Honors
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Attacker of the Year in 2018 and 2019
• First-team All-GCAC in 2017, 2018 and 2019
• GCAC Tournament MVP in 2018
• All-GCAC Tournament in 2017 and 2018
• 11-time GCAC Attacker of the Week (four times in 2019, four times in 2018, three times in 2017)
• All-Louisiana: first team in 2018 and 2019, second team in 2017
• NAIA All-America honorable mention in 2018 and 2019
• NAIA All-Southeast Region first team in 2018 and 2019
• All-tournament at Early Bird Invitational and Big Easy Blastoff in 2019
• All-tournament at Mid-South Crossover Challenge in 2018
Briefly
• Fourth year at XULA
• Three-year starter
• Enters 2020 season needing 166 kills to break Taylor Reuther's XULA career record
of 1,296
• Begins 2020 season as XULA career leader in kills per set (3.53) and attacks per set (9.30)
• Other XULA career rankings:
No. 2 with 1,131 kills, 119 aces and 2,976 attacks,
No. 5 with 879 digs,
No. 6 with 2.75 digs per set,
No. 7 with a .242 hitting percentage,
tied for eighth with 320 sets played,
No. 10 with 0.30 blocks per set,
tied for 10th with 97 blocks and
No. 11 with 98 matches played
• Helped XULA win GCAC regular-season and tournament championships and qualify for
the NAIA National Championship tournament in each of her first three seasons
2019 (Junior)
• Produced 470 kills to break the XULA season record for the second consecutive year
• Led team with 29 matches of 10-or-more kills, three matches of 20-or-more kills and 15 kill-dig double-doubles
• Ranked second on team with 53 aces and 368 digs and tied for fourth with 43 blocks
• NAIA season rankings: 19th in kills, 34th in aces, 40th in kills per set (3.64)
• Broke Juliana Tomasoni's XULA record for kills in a match with 27 in a four-set home
victory against Point during the Big Easy Blastoff on Aug. 31, 2019 . . . Then tied her record
with 27 kills in a five-set loss to Huston-Tillotson during the UST Classic in her hometown (Houston)
on Oct. 12, 2019
• Tied Taylor Reuther's XULA record for aces in a match with nine
in a four-set GCAC victory against Talladega at Jacksonville, Fla., on Oct. 5, 2019 . . . Barely missed XULA's first-ever
triple-double; she also produced 14 kills and 19 digs
• Had 29 matches with 10-or-more kills, a XULA season record for the second
consecutive year . . . She set the previous mark of 23 matches in 2018
• Became the second XULA player to reach 1,000 career kills when she closed
a three-set GCAC home victory against Tougaloo with a kill (Oct. 19, 2019)
• Helped Gold Nuggets win a school-record 31 matches (31-9 overall) and
become the first XULA team to reach the NAIA National Championship Final Site
• Helped XULA repeat as GCAC regular-season and tournament champion
• Helped XULA attain its highest-ever national ranking: among "others receiving
votes" (29th place) in the NAIA postseason coaches poll (Dec. 12, 2019)
2018 (Sophomore)
• Hit .259 in 33 matches (106 sets) with 407 kills (school record), 28 aces, 299 digs and 22 blocks
• Also set school season records with 3.84 kills per set and 23 matches with 10-or-more kills
• Produced 18 matches with 10-or-more digs and 16 kill-dig double-doubles
• Set school record for kills in a three-set match in consecutive contests . . . 20 at Tougaloo in the regular-season
finale Nov. 4, then 22 against Edward Waters in the GCAC Tournament semifinals five days later
• Tied XULA record for kills in a three-set match with 18 in
a home victory Sept. 11 against city rival Loyola
• Hit .400 with 21 kills and 14 digs Aug. 25 in four-set victory against
NAIA No. 22 Indiana Wesleyan — the Gold Nuggets' first-ever win against a ranked opponent
• Ranked 25th in the NAIA with 3.84 kills per set
2017 (Freshman)
• Hit .238 with 254 kills, 38 aces, 32 blocks, and 212 digs
• Was second on team in kills and aces
• Had two double-doubles in season sweep of NCAA Division II Spring Hill,
which was 19-0 vs. XULA prior to 2017
• Helped Gold Nuggets finish 23-3 — Louisiana's highest winning percentage
since 1991 and No. 3 in state history — win GCAC regular-season and tournament championships
and qualify for NAIA nationals
Club
• Nine years of club experience, most recently with Willowbrook but also with Waves and Revolution
• Starter for a Waves team that placed eighth in nationals in 15s
High School
• Second-team all-state as a senior (2016) and junior
• Helped St. Pius in 2016 reach the Class 6A quarterfinals of the
Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools playoffs
• Was her team's MVP in 2016
• 2015 Houston-area award of excellence recipient from the National
Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists
• Compiled 120 hours of community service, primarily as a volunteer
at The Woodlands Children's Museum
Personal
• Interested in a career in pediatric cardiology
• Paternal granddaughter of former NFL player and executive James "Shack" Harris,
a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the first African-American
quarterback to start and win an NFL playoff game (1974: Los Angeles 19, Washington 10)
Favorites
Food: Shrimp
Candy: Airheads
Pizza toppings: Onions
Ice cream flavor: Banana pudding
Cake: Strawberry
Flower: Lily
Color: Green
Vacation destination: Paris
Kayla Black in 2019