2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

8 Kayla Widera

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Trinity, Fla.
  • Highschool J.W. Mitchell HS

Biography

CAREER: Has played in 77 matches with 60 starts for the Blazers ... Tallied 587.5 points for her career with 415 kills in 1121 swings for a .227 average ... She has 26 assists with 27 aces ... She has recorded 147 digs, with 55 solo blocks, 181 block assists and 236 total blocks. 

IN 2018 AS A JUNIOR:  Had a breakout season in 2018 for the Blazers as she played in all 33 matches with 32 starts .... She recorded 316 points for third on the team ... Tallied a season-best 221 kills for second on the team in 580 swings for a .234 average ... Widera had 12 assists with 22 aces for the season ... She again led the team in blocks, recording 112 total rejections with 34 solo blocks and 78 assisted ... She tallied 89 digs for the season ... Named second team all-conference and earned GSC Player of the Week honors once ... Tallied a career-high 14 kills versus Nova Southeastern (10/20/18) with seven matches of double-digit kills ... Had a career-high nine total blocks against USC Aiken (8/31/18) with three solo and six assisted ... Named to GSC Academic All-Conference Team ... Also earned a spot on the GSC Academic Honor Roll.

IN 2017 AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 20 matches with 18 starts and 67 sets ... Scored 166.5 points for the season with 124 kills in 316 swings for a .269 average ... Had five aces with eight assists ... Recorded a team-high 12 solo blocks with 51 assisted blocks and 63 total rejections for the season ... Had 41 digs ... Recorded 10 or more kills three-times with a season-high 12 kills at Auburn Montgomery ... Tallied a season-high nine digs against West Georgia and had eight assisted and total blocks against Augusta ... Tallied four solo blocks against Montevallo. 

IN 2016 AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 24 matches with 10 starts...Recorded 70 kills and averaged 0.97 kills per set...Produced 52 block assists with nine solo blocks...Added 17 digs ... Had a season-high 11 kills versus Southern Connecticut State (9/9/16) ... Recorded a season-high six total blocks twice and five assisted blocks three times ... Had a season-high two solo blocks versus Lynn (9/10/16) ... Scored 105 points for the season.

PRIOR TO VALDOSTA STATE: Named J.W. Mitchell's Female Student-Athlete of the Year... Named team MVP after senior year effort that helped lead her team to the school's first ever appearance in the State Finals... Picked up Tampa Bay Times Athlete of the Week honors during both her junior and senior seasons... Earned a trip to Junior Olympics in each of the last two seasons.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2016Freshman

    MB
    6'1"
    8
  • 8

    2017Sophomore

    MB
    6'1"
    8
  • 8

    2018Junior

    MB
    6'1"
    8
  • 8

    2019Senior

    MB
    6'1"
    8