University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2014: Placed 35^th at the Bobcat Invitational after crossing in 14:13 … Registered a 64^th-place effort at the Jaguar Invitational in a time of 26:35.09 … Crossed the finish line in 158^th place with a time of 22:53.7 at the Royals Challenge … Was second at the USC Aiken Invitational after crossing the line in 22:17 … Finished 70^th at the PBC Championship in a personal-best time of 26:02.26.   

2013: Finished 81^st at the Pre-Conference Meet after crossing the line in 29:23.82 … Garnered a 31^st-place effort at the Bobcat Invitational in a time of 25:58.8 … Earned a 31^st-place finish at the Jaguar Invitational with a time of 30:51.29 … Notched a time of 24:32.84 to take 16^th the Bridgestone-Pacer Invitational …  Placed 13^th at the FMU Invitational with a time of 22:27.03 … Recorded a time of 26:43.19 to take 74^th at the Peach Belt Conference Championship … Completed the 6k course at the NCAA Southeast Region Championship in 29:19.4, which was good enough for 190^th.    

2012: Placed fourth at the Francis Marion Invitational on Sept. 14 … Finished 50^th overall and second on the Pacers, running her best 6K time of the year, at the 6K Falcon Classic Pre-Conference race on Sept. 22 … Picked up a 37^th place finish overall, second on the team, at the Jaguar Invitational on Oct. 5 … Placed 75^th at the Peach Belt Conference Cross Country Championship on Oct. 20 … Finished 158^th at the NCAA Division II Southeast Region Championship on Nov. 3.

2011: Competed in all seven races in her first season at USC Aiken … Placed in the top-20 of the Gamecock Invitational, along with fellow teammates Keely Gillespie and Brittany May, with a time of 24:42.16, good enough for a 19th place finish … Placed in the top-third of finishers at the Erskine College Invitational with a time of 18:04 … Had the second best time (27:44.80) for the Pacers in the Jaguar Invitational … Registered her best 6K time of the season in the Bridgestone-Pacer Invitational with a mark of 26:55.80.

Luella High School: Member of the cross country and soccer teams at Luella ... Named All-Region and All-County in soccer ... Finished first in the region in cross country ... All-Region and All-County in cross country all four years ... Most Valuable Player on Luella soccer team.

Personal: Majoring in Exercise and Sports Science ... Kayla is the daughter of Chuck and Wanda Hawkins.