East Tennessee State University

2024-25 - Hughes played in 31 games and made eight starts during his second season in Johnson City...Averaging 15.9 minutes per game, Hughes averaged 2.3 points and 3.8 rebounds...Hughes also shot 56.4 percent from the field and added 22 assists, 16 blocks and 11 steals...He started the last seven games for ETSU...Scored in double figures in three of the last six games...Netted a season-high 12 points on a 6-for-7 shooting day at Wofford on February 22...Finished fourth on the team with 119 rebounds...Third on the team with 16 blocks...Nearly recorded a double-double at Chattanooga finishing with 11 points and nine rebounds. 

2023-24 - Played in 26 games in his first season as a Buc … Averaged 1.6 points and 2.6 rebounds in 9.6 minutes per game … Finished with two points, four rebounds and one steal in SoCon Championship vs. Samford (3/11) … Had seven rebounds vs. Chattanooga in SoCon semifinals (3/10) ... Recorded five points and a career-high 11 rebounds at The Citadel (2/28) ... Finished with two points and three rebounds at Samford (2/24) ... Posted two points, two steals and one block vs. VMI (2/21) ... Had four points, five rebounds and one block at Western Carolina (2/17) ... Finished with two points and three rebounds at Chattanooga (2/14) ... Recorded two points, four rebounds, two blocks and one steal at UNCG (1/6) ... Set career highs in points (12), rebounds (8), field goals made (5), assists (3), steals (5) and minutes played (26) vs. Tusculum (12/15) ... Had two rebounds in win at Jax State (12/3) ... Scored two points and grabbed two rebounds at Cleveland State (11/22).
 
Prior to ETSU - A 6-foot-6, 230-pound forward, played at Butler from 2021-23 ... Hughes has two years of eligibility remaining with the Buccaneers. Played in 34 games over two seasons at Butler ... Averaged 1.1 points and 1.6 rebounds in 7.7 minutes per game as freshman, while he posted 1.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in 8.7 minutes this past season as a sophomore. As a freshman, had six points and six rebounds, while going 3-of-4 from the field in 23 minutes against Oklahoma ... Had back-to-back four-rebound games against DePaul and St. John’s also in the 2021-22 campaign, while this season the forward had a six-point, eight-rebound effort in 13 minutes over The Citadel ... Followed up that game with a six-rebound performance against Tennessee, while he had four points and four rebounds at California.

Prep - Was a three-star recruit by ESPN and 247Sports coming out of high school where he played at Lawrence North ... Averaged 13.5 points, a team-leading 7.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals as a senior ... During that senior season, Hughes led Lawrence North to a 28-3 record and a trip to the Class 4A state championship ... A 1,000-point scorer, he shot over 65 percent from the field as a senior and 63 percent as a junior ... Was named to the ALL-USA Central Indiana boys basketball Super Team by the Indianapolis Star ... Averaged 11.2 points and 6.9 rebounds as a junior ... The Wildcats were 25-2 in Hughes’ junior season where he had the game-winning put back in the Class 4A sectional title game against Warren Central, but the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the remainder of the tournament ... The Wildcats were the No. 1 team in the state and the favorite to win the state title that 2019-20 season ... As a sophomore, averaged 8.4 points and 6.5 rebounds.