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77   Kayla Collins
Kayla Collins

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Niceville, Fla.
High School:
Niceville
Position:
P/IF
B/T:
R/R

2006 Season Highlights:
• Tenth in the ACC with 74.1 innings pitched.
• Picked up her fi rst collegiate win in a complete game against Connecticut (3/7).
• Also picked up her first collegiate hit against the Huskies.
• Collected her first ACC victory at Virginia (4/9), setting a career-high with eight strikeouts.
• Second on the team with 57 strikeouts.
• Pitched five innings or more on nine different occasions with six complete games.
• Florida State was 10-4 in games she started.
• Started three games at designated player in addition to her starts in the circle.

2006 Game Highlights:
• Threw a complete game against UCF (5/2), tying her careerhigh with eight strikeouts.
• Set her initial career high for strikeouts against Connecticut as she sat down seven on her way to the shutout.

2006 NCAA Tournament Highlights:
• Got the start in the opening game of the Athens Regional against Coastal Carolina (5/19).
• Struck out one batter and gave up one hit in her only inning of work.

High School:
• Back-to-back (2004-05) 5A First-Team All-State selection by the Florida Sportswriters Association.
• Two-time (2004-05) Northwest Florida Daily News Player of the Year and All-Area selection. Second team All-Area as a sophomore.
• Set the state record her junior year with 35 strikeouts in a 17- inning game against Fort Walton Beach.
• Led Niceville to the district title her senior year and an Elite Eight spot in the FHSAA tournament after a Final Four appearance the previous season.
• Eagles were ranked as high as 11th nationally in the USA Today/NFCA Poll.
• Named team MVP her last two seasons while serving as the Eagles' captain.
• Compiled a 57-5 record her last two seasons, pitching every game for Niceville.
• Produced 753 strikeouts in 403 innings her last two seasons with a 0.37 ERA.
• Last two years at the plate included a .352 average with 75 hits, 10 home runs and 61 RBI.
• Coached by Danny Hensley.

Travel Team:
• Played for her father Doug Collins on Gold High Intensity 18U team with FSU teammate Amanda Moore.

Personal:
• Born June 6, 1987.
• Majoring in education.
• Daughter of Doug and Kelly Collins.
• Father played on Alabama's 1979 national championships football team.
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