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Freshman (2011-12): A Third Team All-Mountain West selection…played in all 29 games with 28 starts in her first season…started in the first game of her career against Utah State (11/11/11)…recorded her first double-double of her career with 15 points and 10 rebounds in that game…averaged 12.1 points, which was second on the team, and 5.5 rebounds per game…shot 124-302 (.411) from the field and 64-80 (.800) from the free throw line…also had 49 assists (1.7 aspg) and a team high 39 steals (1.3 spg)…in conference games, she averaged a team high 15.2 points along with 6.4 rebounds…shot 76-158 (.481) from the field and 39-48 (.813) from the free throw line…ranked second in minutes played, eighth in three-point field goal percentage, ninth in three-point field goals made, 12th in scoring, 14th in field goal percentage and steals while in MW games she was third in three-point field goal percentage, fourth in minutes played, sixth in scoring and rebounding, seventh in field goal percentage, free throw percentage and three-point field goals made, ninth in steals and 14th in assists…scored in double-figures in 10 of 14 conference games and recorded 20 points or more in four of those…finished with 17 points, while adding six rebounds against Loyola Marymount (11/26/11)…recorded her third double-figure scoring game with ten points against Creighton (12/1/11)…tallied 15 points and eight rebounds against Maryville (12/10/11)…went 9-15 from the field on her way to 21 points against UNLV (1/11/12)…shot 11-15 (.733) and 4-5 (.800) from beyond the arc on her way to a career high 28 points and ten rebounds against Air Force (1/18/12)…also recorded a career high five assists and five steals in 25 minutes of action…followed that up with 23 points, six rebounds and two steals against Colorado State (1/21/12)…averaged 25.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 3.0 assists per game for the week which helped her earn Mountain West Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career…won her second MW player of the week award after averaging 18.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists, while shooting 56.0 percent (14-25) from the field and 77.8 (7-9) from the free throw line in the games against TCU (2/1/12) and UNLV (2/4/12)…recorded her third double-double of the year with 19 points and a career high 12 rebounds against Air Force (2/15/12)…led the team ten times in scoring and five times in rebounding…recorded 18 double-figure scoring games, including a stretch of five in a row, and three rebounding games…an Academic All-Mountain West selection for the first time in her career.
High School:A three-time Wyoming All-State selection and All-Conference selection while attending Sheridan High School…was named the Co-Conference Player of the Year, while averaging 20 points and six rebounds per game in 2011…led her team to a 22-5 overall record and the runner-up spot in the Wyoming 4A State Championship…was selected to the Wyoming/Montana, Wyoming/South Dakota and Wyoming North/South All-Star Teams…earned the Milward L. Simpson award, given to the top female athlete in the state of Wyoming, in 2011 while being named the Sheridan County Player of the Year as a junior…helped her team to a 17-11 record overall and a spot in the semifinals of the Wyoming 4A State Championships game in 2010…they would fall to the eventual state champion Cheyenne East…a two-time team captain, she averaged 19.1 points and 8.3 rebounds as a junior…was coached in high school by Derek Bissitt…besides lettering in basketball, she was also a three-time letterwinner in volleyball…was a two-time All-Conference selection and was All-State as a senior…her team won the regional championship during her sophomore year…an excellent student, she was member of the National Honor Society and graduated in the Top Ten of her class with a 4.0 gpa.
Personal: Full name Kayla Denai Woodward…born March 13, 1993 in Sheridan, Wyo…is the daughter of Gene and Pamela Woodward…has two siblings, Aaron and Austin…older brother, Austin, is a current member of the Cowboy football team.
