Kayla McCoy - 2016 Softball - LIU Post


#12 Kayla McCoy

Position: Infield
Height: 5-8
Class: Junior
Hometown: Smithtown, N.Y.
Previous School: Smithtown West

2016: All ECC Second Team … started at second base in all 42 games that she played for the Pioneers … hit .257 on the season in 113 at-bats … recorded six doubles and a home run … sported a .356 on-base percentage … was third on the team in assists (103) and fourth in putouts (93) … went 2-for-3 with a home run and a run scored in a 5-2 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas (Mar. 28) … hit 2-for-3 with an RBI in a 10-3 rout of Queens (Apr. 16).

2015: Started all 43 games that she played in as the team's primary option at first base ... was third on the team with a .245 batting average, hitting four home runs and driving in 13 runs ... posted a .382 slugging percentage and a .361 on-base percentage ... drew 19 walks on the season ... had five multi-hit games ... went 2-for-5 with two home runs, three RBIs and two runs scored in a doubleheader split with Mercy on Apr. 11 ... had two hits, including a solo home run, and three runs scored in a 10-2 win versus Bridgeport (Apr. 14) ... had two hits in Game 2 of the NCAA East Sub-Region Championship at Southern New Hampshire (May 10).

2014: Played in 59 games and started 58 contests at first base ... batted .313 with 51 hits in 163 at-bats ... smacked 6 home runs and drove in 28 RBIs ... led the team and the conference with 34 walks drawn ... hit her first career home run against Queens (N.Y.) (Apr. 5) ... recorded a three-hit game against NYIT (Apr. 8) ... drove in 5 RBI and hit a walk-off grand slam against Dowling (May 2) ... hit her second career grand slam in NCAA East Super Regional against Caldwell (May 16) ... recorded a .987 fielding percentage while committ 6 errors in 452 chances.

Prior to LIU Post: Two-Time Suffolk County Player of the Year at Smithtown West High School … claimed All-Long Island second-team honors in back-to-back seasons (2012 & 2013) … two-time All-County choice…named the Suffolk County League IV Rookie of the Year in 2009 … two-time All-Division pick … claimed NFCA All-Region accolades in her senior season … recipient of the Section XI MVP Award in 2013.
 
Personal: Has one sister, Paige, and one brother, Jake … daughter of John and Gina McCoy … her favorite athlete is Derek Jeter … the person she admires most is her sister … majoring in criminal justice.

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