Kayla Kirtley
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 0
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- Hometown:
- Noblesville, IN
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- Position:
- F
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- Year:
- SR
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- High School:
- Hamilton Heights
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- Years Coached (at Taylor):
- Hamilton Heights
Bio
2020-2021 at Taylor: The junior forward appeared and started in each of TU’s 26 games … Posted career-highs in nearly every statistical category, including 258 points, 140 rebounds and 39 assists, which gave her career-best averages of 9.9 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game and 1.5 assists per game, all while maintaining a career-best 35.5 percent average from beyond the three-point arc … Scored a career-best 24 points against Huntington on January 20, when she also knocked down a career-best six three-pointers … Collected a career-best 11 rebounds against Mount Vernon Nazarene on December 2 … Ranked 16th in the league in rebounds per game and 17th in total rebounds … Led the team with three double-doubles, and finished second in total rebounds and rebounds per game.
2019-2020 at Taylor: Contributed in 26 games off of the bench throughout her sophomore season … Accumulated 166 points, 51 rebounds, 14 steals and four blocks, while shooting 44.4 percent from the field and 34.5 percent from three … Scored a season-high 18 points against Goshen on January 15 … Finished fifth on the team in field goal percentage … Named CoSIDA Academic All-District.
2018-2019 at Taylor: Contributed in 17 games off of the bench throughout her freshman season … Grabbed 16 rebounds, five steals, and averaged 1.6 points per game while converting on 41.7 percent of shot attempts.
Prep: Lettered four years at Hamilton Heights High for Coach Keegan Cherry … Started all four years and scored over 1,000 points at the high school level … Led Hamilton Heights in scoring for three years … Earned Hoosier All-Conference honors for three-consecutive years … Nabbed First-Team Academic All-Indiana honors in 2018 … Member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Kevin and Christy Kirtley … Majoring in biochemistry.
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