Kayla Reed

Class:
Senior
Position:
M
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Auckland, New Zealand
High School:
Rangitoto College

Senior (2020-21)
• NFHCA Senior Team selection
• Started all 18 games at midfield
• Tallied goals in the season opener and regular-season finale vs. Indiana (March 5, April 17) and at Michigan State (April 2)
• Assisted on the game-winning goal against Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament opener (April 21)

Junior (2019)
• Started 19 games in the midfield
• Matched career high with six goals, including two game-winners
• Scored the game-winning goal on a corner tip at 53:10 in U-M's 4-3 comeback win at No. 11 Saint Joseph’s (Oct. 27)
• Tallied U-M's first two goals, both in the first half, vs. Kent State (Sept. 22)
• Assisted on a late insurance goal vs. Penn State (Oct. 20)
• Tallied a second-quarter goal in U-M's 3-2 win over No. 3 UConn (Sept. 13)
• Also scored in the season opener against No. 1 North Carolina (Aug. 30)

Sophomore (2018)
• Appeared in 19 games in the midfield, starting 18; missed the first two games of the season due to injury
• Scored the double-overtime game-winning goal against #21 Ohio State (Oct. 21) off a baseline carry at 87:37; also assisted on Meg Dowthwaite's game-tying marker late in regulation
• Scored the game-tying goal vs. Monmouth (Sept. 9) on a second-half penalty stroke
• Assisted on the first and game-winning goal late in the first half vs. #10 Northwestern (Sept. 28)

Freshman (2017)
• Started all 24 games in the midfield
• Led Wolverine freshmen with 16 points, recording six goals and four assists
• Scored a second-half goal against Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (Oct. 29)
• Converted on penalty strokes vs. No. 20 Rutgers (Oct. 6) and No. 7 Louisville (Oct. 22)
• Assisted on the first and game-winning goal at No. 3 Penn State (Sept. 24)
• Scored on a reverse chip vs. UC Davis (Sept. 10) - that was featured on ESPN's Top 10 Plays of the Week
• Tallied first collegiate goal in the first half vs. No. 15 Wake Forest (Aug. 27)
• Also earned assists in back-to-back NCAA Tournament games vs. No. 10 Northwestern (Nov. 12) and No. 9 Maryland (Nov. 17)
• Made collegiate debut in the season opener against No. 1 North Carolina (Aug. 26)

Prep
• Graduated from Rangitoto College (2017)
• Named Rangitoto College's Sportsperson of the Year Award winner (2016)
• Member of the varsity touch rugby team (2015); named to all-tournament team after contributing to a New Zealand Secondary Schools Touch Rugby national championship
• General Excellence Award - Academic & Athletic (2016)

Club/Junior Team
• Member of the New Zealand Under-21 Team and Under-18 Teams
• Participated in the Junior World Cup in Chile and Junior World Cup Qualifiers in Australia with the U21 team and Tri Nations event against Japan and Australia with the U18 team
• Contributed to a second-place National Hockey League finish with the North Harbor Senior Representative Team and a second-place National Championship finish with the North Harbor U21 Representative Team in 2016
• Named the 2015 Player of the Tournament and contributed to North Harbor U18 A Representative Team's back-to-back wins at the National Championship (2014, '15)
• Named the Player of the Year after the North Harbor U15 A Team's win at the 2014 National Championship
• Member of the New Zealand Touch Rugby Senior Women's Squad (2016)
• Counties Open Women's Touch Rugby national champions (2016)
• Contributed to a Counties U17Touch Rugby national champions (2016) and runner-up finish (2015)
• Also played with the New Zealand U19 Touch Rugby Team (2015) and U15 Touch Rugby Team (2014)

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, biopsychology, cognition and neuroscience
• Born on June 9, 1999
• Daughter of Rex and Tina Reed
• Has two older brothers, Luke and Liam