Career Notes: A 17-time All-American and seven-time national champion ... a two-time 100 breaststroke NCAA champion ... swam on five national champion relay teams ... placed either first or second in the 100 breaststroke all four years at the NCAA finals ... swam on 10 relay teams that finished in the top three at the national championships ... won 10 GLIAC titles, four individually and six on relay teams ... became just the eighth student-athlete in WSU history to be a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American (At-Large First Team in both 2013 and 2014) ... also became just the eighth WSU student-athlete to be a two-time GLIAC Commissioner's Award recipient.
2013-14: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Five-time First Team All-American and two-time national champion ... broke national record in preliminaries (1:00.96) and again in finals on way to winning 100 breaststroke title (1:00.66) ... swam third leg of record-setting, national champion 200 freestyle relay squad (1:31.64) ... swam breaststroke leg of second-place 200 medley relay (1:40.93) ... anchored second-place 400 freestyle relay squad (3:21.99) that broke school record ... joined third-place 400 medley relay (3:42.68) ... placed 18th in 200 breaststroke (2:18.99) ... finished 26th in the 50 freestyle (23.74). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Won four conference titles ... broke pool, meet, GLIAC and national records in winning 100 breaststroke (1:01.33) ... anchored GLIAC champion 200 medley relay (1:42.72) ... led off first-place 200 freestyle relay (1:32.84) ... joined first-place 400 medley relay (3:44.17) ... finished second in 200 breaststroke (2:16.86) and 200 IM (2:04.53) ... placed seventh in the 100 butterfly (57.19). SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team and CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team ... voted to the CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-America First Team after being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District (At-Large) First Team ... GLIAC Winter Commissioner's Award winner ... swam in eight meets ... named Counsilman Hunsaker CollegeSwimming.com Women's Swimmer of the Week (2/19) following the GLIAC Championships ... swam time of 54.15 in 100 freestyle at Grand Valley (1/11) ... 2013-14 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2012-13: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned five All-America awards, including swimming second leg of national champion 200 medley relay (1:41.52) ... placed second in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.85) ... swam third leg of second-place 200 free relay (1:32.69) ... joined fifth-place 400 medley relay (3:45.05) ... finished ninth in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.02) and 17th in the 200 IM (2:05.92) ... tied for 25th in 100 free (52.08). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Won three conference titles ... was victorious in the 200 IM (2:06.04) and 100 breaststroke (1:02.76) ... also joined conference champion 200 medley relay (1:43.77) ... led off third-place 400 free relay (3:28.82) ... placed fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:19.62). SEASON: Competed in nine meets ... top time in 50 free (25.31) vs. Findlay (1/11) ... top time in 100 free (51.42) at Eastern Michigan Invitational (11/30) ... voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (At-Large) and was a CoSIDA Academic All-American ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team and CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team ... GLIAC Winter Commissioner's Award winner ... 2012-13 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award.
Six-time First Team All-American and four-time national champion … won the 100 breaststroke (1:02.16) after breaking the NCAA record in the prelims (1:01.58) … joined the championship 200 medley (1:42.94), 400 medley (3:41.20) and 200 free (1:32.02; school record) relays … swam on the third-place 400 free relay (3:23.51) … finished eighth in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.50) … placed 18th in the 200 IM (2:07.10).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Broke meet and Jenison pool records in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.14) … swam the second leg of the victorious 200 medley (1:42.59) and 400 medley (3:44.78) relays … was the runner-up in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.61) and finished third in the 200 IM (2:05.50) … joined the third-place 200 free relay (1:34.27).
SEASON: Competed in 11 meets … top time in 50 free (25.15) Jan. 27 at Findlay ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team and the CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team ... 2011-12 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2010-11: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Finished second to teammate Ana Gonzalez Pena in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.09) to earn First Team All-America honors … came in 22nd in the 200 breaststroke (2:25.04) and 30th in the 200 individual medley (2:09.44).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Voted GLIAC Women’s Swimming Freshman of the Year … was the runner-up to Gonzalez Pena in both the 100 (1:03.06) and 200 breaststrokes (2:20.60) … placed fourth in the 200 IM (2:08.42) … swam the second leg of the fifth-place 800 free relay (7:46.04).
SEASON: Top time in the 100 free (54.03) Nov. 12 against Calvin … 1:58.31 in the 200 free at the Kenyon Total Performance Invitational … 1:06.47 in the 100 butterfly at Lewis.
High School: A 2010 graduate of Rochester Adams … trains with coach Erica Zuercher at the Utica Shelby Swim Club … was the 2009 state champion in the 100 breaststroke, and finished in the top eight in the 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle and 200 breaststroke … four-time national qualifier … holds 18 USCC records … three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
Personal: Full name--Kayla S. Scott … born in Royal Oak … daughter of Carl and Janet Scott … is majoring in psychology ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Fall 2013 and Winter 2014 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2011 and Fall 2012.
