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Jersey Number 3
Kayla Edwards
- Position:
- Outfield
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Great Oak
- Hometown:
- Temecula, Calif.
Accolades:Â
2022:  First team All-Patriot League selection as an outfielder … led the Black Knights with .328 batting average (ranked 10th best in Patriot League drawing starts in all 54 games …  collected 59 hits with 17 going for extra bases to include 13 doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs … hits and doubles listed second and third, respectively in the league … drove in 23 runs for .456 slugging percentage … second on team in conference games with .359 batting average … recorded team high 23 hits (eight going for extra bases) with 12 RBI … .992 fielding percentage patrolling the outfield … season high nine putouts recorded against UIC … hit safely in 38 games to include run of 14.
2021: Appeared in 21 games as a true freshman, earning the start in 17 … Made her first career start during the victory over Boston University (April 9) … Tallied her first career hit and scored a run at Fordham (April 17) … Had a strong showing against Colgate with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate to go along with two RBI and one double (April 26) … Homered during a game against Bucknell (May 1) and then again at BU (May 13) … Only struck out once in 59 at-bats … Contributed three assists from the outfield … Finished the year slashing .382/.636/.419 with 10 extra-base hits and nine RBI.
Prior to West Point: Attended Great Oak High School … Named a first team all-American her senior year … Was a four-time First Team All-South Western League selection … Won three national championships with her travel team, Athletics Mercado (2014, 2016 and 2019) … Earned both the offensive player of the year and the defensive player of the year awards … Named her team’s most valuable player … Member of the FCA and Black Student Union … Intends on majoring in sociology.
- 2024 NFCA First Team All-Region
- 2024 First Team All-Patriot League
- 2023 Second Team All-Patriot League
- 2022 First Team All-Patriot LeagueÂ
2024: Appeared and started in all 53 games for the Black Knights…Led the team in total hits, finishing the season with 66… Finished second on the team with a 0.375 batting average… Totaled 21 RBI and two home runs…Had a perfect day in game one of the Holy Cross series (4/7/24), hitting 5-for-5 with two home runs, five RBI, and five runs scored…Was named Army Softball’s 2024 Most Valuable Player.
2023: Appeared in 57 of 59 games ... collecting 56 starts ... had 9 doubles and 50 total hits ... compiling a batting average of .296 ... batted in 25 runs and scored 16 of her own ... had a slugging percentage of .349 ... had a big game against UAlbany going 3 for 4, scoring 1 run and batting in 3 including a game winning 2 RBI single in extra innings ... went 4 for 4 with 4 RBIs and scoring 2 runs against Lafayette (4/02/2023) ... held a fielding percentage of .966 with 78 putouts, 6 assists and 3 errors.Â2022:  First team All-Patriot League selection as an outfielder … led the Black Knights with .328 batting average (ranked 10th best in Patriot League drawing starts in all 54 games …  collected 59 hits with 17 going for extra bases to include 13 doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs … hits and doubles listed second and third, respectively in the league … drove in 23 runs for .456 slugging percentage … second on team in conference games with .359 batting average … recorded team high 23 hits (eight going for extra bases) with 12 RBI … .992 fielding percentage patrolling the outfield … season high nine putouts recorded against UIC … hit safely in 38 games to include run of 14.
2021: Appeared in 21 games as a true freshman, earning the start in 17 … Made her first career start during the victory over Boston University (April 9) … Tallied her first career hit and scored a run at Fordham (April 17) … Had a strong showing against Colgate with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate to go along with two RBI and one double (April 26) … Homered during a game against Bucknell (May 1) and then again at BU (May 13) … Only struck out once in 59 at-bats … Contributed three assists from the outfield … Finished the year slashing .382/.636/.419 with 10 extra-base hits and nine RBI.
Prior to West Point: Attended Great Oak High School … Named a first team all-American her senior year … Was a four-time First Team All-South Western League selection … Won three national championships with her travel team, Athletics Mercado (2014, 2016 and 2019) … Earned both the offensive player of the year and the defensive player of the year awards … Named her team’s most valuable player … Member of the FCA and Black Student Union … Intends on majoring in sociology.
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