Donor Games Athlete Profile:
Roni Hays

About Roni Hays

Roni grew up cheering. She cheered competitively and did football cheer in middle school and high school. In college, where she was a strength and conditioning minor, she started working out on her own. One of her friends introduced her to CrossFit in 2018 and she’s never looked back. Her first Donor Games competition was the Mini Murph in 2021 and she has been consistently at the top of the leaderboard ever since. It’s become a special community that she loves to be a part of.

Donor Story: Roni donated her kidney to her mom in May 2019, after her mom was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that led to kidney failure. Roni was a match, and donated at age 22, within a month of being approved.

Personal: Originally from Franklin, Tennessee, where her family still lives, Roni moved to Brandon, Mississippi after graduating from physical therapy school. Now, she works as a physical therapist in a nursing home in rural Brandon, and loves it.