Senior Year – 2017-18
Received first team All-MEAC honors … Selected to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State second team … Named most valuable player by the team … Was named MEAC Player of the Week once and Defensive Player of the Week twice … Earned NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll recognition for the fall semester … Selected to the 2018 MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic team … Set team-highs in points per game (14.2), rebounds per game (7.9), minutes per game (31.9) and steals (47) and ranked second on the team in assists per game (2.0) and total blocks (42) … Shot career highs from the field (41.3 percent) and from 3-point range (28.7 percent) … Upped her performance in MEAC contests, averaging 14.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists on 42.2 percent shooting against conference foes … Ranked second in the MEAC in defensive rebounds per game (6.1), sixth in blocks per game (1.5), seventh in both scoring and rebounding and 14th in field goal percentage … Scored in double figures 23 times, including five 20-point outings, and led the Spartans in scoring 15 times … Grabbed 10 or more rebounds seven times and was NSU’s leading rebounder in 13 games … Scored 398 total points, the sixth-most in the program’s Division-I era, also ranked fifth in the D-I era in single-season scoring average … Made the 11th-most free throws (81) by a Spartan in the D-I era … Grabbed 220 total rebounds, the 14th-highest mark in team D-I history … Finished the campaign tied for the 15th-most blocks in a single season in program history … Completed her Spartan career as the program’s all-time leader in blocks (152), setting the record against Morgan State on Feb. 3 …Tallied 1,398 points in her four-year career, the eighth-most in program annals … Nearly became the first 1,000-point, 1,000-rebound player in NSU women’s basketball history, ending her career with 985 boards, which ranks third all-time … Ended the season with the 12th-highest career scoring average (12.2) in team history … Made 33 3-pointers to finish her career with 87, good for eighth all-time in the NSU record book … Notched her first double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds against Loyola (Md.) on Nov. 21 … Averaged 15.5 points and 6.0 rebounds across two games at the Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving Tournament and was named to the all-tournament team … Scored the final five points of the game, including a pair of free throws with 0.3 seconds remaining, to give NSU the 52-51 win over St. Francis Brooklyn on Nov. 25 … Scored nine of the Spartans’ 12 points in an overtime win at William & Mary on Dec. 21 and did not miss a shot in the extra period, going 2-of-2 from the floor and 4-for-4 on free throws … Reached the 20-point plateau in consecutive games against North Carolina Central and South Carolina State on Jan. 8 and Jan. 20, respectively, and shot 60.9 percent from the field in the two games, also tied a career-high with four treys against S.C. State … Netted a season-high 23 points with nine rebounds on 8-of-13 shooting against Florida A&M on Jan. 29 … Matched a career high with five assists against Delaware State on Feb. 12 … Grabbed a season-best 15 rebounds to go along with 12 points, three assists and two steals against S.C. State on Feb. 19 … Had a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double to help NSU down Howard in overtime on Feb. 26, also blocked five shots in the game … Had a 17-point, 13-rebound double-double with a pair of blocks and steals each against Hampton on Senior Night on March 1 … Finished her career with 17 points, six rebounds, three assists and a block against Savannah State in the MEAC Tournament on March 5.
Junior Year – 2016-17
Named to the All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference first team … Earned Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State second team honors … Collected MEAC Defensive Player of the Week honors on five separate occasions and Co-Player of the Week once … Named to the Lehigh Christmas City Classic All-Tournament Team … Named the team’s Most Valuable Player … Became the 22nd player in program history to reach the 1,000 career point plateau … Played in 30 games and started 29 … Averaged 12.1 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.97 blocks and 30.8 minutes per game … Ranked 43rd in the nation with 12 double-doubles, 51st in blocks per game (1.97), 56th in rebounds per game (9.0), 57th in blocks (59) and 80th in rebounds (269) … Led the MEAC in defensive rebounds with 6.5 per game … Ranked fourth in the MEAC in rebounding (9.0 rpg), fifth in blocks per game (1.97), eighth in field-goal percentage (38.8-percent), ninth in scoring (12.1), 14th in offensive rebounds (2.4 rpg) and 15th in steals per game (1.4) … Roberts ranked in the top five on the team in every statistical category and was first in field-goals made (142), field-goal attempts (366), rebounds (269), blocks (59), points (363) and scoring average (12.1 ppg) … Tied for fourth in NSU single-season history with 59 blocks, which also tied for the most in the program’s Division I era … Scored in all 30 games, including 20 double-digit scoring games and led the team in scoring 12 times … Registered 12 double-doubles, with six of those coming in two three-game stretches … Notched a career-high five assists against St. Augustine’s while chipping in with 12 points, 11 rebounds, three blocks and one steal … Roberts recorded three double-doubles in a five-day span from Nov. 26-30 … The first came at Lehigh on Nov. 26, when she tallied 23 points, 14 boards and three assists … The 23 points were a season high, and her 11 made field goals (in 15 attempts) set a new career best … Followed it up the next day against Hartford with 15 points and 12 rebounds … Three days later at High Point (Nov. 30), she grabbed a season-high 17 rebounds to go with 16 points, three assists, three blocks and one steal … Notched seven consecutive double-digit scoring games from Jan. 14 against North Carolina Central through Feb. 4 at South Carolina State … Scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds at Delaware State (Jan. 16) … Narrowly missed her first career triple-double when she blocked a career-high eight shots (third-most in school history) while adding 21 points and nine rebounds against North Carolina A&T (Jan. 30) … Recorded 14 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in a win over Maryland Eastern Shore (Feb. 11) … Ended the season ranked fourth in school history in blocked shots (110), 10th in 3-point field-goal attempts (233), 10th in rebounds (765), 10th in rebounds per game (8.8) and 22nd in points scored (1,000) ... Made the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters … Named to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team.
Sophomore Year – 2015-16
Earned the Team’s Coaches Award … Only Spartan to start all 27 games … Ranked second on the team and 24th in the MEAC in scoring, at 10.1 points per game … Finished 10
th in the MEAC in rebounds, at 7.7 per game … Her 5.0 defensive rebounds per game ranked fifth in the MEAC … Opened the season with double-doubles in three of the first four contests … Scored in double figures 14 times, and scored 20 or more on two occasions … Notched six double-double performances … Registered at least 10 rebounds in seven contests … Scored a season-high 24 points on 10-of-23 shooting, with 11 rebounds and one block at Loyola (Md.) on Nov. 21 … Recorded her second 20-point game of the season when she scored 20 points, three rebounds, three assists and one block at Marshall (Dec. 20) … Followed it up with a 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal against La Salle (Dec. 29) … Matched a season high in steals with four against Florida A&M in the conference opener on Jan. 9 … Set a career high in assists with four against Bethune-Cookman on Jan. 11 … Scored in double figures in four-of-five games during a three-week stretch from Jan. 18-Feb. 6 … Began with 12 points, eight rebounds and two blocks at North Carolina A&T (Jan. 18) … Tallied 16 points, six rebounds, three assists, three blocks and two steals against South Carolina State (Jan. 23) … Finished with 12 points, four rebounds, three blocks and one assist against Savannah State (Jan. 25) … Played a career-high 42 minutes at Hampton (Jan. 30) … Notched 10 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks and one steal in the 110-108 overtime win at Howard (Feb. 6) … Tallied a season-high 16 rebounds in the regular-season finale against Hampton (Mar. 3) ... Named to the 2016 MEAC All-Academic Team … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.
Freshman Year – 2014-15
Earned NSU’s first-ever MEAC Rookie of the Year award … Also named to the All-MEAC second team … Voted the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State University Division Rookie of the Year … Also earned the team’s Rookie of the Year honor … One of four Spartans to play in all 30 games … Started 27 times … Ranked second on the team and 14th in the MEAC in scoring, at 12.2 points per game … Led the MEAC and ranked 44th in the nation in rebounds, at 9.6 per game … Her 7.4 defensive rebounds per game also led the MEAC and ranked her 22nd nationally … Roberts was a seven-time MEAC Rookie of the Week – the most such honors won by a conference player since 2009-10 … Shot 35.1 percent from the floor, 26.4 from 3-point range and 66.7 from the foul line … Made 29 3-point field goals, second-most on the team behind Rae Corbo … Averaged 13.9 points and 11.3 rebounds per game in MEAC regular-season games … Scored in double figures 17 times, and scored 20 or more on five occasions … Scored 11 points and made two 3-pointers in her NSU debut against Morehead State … tallied 20 points, eight rebounds, one block and one steal two games later in the OT loss at Radford … Shot a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line in that contest, helping her win her first MEAC Rookie of the Week award … Earned all-tournament honors at Tennessee State’s Thanksgiving tournament … Her top performance in that tourney was a 23-point, eight-rebound effort in the win over host TSU … Also had 16 points and eight rebounds against Nicholls State to wrap up the tournament and win her second MEAC Rookie of the Week honor … Had the first two of her eight double-doubles in consecutive games in December … Scored 11 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in a win over Morgan State, then notched 15 points and 11 rebounds against Marshall … Began January with an 11-rebound performance at USC Upstate … Tallied her third double-double of the season with 14 points and 17 rebounds at Florida A&M, picking up another MEAC weekly rookie honor … Posted nine rebounds and two blocks in a win at Bethune-Cookman, then followed that with an 18-point day against N.C. Central to win her fourth conference weekly rookie award of the year … Had consecutive double-digit rebound games against N.C. A&T (10 points, 10 rebounds) and S.C. State (13 rebounds) … Scored 13 points to go with seven rebounds and three steals at Savannah State … Erupted for career highs of 26 points and 25 rebounds while blocking three shots in the OT win over Hampton … Earned MEAC Rookie and Defensive Player of the Week honors for that performance … It was the first time an NSU player logged 20+ points and rebounds in the same game since December of 1989 … The 25 rebounds were also the most by a MEAC player in 2014-15 … Followed that performance up with 26 points and 15 rebounds one week later in a win over Howard … Added 14 rebounds against UMES later in the week … Had four straight double-figure scoring games from Feb. 14-March 2 … Had 19 points and nine rebounds in the win at Morgan State to earn another MEAC weekly rookie award … Had 15 points and 12 boards a week later in a win at Coppin State … Cracked the 20-point mark again (20) in the regular-season victory over Delaware State … Notched 14 points and seven rebounds in the win at Howard … Capped the season with four straight games with 10+ rebounds … Had 31 rebounds in NSU’s three MEAC tournament games … Opened the tourney with a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds against DSU … Posted seven points and 10 rebounds against Howard, and nine points and 11 boards in the season finale against UMES … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring 2015 semester.
High School
Lettered all four years at Norland for coach Carla Harris-Curry … Averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds and two steals per game her senior year … Was a first-team all-state 6A and All-Dade County selection … Helped Norland advance to the state tournament championship game … Named team MVP … Averaged seven points and seven rebounds per game as a junior … Played for the Miami Suns AAU program … Helped the Miami Suns Team Fowles (named for WNBA player Sylvia Fowles) finish as runner-up at the 2013 Fila Nationals.
Personal
Full name is Kayla Renee’ Roberts … Born on July 25, 1996 … Daughter of Alton Roberts and Alcina Scott … Has one brother and three sisters, including former NSU teammate Nia ... Majoring in sociology.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Points |
26 (2x), last: vs. Howard (2-7-15) |
| FG Made |
11, at Lehigh (11-26-16) |
| FG ATT. |
23, at Loyola (Md.) (11-21-15) |
| 3Pt. FG Made |
4 (2x), last: at South Carolina State (1-20-18) |
| 3Pt. FG ATT. |
8 (2x), last: vs. Howard (2-7-15) |
| FT Made |
8, at Radford (11-20-14) |
| FT ATT. |
11, vs. Delaware State (1-16-17) |
| Rebounds |
25, vs. Hampton (1-31-15) |
| Assists |
5 (2x), last: vs. Delaware State (2-12-18) |
| Steals |
4 (3x), last: vs. High Point (11-29-17) |
| Blocks |
8, vs. North Carolina A&T (1-30-17) |
| Minutes |
42, vs. Hampton (1-31-15) |
