. Within Division II, his baseball graphic earned 2nd place, his women’s golf graphic took 3rd, and his men’s basketball graphic ranked 12th.
Prior to his position for MSUB Athletic Administration, Foltz graduated from MSU Billings with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration-Accounting. During his time as a Student-Athlete he completed an internship for the Athletic Department in operations and communications.
Foltz played on the baseball team for the Yellowjackets and was GNAC All-Conference for all three years he competed. He was also awarded Academic All-GNAC all three years, and Academic All-West Region in 2023.
Foltz was a member of Student Athlete Advisory Commitee (SAAC) and was awarded Male SAAC Athlete of the Year in 2022 and the Yellowjacket Award for Service in 2023 for the Atheltic Department Awards.
Before attending MSUB, Foltz graduated from the College of Southern Idaho with an Associates of Arts Degree while playing baseball. He was made the CSI President's List as well as the Dean's List in (2017-2019). As a freshman for the Golden Eagles, Foltz helped CSI make a third place finish at the Junior College World Series.
Foltz lives in Billings, MT, and was recently married to his wife, Mya (Washington) Foltz.
