Norfolk State University Athletics

2019 (Sophomore Year): Did not compete.
 
2018 (Freshman Year): Competed in 37 games and made 24 starts … Earned the MEAC Co-Rookie of the Week award on April 16 … Pitched in 13 games and made eight starts in the circle … Altogether, made 13 starts solely at DP, two at first base and one in right field in addition to eight at pitcher … Held a 4-5 record with a 3.37 ERA in 52.0 innings of work … Threw four complete games … Ranked fifth in the MEAC in opposing batting average (.250) and 10^th in ERA … Also batted .253 on the year in 79 at bats … Totaled nine runs on 20 hits with five doubles, nine RBI and five walks … Batted 9-for-31 (.290) with runners in scoring position … Had her best game at the plate by far in a game 2 win at Howard on April 14, hitting 3-for-3 with two runs and three RBI … Came away with her best win in the circle on March 31 in a game 2 win at Maryland Eastern Shore, pitching 7.1 innings and allowing five hits and one earned run in a 2-1 victory … Pitched eight innings to earn the victory on March 11 against Charleston Southern, scattering nine hits with three runs, two earned … Also walked and went 1-for-3 with a run scored … Got her first collegiate victory on Feb. 18 against South Carolina State, pitching six innings and allowing three hits and two runs, none earned, with three strikeouts … Earned the victory in relief on March 25 at Delaware State, giving up a hit and one earned run in 2.2 innings of work … Batted 2-for-6 with a run scored and two RBI in a doubleheader on March 17 against Coppin State … Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI against S.C. State in a game 2 victory on Feb. 24 … Hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI against Radford in game 2 on April 18.
 
High School: Competed for two years on the varsity softball team at West Carteret High School … Earned all-conference honors both seasons as a junior and senior … Garnered 3A All-District 2 honors at first base as a junior … Batted .368 with seven home runs, 10 runs, 30 RBI her senior year to go along with an 11-4 record, a 1.86 ERA in 105.1 innings, and 135 strikeouts in the circle … Named to the all-county team by the Carteret County News-Times as an infielder after her senior season … Hit .333 with three home runs, 23 RBI and a 3.25 ERA in the circle as a junior … Earned the school’s Best All-Around Female Athlete Award at the end of the year … Played on the freshman and varsity softball teams her freshman year in 2014 at Troy Buchanan High School in Missouri … Also competed on the JV and varsity teams as a sophomore at Buchanan … Played on the freshman basketball team and then the JV and varsity team as well … Was a member of the varsity basketball team her junior and senior years at West Carteret and an all-conference player.
 
Club: Competed for both the Carolina Jayhawks and the St. Louis Prospects for two years each.
 
Personal: Full name is Kayla Marie Porter … Born on Jan. 15, 1999 … Daughter of Scott Porter and Cathy Cody … Has one older brother, Avery Struyk, two younger brothers, Ion Porter and Lathan Price, and two younger sisters, Haylee McGinty and Isabelle Cody … Majoring in biology … Wants to be a chiropractor … Enjoys sleeping, eating, watching football and hanging out with friends.