2024 Women's Water Polo Roster
Carroll, Kaila
Jersey Number 9
Kaila Carroll
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Greenwich
- Hometown:
- Greenwich, Conn.
Bio
Awards:
CWPA All-Tournament Honorable Mention (2024)
CWPA Player of the Week (Feb. 28, 2022, Feb. 19, 2024, Apr. 15, 2024)
CSC At-Large Academic All-District (2024)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
2024: Started every game for the Tigers … Contributed 30 goals, 34 assists, 40 steals and 26 drawn ejections … Hat trick vs. Villanova (Feb. 8) … Produced a seven-point performance with five goals vs. Siena (Feb. 17) … Hat trick and six assists vs. Mt. St. Mary’s (Feb. 18) … Scored four times at La Salle (Feb. 22) … Had three straight games with two goals each (Feb. 23-Mar. 2) … Hat trick at Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 13) … Hat trick, two assists and two drawn ejections vs. No. 18 Wagner (Mar. 28) … Hat trick, two assists and three steals vs. Saint Francis (Apr. 6) … Dropped in four goals and three steals vs. No. 25 brown (Apr. 13) … Scored vs. No. 13 Michigan in the CWPA Championship game (Apr. 28) and vs. No. 2 Hawaii in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 10).
2023: Participated in 33 games … Posted 41 goals, 24 assists, 26 steals and 22 drawn ejections … Led the team with 36 sprint wins and a .837 spring win percentage … Scored twice and drew four ejections vs. St. Francis … Registered four goals and two helpers vs. La Salle (Feb. 26) … Contributed five goals, two assists and three steals vs. Siena (Mar. 11) … Stretch of 12 consecutive games with a goal (Mar. 11-Apr. 8) … Back-to-back games with multi-goals vs. Bucknell and St. Francis (Apr. 1) … Wrapped up the year five consecutive multi-goal outings including vs. No. 18 Harvard in the in CWPA Championship (Apr. 30), No. 3 Cal (May 12) and No. 2 USC (May 13) in the NCAA Tournament.
2022: Saw action in all 31 games for the Tigers...Produced 47 goals, 28 assists, 24 steals, 27 drawn ejections and 36 sprint victories...First collegiate goal came against California Baptist (Jan. 21)...Registered six goals at Mount St. Mary's, along with five steals (Feb. 25)...Had 14 multi-goal games...Distributed three assists vs VMI (Feb. 12) and at Bucknell (Feb. 26)...drew four ejections vs. Brown (Apr. 24)...won all four sprints at CSUN (Mar. 6).
2021: Season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before Princeton:
Greenwich: A senior captain that was named MVP … First-Team All-American in 2019 and Honorable Mention in 2018 … Led the team in scoring … Member of the National Honor Society … Math Honor Society … Girl Empowerment Club.
Club/ODP: National Team Selection Camp in 2019 … Youth National Squad in 2019 … USA Water Polo National Academy Team … North East Zone, International Futures National Team selected to go to Hungary 2018 … National Selection Camp from 2015-17 … Played for Greenwich Aquatics … 16U squad was 17th in 2017 … 18U team was 10th in 2018 and 17th in 2019.
Academic: Academic All-American Outstanding Honors in 2018 and 2019 … High Honor.
Personal: Daughter of Dzwinka and Tom Carroll … Has twin brothers and a sister.
Career Stats:
Career Highs:
CWPA All-Tournament Honorable Mention (2024)
CWPA Player of the Week (Feb. 28, 2022, Feb. 19, 2024, Apr. 15, 2024)
CSC At-Large Academic All-District (2024)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
2024: Started every game for the Tigers … Contributed 30 goals, 34 assists, 40 steals and 26 drawn ejections … Hat trick vs. Villanova (Feb. 8) … Produced a seven-point performance with five goals vs. Siena (Feb. 17) … Hat trick and six assists vs. Mt. St. Mary’s (Feb. 18) … Scored four times at La Salle (Feb. 22) … Had three straight games with two goals each (Feb. 23-Mar. 2) … Hat trick at Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 13) … Hat trick, two assists and two drawn ejections vs. No. 18 Wagner (Mar. 28) … Hat trick, two assists and three steals vs. Saint Francis (Apr. 6) … Dropped in four goals and three steals vs. No. 25 brown (Apr. 13) … Scored vs. No. 13 Michigan in the CWPA Championship game (Apr. 28) and vs. No. 2 Hawaii in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 10).
2023: Participated in 33 games … Posted 41 goals, 24 assists, 26 steals and 22 drawn ejections … Led the team with 36 sprint wins and a .837 spring win percentage … Scored twice and drew four ejections vs. St. Francis … Registered four goals and two helpers vs. La Salle (Feb. 26) … Contributed five goals, two assists and three steals vs. Siena (Mar. 11) … Stretch of 12 consecutive games with a goal (Mar. 11-Apr. 8) … Back-to-back games with multi-goals vs. Bucknell and St. Francis (Apr. 1) … Wrapped up the year five consecutive multi-goal outings including vs. No. 18 Harvard in the in CWPA Championship (Apr. 30), No. 3 Cal (May 12) and No. 2 USC (May 13) in the NCAA Tournament.
2022: Saw action in all 31 games for the Tigers...Produced 47 goals, 28 assists, 24 steals, 27 drawn ejections and 36 sprint victories...First collegiate goal came against California Baptist (Jan. 21)...Registered six goals at Mount St. Mary's, along with five steals (Feb. 25)...Had 14 multi-goal games...Distributed three assists vs VMI (Feb. 12) and at Bucknell (Feb. 26)...drew four ejections vs. Brown (Apr. 24)...won all four sprints at CSUN (Mar. 6).
2021: Season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before Princeton:
Greenwich: A senior captain that was named MVP … First-Team All-American in 2019 and Honorable Mention in 2018 … Led the team in scoring … Member of the National Honor Society … Math Honor Society … Girl Empowerment Club.
Club/ODP: National Team Selection Camp in 2019 … Youth National Squad in 2019 … USA Water Polo National Academy Team … North East Zone, International Futures National Team selected to go to Hungary 2018 … National Selection Camp from 2015-17 … Played for Greenwich Aquatics … 16U squad was 17th in 2017 … 18U team was 10th in 2018 and 17th in 2019.
Academic: Academic All-American Outstanding Honors in 2018 and 2019 … High Honor.
Personal: Daughter of Dzwinka and Tom Carroll … Has twin brothers and a sister.
Career Stats:
| Season | GP | Goals | Shots | Assists | Steals | Sprints (W-L) | Ej. Drawn | Blocks |
| 2022 | 31 | 47 | 103 | 28 | 24 | 36-4 | 27 | 5 |
| 2023 | 33 | 41 | 96 | 24 | 26 | 36-7 | 22 | 4 |
| 2024 | 30 | 54 | 112 | 34 | 40 | 52-15 | 26 | 7 |
| Career | 94 | 142 | 311 | 86 | 40 | 124-26 | 75 | 16 |
Career Highs:
| Goals | 6, at Mt. St. Mary's (2/25/22) |
| Assists | 6, vs. Mt. St. Mary's (2/18/24) |
| Steals | 5, at Mt. St. Mary's (2/25/22) |
| Ejections Drawn | 4, 2x - MR - vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (2/25/23) |
| Blocks | 2, 2x - MR - at No. 4 Hawaii (1/26/24) |
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
PVC Youth Sports Clinic (Fall 2022)
Wednesday, October 19
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
