2025 Women's Water Polo Roster
Yelensky, Kayla
Jersey Number 20
Kayla Yelensky
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Greenwich Academy
- Hometown:
- Stamford, Conn.
Bio
Awards:
ACWPC Second Team All-America (2024)
ACWPC Third Team All-America (2023, 2025)
NCAA All-Tournament Second Team (2024)
CWPA Most Valuable Player (2025)
CWPA Tournament MVP (2024)
CWPA First-Team All-Conference (2023, 2024, 2025)
CWPA Second-Team All-Conference (2022)
CWPA All-Tournament First Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
CWPA All-Tournament Second Team (2022)
CWPA Player of the Week (Jan. 29. 2024, Apr. 8, 2024, Apr. 29, 2024, May 13, 2024, Jan. 27, 2025, Mar. 17, 2025, Apr. 2, 2025, Apr. 16, 2025)
CWPA Rookie of the Week (Feb. 14, 2022, Mar. 14, 2022)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
2025: Graduates second in program history in career goals (278) and sixth in career assists (113) … Played in every game, producing a career-high 94 tallies, adding 48 drawn ejections, 24 assists and 21 steals … the first Tiger to reach 90 goals in a season since Adele McCarthy-Beauvais in 2022 and just the third player to get to that mark overall … Had 23 multi-goal performances and 19 hat tricks … Began the season with five consecutive hat tricks (Jan. 24-Feb. 8) … Produced two assists and three drawn ejections vs. La Salle (Jan. 24) … Back-to-back games with four tallies vs. LIU and No. 22 Wagner (Jan. 25-26) … Career-high seven goals at No. 21 Brown (Feb. 7) … Contributed four goals vs. No. 15 UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 9) … Had four goals and three steals vs. Saint Francis (Feb. 23) … Led the Tigers with six goals vs. No. 23 Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 12) … Put up five tallies at No. 20 San Diego State (Mar. 14) and vs. No. 15 Indiana (Mar. 15) … Snagged 13 goals over a 24-hour period vs. No. 22 Brown, No. 9 Harvard and Mercyhurst (Mar. 29-30) … Had five tallies at No. 14 Michigan (Apr. 5) … Dropped in three consecutive games with four goals each at Bucknell and No. 18 Wagner (Apr. 12-26) … Scored and drew three ejections vs. No. 15 Harvard in the CWPA Championship (Apr. 27).
2024: Did not miss any games, making 30 starts … Led the team with 69 goals, adding 23 assists, 31 steals and 47 drawn ejections … Had a goal in 28 of the team’s 30 games … Put up 12 hat tricks … Drew eight ejections at No. 4 Hawaii (Jan. 26) … Scored five times vs. Azusa Pacific (Jan. 27) … Hat trick and five steals vs. Villanova (Feb. 8) … Consecutive hat tricks vs. Siena (Feb. 17) and Mt. St. Mary’s (five goals, Feb. 18) … Hat trick vs. No. 21 LIU (Feb. 23) … Snagged two goals, three assists and three steals vs. Saint Francis (Mar. 3) … Collected three straight hat tricks (Mar. 2-9) … Produced four goals, two steals and three drawn ejections vs. No. 20 Brown (Mar. 3) … Added four goals vs. No. 13 Indiana (Mar. 10) … Contributed five goals vs. Iona (Mar. 20) … Hat trick at Bucknell (Apr. 7) … Led the Tigers with four goals vs. No. 24 Brown in the CWPA Semifinal (Apr. 27) … Had a hat trick and two assists vs. No. 13 Michigan in the CWPA Championship game (Apr. 28) … Snagged two goals vs. No. 2 Hawaii in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 10).
2023: Played in 28 games … Collected 60 goals, 27 assists, 47 drawn ejections and 15 blocks … Began the season with seven straight multi-goal performances including four hat tricks (Jan. 28-Feb. 12) … Hat trick and three assists vs. No. 19 Brown (Feb. 26) … Contributed four goals and two helpers vs. No. 17 Wagner (Mar. 30) … Added seven consecutive multi-goal outings including three hat tricks (Mar. 30-Apr. 15) … Scored twice and drew six ejections at No. 14 Harvard (Apr. 8) … Consecutive hat tricks at No. 20 Brown (Apr. 8) and at No. 12 Michigan (Apr. 15) … Put up four goals vs. No. 18 Harvard in the CPWA Championship Game (Apr. 30) … Scored twice and drew five ejections vs. No. 3 Cal in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 12) … Hat trick and three drawn ejections vs. No. 2 USC in the NCAA Semifinals (May 13).
2022: Played in 27 games for the Tigers, with 22 starts...Posted 55 goals, 39 assists, 36 steals and 37 drawn ejections...Scored her first collegiate goal vs. California Baptist (Jan. 21)...Scored four goals in a game three times...produced 18 multi-goal games...distributed five assists vs. Biola (Mar. 11)...registered three steals in a game five times...Drew four ejections at Long Beach State (Mar. 8) and at Harvard (Apr. 9).
Before Princeton:
Greenwich Academy: A two-time captain that was the team highest scorer three times … New England Championship All-Tournament MVP three years … GA Team MVP Award as a junior … New England All-American squad three times … Team was three-time New England Champion … Also played volleyball and swam … Named Greenwich Aquatics MVP twice and school MVP three times … Member of the DREAM Club … Honor Roll
Club/ODP: Member of a U.S. national team for four years … 2018 Tournament MVP in Hungary.
Personal: Daughter of Faina and Alex Yelensky … Has one brother … Father played water polo at UMass.
Career Stats:
Career Highs:
Goals: 7, at No. 21 Brown (2/7/25)
Assists: 5, vs. Biola (3/11/23)
Steals: 5, vs. Villanova (2/8/24)
Drawn Ejections: 8, at No. 4 Hawaii (1/26/24)
Blocks: 2, 10x - MR - vs. No. 9 Harvard (3/29/25)
ACWPC Second Team All-America (2024)
ACWPC Third Team All-America (2023, 2025)
NCAA All-Tournament Second Team (2024)
CWPA Most Valuable Player (2025)
CWPA Tournament MVP (2024)
CWPA First-Team All-Conference (2023, 2024, 2025)
CWPA Second-Team All-Conference (2022)
CWPA All-Tournament First Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
CWPA All-Tournament Second Team (2022)
CWPA Player of the Week (Jan. 29. 2024, Apr. 8, 2024, Apr. 29, 2024, May 13, 2024, Jan. 27, 2025, Mar. 17, 2025, Apr. 2, 2025, Apr. 16, 2025)
CWPA Rookie of the Week (Feb. 14, 2022, Mar. 14, 2022)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
2025: Graduates second in program history in career goals (278) and sixth in career assists (113) … Played in every game, producing a career-high 94 tallies, adding 48 drawn ejections, 24 assists and 21 steals … the first Tiger to reach 90 goals in a season since Adele McCarthy-Beauvais in 2022 and just the third player to get to that mark overall … Had 23 multi-goal performances and 19 hat tricks … Began the season with five consecutive hat tricks (Jan. 24-Feb. 8) … Produced two assists and three drawn ejections vs. La Salle (Jan. 24) … Back-to-back games with four tallies vs. LIU and No. 22 Wagner (Jan. 25-26) … Career-high seven goals at No. 21 Brown (Feb. 7) … Contributed four goals vs. No. 15 UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 9) … Had four goals and three steals vs. Saint Francis (Feb. 23) … Led the Tigers with six goals vs. No. 23 Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 12) … Put up five tallies at No. 20 San Diego State (Mar. 14) and vs. No. 15 Indiana (Mar. 15) … Snagged 13 goals over a 24-hour period vs. No. 22 Brown, No. 9 Harvard and Mercyhurst (Mar. 29-30) … Had five tallies at No. 14 Michigan (Apr. 5) … Dropped in three consecutive games with four goals each at Bucknell and No. 18 Wagner (Apr. 12-26) … Scored and drew three ejections vs. No. 15 Harvard in the CWPA Championship (Apr. 27).
2024: Did not miss any games, making 30 starts … Led the team with 69 goals, adding 23 assists, 31 steals and 47 drawn ejections … Had a goal in 28 of the team’s 30 games … Put up 12 hat tricks … Drew eight ejections at No. 4 Hawaii (Jan. 26) … Scored five times vs. Azusa Pacific (Jan. 27) … Hat trick and five steals vs. Villanova (Feb. 8) … Consecutive hat tricks vs. Siena (Feb. 17) and Mt. St. Mary’s (five goals, Feb. 18) … Hat trick vs. No. 21 LIU (Feb. 23) … Snagged two goals, three assists and three steals vs. Saint Francis (Mar. 3) … Collected three straight hat tricks (Mar. 2-9) … Produced four goals, two steals and three drawn ejections vs. No. 20 Brown (Mar. 3) … Added four goals vs. No. 13 Indiana (Mar. 10) … Contributed five goals vs. Iona (Mar. 20) … Hat trick at Bucknell (Apr. 7) … Led the Tigers with four goals vs. No. 24 Brown in the CWPA Semifinal (Apr. 27) … Had a hat trick and two assists vs. No. 13 Michigan in the CWPA Championship game (Apr. 28) … Snagged two goals vs. No. 2 Hawaii in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 10).
2023: Played in 28 games … Collected 60 goals, 27 assists, 47 drawn ejections and 15 blocks … Began the season with seven straight multi-goal performances including four hat tricks (Jan. 28-Feb. 12) … Hat trick and three assists vs. No. 19 Brown (Feb. 26) … Contributed four goals and two helpers vs. No. 17 Wagner (Mar. 30) … Added seven consecutive multi-goal outings including three hat tricks (Mar. 30-Apr. 15) … Scored twice and drew six ejections at No. 14 Harvard (Apr. 8) … Consecutive hat tricks at No. 20 Brown (Apr. 8) and at No. 12 Michigan (Apr. 15) … Put up four goals vs. No. 18 Harvard in the CPWA Championship Game (Apr. 30) … Scored twice and drew five ejections vs. No. 3 Cal in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 12) … Hat trick and three drawn ejections vs. No. 2 USC in the NCAA Semifinals (May 13).
2022: Played in 27 games for the Tigers, with 22 starts...Posted 55 goals, 39 assists, 36 steals and 37 drawn ejections...Scored her first collegiate goal vs. California Baptist (Jan. 21)...Scored four goals in a game three times...produced 18 multi-goal games...distributed five assists vs. Biola (Mar. 11)...registered three steals in a game five times...Drew four ejections at Long Beach State (Mar. 8) and at Harvard (Apr. 9).
Before Princeton:
Greenwich Academy: A two-time captain that was the team highest scorer three times … New England Championship All-Tournament MVP three years … GA Team MVP Award as a junior … New England All-American squad three times … Team was three-time New England Champion … Also played volleyball and swam … Named Greenwich Aquatics MVP twice and school MVP three times … Member of the DREAM Club … Honor Roll
Club/ODP: Member of a U.S. national team for four years … 2018 Tournament MVP in Hungary.
Personal: Daughter of Faina and Alex Yelensky … Has one brother … Father played water polo at UMass.
Career Stats:
| Season | GP | Goals | Shots | Assists | Steals | Sprints (W-L) | Ej. Drawn | Blocks |
| 2022 | 27 | 55 | 126 | 39 | 36 | 0-0 | 37 | 7 |
| 2023 | 28 | 60 | 121 | 27 | 13 | 1-1 | 47 | 15 |
| 2024 | 30 | 69 | 149 | 23 | 31 | 0-0 | 47 | 14 |
| 2025 | 28 | 94 | 171 | 24 | 21 | 0-1 | 48 | 11 |
| Career | 113 | 278 | 567 | 113 | 91 | 1-2 | 179 | 47 |
Career Highs:
Goals: 7, at No. 21 Brown (2/7/25)
Assists: 5, vs. Biola (3/11/23)
Steals: 5, vs. Villanova (2/8/24)
Drawn Ejections: 8, at No. 4 Hawaii (1/26/24)
Blocks: 2, 10x - MR - vs. No. 9 Harvard (3/29/25)
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
