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Jersey Number 22
Kayla Harper
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-6
- Bats / Throws:
- Psychology
- Hometown:
- Longmont, Colo.
- High School:
- Silver Creek HS
- Previous School:
- Silver Creek HS
2023 All-ASUN Second Team
2021 ASUN All-Freshman Team
ASUN Honor Roll (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
Senior - 2023
Junior - 2022
Sophomore - 2021
Freshman - 2020
*The 2020 season only lasted 18 games due to the developments around COVID-19
Prior to UNF
Club Team: Warriors
Club Coach: Glen Wager
Notes: A four-year starter on varsity, Harper led her team to two conference titles and four regional appearances, including two regional titles. She was a four-time all-conference selection and named all-state honorable mention in 2017 and all-state in 2018.
Harper holds the school record for at-bats (343), runs (168), hits (190), triples (16), stolen bases (57), average (.554), OBP (.590) and RISP (.610). Named the most valuable player in 2017 and academic all-state honorable mention in 2017 and 2018, she also ranks second in doubles (31) and total bases (280) and third in RBIs (106).
2021 ASUN All-Freshman Team
ASUN Honor Roll (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
Senior - 2023
- Earned All-ASUN Second Team honors; first All-ASUN selection in career.
- Batted .319 (46-for-144) while starting all 50 games played with 46 hits, 15 RBIs and 27 runs scored and 26 steals.
- Recorded an OPS of .760 with a .361 SLG% and a .399 OB%, along with 52 total bases.
- Also batted team-high .357 (25-for-70) in ASUN play with 25 hits, five RBIs, 10 runs scored and 10 steals.
- Recorded a hit in 17 of 23 ASUN games this year, including a multi-hit game in every full series played.
- Notched four multi-RBI games and 12 multi-hit games, including two three-hit games against Cleveland State and FGCU.
- Had a hitting streak of seven straight games against UNA, FIU, Bellarmine and Georgia Southern.
- Recorded both a hit and a run in the same game 17 different times this season.
- Averaged .441 (15-for-34) with runners in scoring position, .415 (27-for-65) as the leadoff hitter, .414 (24-for-58) with runners on base, .390 (16-for-41) with two outs, .256 (22-for-86) with bases empty and .586 (41-for-70) with success advancing runners on the season.
- ASUN ranks: 2nd in stolen bases (26), 20th in runs scored (27), 23rd in OB% (.399) and 24th in average (.319).
- National ranks: 29th in stolen bases (26).
Junior - 2022
- Started all 59 total games in the outfield and batted .295 (51-for-173), along with 51 hits, 18 RBI and two home runs that were both inside the park.
- Also led team in total runs scored (40) and total steals (31).
- Ranked second in ASUN for stolen bases, which is the second-most in D-I program history.
- Batted .338 (24-for-71) in 24 starts during conference play, which ranks second on the team, with 24 hits, eight RBI, 19 runs, and 15 steals in 16 attempts.
- Recorded 13 multi-hit games with eight of them in ASUN play, while also having back-to-back multi-hit games four separate times.
- Had three hits in two games with both matchups against Power Five opponents (NC State & Iowa).
- Recorded at least a hit in 16 of 24 ASUN games and a run scored in 14 of 24 ASUN games, including 10 total games with more than two runs scored overall.
- Had a hit and a run in the same game 22 times, while also having 19 games with a run and a steal.
- Went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI on opening weekend against NC State February 12.
- Made diving catch against No. 3 Florida that made SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays February 23.
- Recorded two hits with three RBI and a homer against Fairleigh Dickinson March 4.
- Notched back-to-back multi-hit games with at least one RBI in Lipscomb doubleheader March 19.
- Tied the single-game program D-I record for most walks drawn (4) and most steals (3) against Kennesaw State April 15.
- Four straight games with a hit and a run, as well as two RBI against Georgia Southern and Stetson.
Sophomore - 2021
- Named to the 2021 ASUN All-Freshman Team after a consistent sophomore season.
- Hit .310 (22-for-71), scoring 10 runs and walking six times.
- One of the feared base stealers on the team, swiping 14 bags.
- Collected 54 putouts and 41 assists.
- Notched four multi-hit games.
- Stole three bases and went 3-for-4 in a win against North Alabama May 1.
Freshman - 2020
- Hit .240 in her freshman season, playing in 15 games with 11 games started
- Had three stolen bases
- Scored five runs
- Made her debut with two hits against Western Kentucky (Feb. 8)
- Tallied a hit and scored a run at No. 9 Florida (Feb. 12)
- Also had a hit against Purdue (Feb. 28)
*The 2020 season only lasted 18 games due to the developments around COVID-19
Prior to UNF
Club Team: Warriors
Club Coach: Glen Wager
Notes: A four-year starter on varsity, Harper led her team to two conference titles and four regional appearances, including two regional titles. She was a four-time all-conference selection and named all-state honorable mention in 2017 and all-state in 2018.
Harper holds the school record for at-bats (343), runs (168), hits (190), triples (16), stolen bases (57), average (.554), OBP (.590) and RISP (.610). Named the most valuable player in 2017 and academic all-state honorable mention in 2017 and 2018, she also ranks second in doubles (31) and total bases (280) and third in RBIs (106).
Softball: Coaches Show at Island Wing Co
Friday, February 27
UNF Softball Complex Aerial Drone
Thursday, July 06
UNF Softball Fall Ball Scrimmage
Thursday, July 06
Pre-Tournament Interivew with Coach Hickey
Thursday, July 06
