2020-21 (Redshirt Senior Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters … Competed in all 12 traditional games and all six Baker contests … Averaged 168.8 in traditional play, including a career-high 227 at the Stallings Invitational on March 14 … Averaged 172.4 in five games that day … Rolled a 191 during the North Carolina A&T Dual Meet on Feb. 27.
2019-20 (Redshirt Junior Year): Earned a spot on the AD Honor Roll in the spring … Competed in 10 traditional games and 11 Baker games during the year … Averaged 170.3 with a total pin fall of 1,703 in traditional play … Rolled a season-high 207 in her first competition of the season, the Morgan State dual meet on Jan. 18 … Averaged 168.8 in five games at the TNBA/HBCU Invitational on March 7.
2018-19 (Redshirt Sophomore Year): Bowled in 13 traditional games and 29 Baker games on the season … Averaged 174.4 in traditional play, tallying a total pin fall of 2,267 … Bowled a season-high 212 and averaged a career-best 190.3 in three games at the Northeast Finest on March 16 … Also had a 200 game during the second MEAC meet of the year on Feb. 23, rolling a 209 in a win over Howard and averaging 181.8 in five games there … Also rolled a 185 that day in a victory against Coppin State.
2017-18 (Redshirt Freshman Year): The team’s Rookie of the Year … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters and National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) All-Academic … Averaged 164.8 in 32 games, a total pin fall of 5,275 … Bowled her best tournament of the year at the Red Flash Invitational on Jan. 27 … Had high games of 192 and 186 in wins over Medaille and averaged a season-best 178.6 in five games there … Rolled a season-high 203 in a victory against Bethune-Cookman and averaged 171.3 in three games at the MEAC Southern Divisional on Feb. 24 … Posted a 169.2 average in five games, with a high of 180 in a win versus Adelphi, at the Kutztown Invitational on Jan. 20 … Carded a 182 in a victory over Florida A&M at the MEAC Southern Divisional on Dec. 2 … Also competed in 50 Baker games.
2016-17 (Freshman Year): Went to Germanna Community College but did not compete.
High School: Attended Mountain View High School her junior and senior years and Lejeune High School in North Carolina her freshman and sophomore seasons … Finished with a 186 average in a Saturday league her senior year in 2015-16 … Also finished fifth in the girls under 20 scratch division and eighth in the handicap division at the 2017 Virginia State Pepsi USBC (United States Bowling Congress) Youth Championships … Qualified for the state Pepsi championships every year since she was 8, when she first began bowling … Placed ninth at the state championship in 2015 in the 170 and above handicap division … Bowled in the Girls U-20 Division at the 2017 USBC Junior Gold Championships … Also competed at the event in 2016 … Member of the Colonial Forge three-person team that finished 15th at the Virginia State High School Tournament in 2016 … Also won the high game handicap award at the state meet, rolling a 265 … On a team for two seasons that represented Fredericksburg in the Nation Capital Area USBCA (United States Bowling Council Association) Sport Challenge Travel League … Member of a North Carolina All-Star team in 2013 … Was the first bowler from the greater Fredericksburg area to receive a college scholarship for bowling … Also bowled with Fred City Strikers and Summer Sport League in Fredericksburg … Was a member of the cheerleading squad her freshman, sophomore and junior years.
Personal: Full name is McKayla Ashley Lang … Born on Sept. 2, 1998 … Daughter of Angela and Tevis Lang … Has one younger brother, Steven … Majoring in exercise science with a concentration in kinesiotherapy … Wants to pursue a masters in nursing or get a doctorate in physical therapy … Member of the NSU Honors College and the Exercise Science Club … Enjoys working out, going out to eat, including Chipotle, hanging out with friends, watching Netflix, and surfing YouTube.
Lang's Career Statistics
| YEAR |
Pinfall |
GP |
Avg. |
High |
| 2017-18 |
5,275 |
32 |
164.8 |
203 |
| 2018-19 |
2,267 |
13 |
174.4 |
212 |
| 2019-20 |
1,703 |
10 |
170.3 |
207 |
| 2020-21 |
2,025 |
12 |
168.8 |
227 |
| Totals |
11,270 |
67 |
168.2 |
227 |
Baker
| YEAR |
GP |
| 2017-18 |
50 |
| 2018-19 |
29 |
| 2019-20 |
11 |
| 2020-21 |
6 |
| Totals |
96 |
