Kayla
Kowalik

Hometown	New Braunfels, Texas
College	Kentucky – 2022
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Career Highlights

• 2026 International Cup Gold Medalist
• 2025 USA Down Under Series — Hit .200 (1-for-5) with 2 RBI and 1 run scored
• 2024 Japan All-Star Series – Hit .222 (2-for-9) with 1 run scored
• 2022 Japan All-Star Series — Hit .286 (2-for-7) with one double and one run scored
• 2022 Canada Cup Champion — Hit .250 (5-for-20) with a HR, 3 RBI and 6 runs scored

Collegiate Highlights

• 2023: First Team All-SEC, SEC All-Defensive Team, First Team CSC Academic All-American, USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist, NFCA Second Team All-American, Finished her career as Kentucky’s all-time leader in hits (353), triples (24), runs scored (262) and total bases (508), NFCA Second Team All-American
• 2022: First Team All-SEC, SEC All-Defensive Team, CATSPY Award winner for Miss Wildcat, Preseason All-SEC
• 2021: NFCA First Team All-American, 2021 NFCA First Team All-Region, Second Team All-SEC, SEC Hitting champion, Johnny Bench Award Winner
• 2019: SEC All-Freshman Team, 2x SEC Freshman of the Week

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coaching Highlights

• Named an assistant coach at Texas Tech in 2024.

Professional Highlights

• Athletes Unlimited (2023-Current)
  • Currently plays for the AUSL Blaze
  • 2025 AUSL All-Star Cup Champion
• Women’s Professional Fastpitch League (WPF)
  • USSSA Pride (2023) — Selected as the 8th overall pick in the WPF Draft by USSSA Pride; earned All-WPF Team honors; Led the league with 14 stolen bases over 34 games; Had a .394 batting average with 1 HR and 10 RBI. Additionally, she scored 27 runs with seven doubles while drawing 11 walks.