Alabama won its 17th straight first round regional game
2011 (SOPHOMORE) Was named a NFCA first team All-American, garnering All-American honors for the second straight season ... earned All-SEC and Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-South Region first-team honors ... was also named to the Capital One Academic All-America Softball Team and a NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... led the team in five offensive categories, including batting average (.436), runs (71), hits (89), on-base percentage (.517) and stolen bases (58) ... played in all 64 games for the Tide, starting in all but one ... batting average and runs scored ranked third in the SEC ... led the nation with 58 stolen bases, which was the second most in school history (Brittany Rogers, 60, 2008) ... drew 30 walks on the year... recorded 30 multi-hit games ... went 8-for-10 (.667) with 10 runs and 12 stolen bases at the Hibbett/Easton All-Alabama Classic ... batted 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Alabama A&M (Feb.12) ... came back the next day to score three runs and steal four bases against Troy ... batted 9-for-21 (.429) with two home runs, five RBI and four stolen bases at the BAMA Bash ... tallied two hits, including a home run, drove in two runs and scored twice against UT-San Antonio (Feb. 18) ... went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI against Syracuse (Feb. 20) ... hit 8-for-15 (.533) at the USF Tournament with seven runs and seven stolen bases ... had a 28-game hitting streak snapped in a 10-0 win over Oregon, the second longest in Crimson Tide history ... batted 4-for-4, scored a run and stole three bases against Notre Dame (March 4) ... went 6-for-11 in four games of Easton Challenge against Florida State and North Carolina, with four doubles and three RBI and six runs scored en route to earning all-tournament honors ... batted 3-for-4 against South Carolina with a grand slam, a double and four RBI (April 2) ... belted a solo home run against Mississippi State (April 17) ... went 3-for-5 with three runs scored against Mississippi (May 7) ... batted .444 in the Tuscaloosa Regional with five runs scored and five stolen bases ... batted .500 at the Tuscaloosa Super Regional, collecting five hits, three runs and three stolen bases ... batted 3-for-4 with three runs scored in Super Regional game two against Stanford (May 27) ... went 2-for-3 with a double in Women's College World Series action against Baylor (June 3) ... batted .337 with a team-high 25 runs and nine stolen bases during SEC play ... started in all 25 conference games ... added a team-best 29 hits with four doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI in league play ... fielded a perfect 1.000 in SEC games and committed only one error on the entire season to field .986.
2010 (FRESHMAN) Was named the SEC Freshman of the Year ... named NFCA second-team All-American ... was tabbed to the All-SEC first-team and All-Freshman team ... was a top 10 finalist for ASA/USA Player of the Year ... was named SEC Freshman of the Week on three different occasions (2/22, 3/15 & 3/29) ... was named to the Easton Challenge all-tournament team ... garnered SEC all-tournament team honors ... paced the SEC during league games in runs scored (38) and ranked second in batting average (.500), hits (42) and on base percentage (.580) ... leads the team in six offensive categories including batting average (.505), on base percentage (.564), runs (75), hits (95), triples (4) and stolen bases (45) ... broke the Alabama single season record for batting average with a .505 clip, which was third best in the nation ... started in 62 of the 63 games played ... tallied a team-best 32 multi-hit games ... batted 2-for-3 with two runs scored on opening day in game two against Missouri (Feb. 13) ... tallied two hits, including a double, drove in three runs and scored twice against Rhode Island (Feb. 19) at the Hatter Invitational ... batted a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs scored and a stolen base against Ohio State (Feb. 21) ... collected eight hits over four games at the NFCA Leadoff Classic, including two against Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska ... scored three runs and stole two bases against Nebraska (Feb. 27) ... batted 3-for-4 and scored twice against DePaul at the Easton Challenge (March 7) ... hit a triple, scored twice and drove in two runs against Liberty (March 9) ... batted a perfect 3-for-3 and scored three runs in game two at Georgia (March 13) ... hit her first career home run, which was a grand slam, and scored three times against South Carolina (March 21) ... tallied seven hits and seven runs in the Florida series, including back-to-back 3-for-4 efforts in the final two games of the series ... hit a three run homer in the sixth inning of the series finale ... batted 3-for-3 and scored three times while swiping two bags against Northwestern (April 11) ... tallied three hits and three runs and drove in two in the second game of the doubleheader against Arkansas (April 24) ... batted 3-for-4 and scored three runs in the series opener at Mississippi State (May 8) ... helped lead Alabama to the SEC tournament title by batting 3 for 4 with three stolen bases against LSU in the championship game (May 15) ... went 3-for-3 with a run scored in opening game of Super Regional against Hawai'i (May 29).
HIGH SCHOOL Prepped at Marist High School in Eugene, Ore. ... played for her grandfather, coach Bob Hammitt at MHS ... entered her freshman campaign at the Capstone with a national record 103 game hitting streak ... was a first team all-league selection, first team all-state honoree and league MVP all four seasons ... was the Oregon 4A Player of the Year her junior and senior seasons ... was named an Under Armour All-American as a senior ... her hitting streak was named the No. 1 record-breaker by ESPN RISE ... played club softball for the Eugene Thunder (10 years) and the Northwest Bullets Gold (1 year) for head coaches Denny Braud, Bob Hammitt and Tony Campos ... helped lead the Thunder to ASA Nationals seven times ... led the Northwest Bullets to a fifth place finish at 18 Gold Nationals.
PERSONAL Kayla is the daughter of Kelli and Denny Braud ... has a sister named Megan and two brothers named Joey and Andrew ... is majoring in public relations.
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