#28 Kayla Pruitt Season 2016-17
Attack
Honors
2017 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018: One of Vanderbilt’s four team captains… Played in all 17 games of her senior season as a first-line attacker… Posted 25 points on 11 goals and 14 assists, all career highs… Finished third on the team in assists and tied for fifth in points… Notched an assist in the season finale vs. Denver on April 28… Had an assist and a shot against UConn on April 22… Scored a goal on three shots at Marquette on April 8… Tied her career-high with four points on two goals and two assists against Cincinnati on April 4… Had a goal, an assist and a ground ball in the win over Villanova on March 31… Scored a goal against Oregon on March 28… Scored two goals at Butler on March 25… Notched a career-high three assists against St. Joe’s on March 11… Had an assist plus a shot and a ground ball at La Salle on March 8… Picked up three points on a goal and two assists in a 19-6 win over William & Mary on March 5… Had an assist and one ground ball against Louisville on February 27… Registered a career-high four points in her second career multi-goal game against Fresno State on February 19, finishing with two goals and two assists on four shots… Scored her first goal of the season in the opener against Kennesaw State on February 11.
2017: Appeared in nine games as a reserve attacker… Scored her first career goal on the road against No. 3 Florida… Tallied another goal and a draw control in the home win against UConn… Scored a career-high two goals and picked up a ground ball at home against Temple… Named to the 2017 Spring SEC Academic Roll.
2016: Played on the road against No. 2 Florida… Named to the 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2015: Played in two games, seeing action in the season opener against Kennesaw State and against Boston University… Named to First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Three-year letterwinner and two-year starter for Deanna Knobloch at Moorestown High School… Helped the long-time New Jersey and national power win four straight Group 3 state championships and three straight Tournament of Champions titles… Was a three-time All-South Jersey selection… Named first team Burlington County in 2014… Scored 30 goals and had 25 assists as a senior… Played in South Jersey Senior All-Star Game… Played club lacrosse for South Jersey Select… One of nine players from her high school team playing Division I lacrosse… One of five Commodores to play high school lacrosse at Moorestown HS in New Jersey… Three-year letter winner and two-year starter on field hockey team.
Personal: Kayla Margaret Pruitt… Born Oct. 10, 1995, in Voorhees, N.J… Daughter of Dan and Linda Pruitt… Has one sister: Loren… Loren played lacrosse at Gettysburg (Pa.) College… Her father played golf at Moravian (Pa.) College… Majoring in Child Studies/Cognitive Studies… Member of Vanderbilt Cru… Favorites include: The Head and the Heart (musical performer), ice cream (favorite midnight snack), backpacking in Europe (bucket list item), Claude Giroux on Philadelphia Flyers (favorite athlete to watch in another sport), Fiji (ultimate vacation destination), I always stay positive (favorite thing about herself).