2022 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Sears, Kyla
Jersey Number 7
Kyla Sears
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Skaneateles
- Hometown:
- Skaneateles, N.Y.
Bio
Records:
Points In A Career - 307
Goals In A Career - 209
Assists In A Career - 98
Assists/Season - 40 (2019)
Assists In A Game - 6 (4/16/22 vs. Dartmouth0
Free Position Goals/Career - 75
FPG/Season - 29 (2022)
FPG/Game - 4 (4/9/22 vs. Brown)
All-time Princeton freshman scorer (83) and goal scorer (64)
All-time Ivy League freshman scorer (83) and goal scorer (64)
2022: One of Princeton's nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year ... Recipient of Princeton's C. Otto von Kienbusch Award as Most Outstanding Senior Female Student-Athlete ... Tewaraaton Award Nominee ... Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... 2022 Ivy League Attacker of the Year ... Second-Team IWLCA All-American ... Second-Team Inside Lacrosse All-American ... Second-team US Lacrosse All-American ... First-Team IWLCA All-Region ... First-Team All-Ivy ... Five-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week ... Led team with 100 points, scoring 70 goals and 30 assists ... Had 2+ points in 18 of 19 games ... Had 5+ points in 11 of 19 games ... Scored twice at Virginia (2/20) ... Had six goals and two assists for eight points against Temple (2/26) ... Scored three time against Cornell (3/5) ... Had a seven-point game, including four goals and three assists at USC (3/8) ... Had four goals at San Diego State (3/12) ... Scored four times against Loyola (3/23) ... Had a goal and three assists against Stony Brook (3/29) ... Scored seven goals against Brown (4/9) ... Had eight points, including six assists against Dartmouth (4/16) ... Scored three times against Penn (4/20) ... Had four goals and three assists against Harvard (4/23) ... Netted six goals against Columbia (4/27) ... Had five goals and two assists against Yale on Senior Day (4/30) ... Posted nine points on six goals and three helpers against Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament (5/6) ... Had four goals in Ivy Tournament final against Yale (5/8) ... Scored four goals against UMass in NCAA Tournament first round (5/13) ... Had a hat trick against Syracuse in NCAA Tournament second round (5/15).
2021: Season cancelled due to COVID-19.
2020: Started all five games ... Finished with 29 points on 20 goals and 9 assists ... Added 10 ground balls, 9 draw controls, and 5 caused turnovers ... Posted seven points (4g, 3a) at Temple (2/15) ... Had three goals and an assist with two caused turnovers and two draw controls against Virginia (2/22) ... Scored five goals and dished out two assists at Villanova (2/26) ... Totaled six points (4g, 2a) with four ground balls and two caused turnovers at Columbia (2/29) ... Scored four times and added an assist with four draw controls at Stony Brook (3/8).
2019: Started in all 20 games and finished with 95 points scoring 55 goals and 40 assists ... added 22 ground balls, 17 caused turnovers and one draw ... was 17 for 38 on the eight meter ... scored a goal and picked up a ground ball in the season opener versus Temple ... tallied two goals with a ground ball at No. 12 Virginia ... had a seven-point game against No. 8 Penn State with three goals and four assist, while causing a turnover and picking up a ground ball ... scored a goal with three assists, a caused turnover and a ground ball in a 19-1 win over Columbia ... tallied six goals and added two assists and a caused turnover in a 15-14 win over No. 18 Stony Brook ... had a hat trick and two assists with three ground balls and two caused turnovers at No. 16 Florida ... scored four goals on Brown with two caused turnovers and two ground balls ... had a goal, two assists and a caused turnover at No. 2 Maryland ... scored four goals, two assists, two caused turnovers and two ground balls in a 15-6 win over Villanova ... had a seven-point game with two goals and five assists at No. 25 Dartmouth ... net two goals in a win over Loyola ... net three goals, two assists, one caused turnover and one ground ball in a win versus Harvard ... tallied two goals and four assists at No. 12 Penn with one draw and two ground balls ... scored six times while adding an assist at Yale ... net four goals with two ground balls in the regular season finale at Cornell ... added three more goals against the Big Red in the Ivy League semifinal while causing two turnovers and picking up one ground ball ... scored two goals with five assists over No. 12 Penn in the Ivy League final with three ground balls and two caused turnovers ... net two goals and two assists over Wagner in the first round of the NCAA tournament, while causing a turnover and picking up a ground ball ... had a seven-point game versus No. 10 Loyola in the second round, scoring three goals, four assists, one caused turnover and one ground ball ... tallied a goal and two assists at No. 1 Boston College in the quarterfinals.
Awards
• Tewaaraton Watch List
• Second-Team All-America
• First-Team All-Region
• First-Team All-Ivy League (unanimous)
• Ivy League All-Tournament Team and MVP
• Inside Lacrosse Third-Team All-America
• Brine/USL Player of the Week (April 9)
• Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (March 11, April 8, April 22)
• Scored 100th career point vs Stony Brook
• Scored 100th career goal at Yale
2018: Led Princeton in scoring with 64 goals and 19 assists for 83 points as she started all 19 games ... led the NCAA's freshmen in points per game at the end of the regular season ... had a goal in every single game and had at least a hat trick in 13 games ... had six points in her first game, scoring four goals and added two assists, four draws and a ground ball at Temple ... had two goals, one assists and a draw against No. 16 UVa ... tallied four goals and a ground ball in win at Lehigh ... had a season-high seven points in a win at Brown with six goals and one assist, while winning one draw ... scored twice and added one assists, one caused turnover and one draw at No. 16 Loyola ... scored thee goals, two assists and caused one turnover and added a ground ball in a 13-12 win at No. 18 Penn State ... net three goals, one assists, one caused turnover and one ground ball versus Dartmouth ... scored two goals, two assists and caused two turnovers against No. 11 Syracuse ... tallied a hat trick in a win at Delaware ... had another seven-point game on four goals and three assists at Harvard, while causing one turnover ... scored twice on No. 2 Maryland with winning a draw and causing a turnover ... net four goals, one assists, three ground balls and a caused turnover in an 18-4 win over Yale ... had another four-goal, one-assist game against Cornell while adding two ground balls ... scored four times with one assists, one caused turnover and a ground ball in a 21-8 win over No. 10 Penn ... tallied six goals in the regular-season finale at Columbia ... net four goals, two assists and one ground ball against the Lions in the Ivy League semifinal ... scored three goals, with three ground balls and a caused turnover over Penn in the Ivy League championship ... scored twice over No. 19 Syracuse with a caused turnover and a ground ball in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... had two goals and one assist in the second round versus No. 4 Boston College.
Awards
• Tewaaraton Watch List
• Second-Team All-America
• First-Team All-Region
• First-Team All-Ivy League
• Ivy League All-Tournament Team
• Inside Lacrosse All-Rookie Team
Before Princeton: The 2017 US Lacrosse National Player of the Year ... a three-time US Lacrosse All-America and an Under Armour All-America ... tryout invitee for the USA Under-19 Team ... a five-year letterwinner at Skaneateles ... finished her high school career with 282 goals, 138 assists and 244 ground balls ... as a senior captain she totaled 65 goals, 35 assists and 69 ground balls ... named the MVP of the New York State Championship game, as she and the Lakers won their second state championship in three years ... Skaneateles was also three-time New York State runners-up and five-time Section III champions ... named a preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse and was the magazine's 2015 #1 Young Gun Junior ... a three-time American Family Insurance All-USA preseason first-team selection ... on the 2014 Under Armour Upstate team ... participated in the 2014 Elite 120 and 2015 Nike Ride ... the 2017 Nike Northeast Player of the Year, three-time first-team all-league ... 2015 and 2017 Central New York Player of the Year by the Syracuse Post-Standard ... 2017 Auburn Player of the Year by The Citizen ... three-time all-Central New York ... an all-league player in soccer ... played club lacrosse for Outlaw Ladies.
Personal: Full name is Kyla Derrington Sears ... parents are Brewster (Hobart '84) and DeAnn (Texas '90). Brewster is Managing Director- PIM Portfolio Manager at Finger Lakes Capital Management and DeAnn is an Athletic Coordinator ... has two younger brothers Kendrick and Colton.
Points In A Career - 307
Goals In A Career - 209
Assists In A Career - 98
Assists/Season - 40 (2019)
Assists In A Game - 6 (4/16/22 vs. Dartmouth0
Free Position Goals/Career - 75
FPG/Season - 29 (2022)
FPG/Game - 4 (4/9/22 vs. Brown)
All-time Princeton freshman scorer (83) and goal scorer (64)
All-time Ivy League freshman scorer (83) and goal scorer (64)
2022: One of Princeton's nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year ... Recipient of Princeton's C. Otto von Kienbusch Award as Most Outstanding Senior Female Student-Athlete ... Tewaraaton Award Nominee ... Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... 2022 Ivy League Attacker of the Year ... Second-Team IWLCA All-American ... Second-Team Inside Lacrosse All-American ... Second-team US Lacrosse All-American ... First-Team IWLCA All-Region ... First-Team All-Ivy ... Five-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week ... Led team with 100 points, scoring 70 goals and 30 assists ... Had 2+ points in 18 of 19 games ... Had 5+ points in 11 of 19 games ... Scored twice at Virginia (2/20) ... Had six goals and two assists for eight points against Temple (2/26) ... Scored three time against Cornell (3/5) ... Had a seven-point game, including four goals and three assists at USC (3/8) ... Had four goals at San Diego State (3/12) ... Scored four times against Loyola (3/23) ... Had a goal and three assists against Stony Brook (3/29) ... Scored seven goals against Brown (4/9) ... Had eight points, including six assists against Dartmouth (4/16) ... Scored three times against Penn (4/20) ... Had four goals and three assists against Harvard (4/23) ... Netted six goals against Columbia (4/27) ... Had five goals and two assists against Yale on Senior Day (4/30) ... Posted nine points on six goals and three helpers against Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament (5/6) ... Had four goals in Ivy Tournament final against Yale (5/8) ... Scored four goals against UMass in NCAA Tournament first round (5/13) ... Had a hat trick against Syracuse in NCAA Tournament second round (5/15).
2021: Season cancelled due to COVID-19.
2020: Started all five games ... Finished with 29 points on 20 goals and 9 assists ... Added 10 ground balls, 9 draw controls, and 5 caused turnovers ... Posted seven points (4g, 3a) at Temple (2/15) ... Had three goals and an assist with two caused turnovers and two draw controls against Virginia (2/22) ... Scored five goals and dished out two assists at Villanova (2/26) ... Totaled six points (4g, 2a) with four ground balls and two caused turnovers at Columbia (2/29) ... Scored four times and added an assist with four draw controls at Stony Brook (3/8).
2019: Started in all 20 games and finished with 95 points scoring 55 goals and 40 assists ... added 22 ground balls, 17 caused turnovers and one draw ... was 17 for 38 on the eight meter ... scored a goal and picked up a ground ball in the season opener versus Temple ... tallied two goals with a ground ball at No. 12 Virginia ... had a seven-point game against No. 8 Penn State with three goals and four assist, while causing a turnover and picking up a ground ball ... scored a goal with three assists, a caused turnover and a ground ball in a 19-1 win over Columbia ... tallied six goals and added two assists and a caused turnover in a 15-14 win over No. 18 Stony Brook ... had a hat trick and two assists with three ground balls and two caused turnovers at No. 16 Florida ... scored four goals on Brown with two caused turnovers and two ground balls ... had a goal, two assists and a caused turnover at No. 2 Maryland ... scored four goals, two assists, two caused turnovers and two ground balls in a 15-6 win over Villanova ... had a seven-point game with two goals and five assists at No. 25 Dartmouth ... net two goals in a win over Loyola ... net three goals, two assists, one caused turnover and one ground ball in a win versus Harvard ... tallied two goals and four assists at No. 12 Penn with one draw and two ground balls ... scored six times while adding an assist at Yale ... net four goals with two ground balls in the regular season finale at Cornell ... added three more goals against the Big Red in the Ivy League semifinal while causing two turnovers and picking up one ground ball ... scored two goals with five assists over No. 12 Penn in the Ivy League final with three ground balls and two caused turnovers ... net two goals and two assists over Wagner in the first round of the NCAA tournament, while causing a turnover and picking up a ground ball ... had a seven-point game versus No. 10 Loyola in the second round, scoring three goals, four assists, one caused turnover and one ground ball ... tallied a goal and two assists at No. 1 Boston College in the quarterfinals.
Awards
• Tewaaraton Watch List
• Second-Team All-America
• First-Team All-Region
• First-Team All-Ivy League (unanimous)
• Ivy League All-Tournament Team and MVP
• Inside Lacrosse Third-Team All-America
• Brine/USL Player of the Week (April 9)
• Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (March 11, April 8, April 22)
• Scored 100th career point vs Stony Brook
• Scored 100th career goal at Yale
2018: Led Princeton in scoring with 64 goals and 19 assists for 83 points as she started all 19 games ... led the NCAA's freshmen in points per game at the end of the regular season ... had a goal in every single game and had at least a hat trick in 13 games ... had six points in her first game, scoring four goals and added two assists, four draws and a ground ball at Temple ... had two goals, one assists and a draw against No. 16 UVa ... tallied four goals and a ground ball in win at Lehigh ... had a season-high seven points in a win at Brown with six goals and one assist, while winning one draw ... scored twice and added one assists, one caused turnover and one draw at No. 16 Loyola ... scored thee goals, two assists and caused one turnover and added a ground ball in a 13-12 win at No. 18 Penn State ... net three goals, one assists, one caused turnover and one ground ball versus Dartmouth ... scored two goals, two assists and caused two turnovers against No. 11 Syracuse ... tallied a hat trick in a win at Delaware ... had another seven-point game on four goals and three assists at Harvard, while causing one turnover ... scored twice on No. 2 Maryland with winning a draw and causing a turnover ... net four goals, one assists, three ground balls and a caused turnover in an 18-4 win over Yale ... had another four-goal, one-assist game against Cornell while adding two ground balls ... scored four times with one assists, one caused turnover and a ground ball in a 21-8 win over No. 10 Penn ... tallied six goals in the regular-season finale at Columbia ... net four goals, two assists and one ground ball against the Lions in the Ivy League semifinal ... scored three goals, with three ground balls and a caused turnover over Penn in the Ivy League championship ... scored twice over No. 19 Syracuse with a caused turnover and a ground ball in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... had two goals and one assist in the second round versus No. 4 Boston College.
Awards
• Tewaaraton Watch List
• Second-Team All-America
• First-Team All-Region
• First-Team All-Ivy League
• Ivy League All-Tournament Team
• Inside Lacrosse All-Rookie Team
Before Princeton: The 2017 US Lacrosse National Player of the Year ... a three-time US Lacrosse All-America and an Under Armour All-America ... tryout invitee for the USA Under-19 Team ... a five-year letterwinner at Skaneateles ... finished her high school career with 282 goals, 138 assists and 244 ground balls ... as a senior captain she totaled 65 goals, 35 assists and 69 ground balls ... named the MVP of the New York State Championship game, as she and the Lakers won their second state championship in three years ... Skaneateles was also three-time New York State runners-up and five-time Section III champions ... named a preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse and was the magazine's 2015 #1 Young Gun Junior ... a three-time American Family Insurance All-USA preseason first-team selection ... on the 2014 Under Armour Upstate team ... participated in the 2014 Elite 120 and 2015 Nike Ride ... the 2017 Nike Northeast Player of the Year, three-time first-team all-league ... 2015 and 2017 Central New York Player of the Year by the Syracuse Post-Standard ... 2017 Auburn Player of the Year by The Citizen ... three-time all-Central New York ... an all-league player in soccer ... played club lacrosse for Outlaw Ladies.
Personal: Full name is Kyla Derrington Sears ... parents are Brewster (Hobart '84) and DeAnn (Texas '90). Brewster is Managing Director- PIM Portfolio Manager at Finger Lakes Capital Management and DeAnn is an Athletic Coordinator ... has two younger brothers Kendrick and Colton.
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