Outlook

Kayla Neigenfind is a super competitive player with a high volleyball IQ … Athletic, tough, and an offensive threat … Is a good block and ball control player along with adding in a good setter ... A very versatile and athletic player ... Gained strength and quickness in the offseason that will contribute to her game at net ... Will continue her playing career at Pittsburg State University.

Sophomore Year 2019

Played in 35 matches and 120 sets … Was a second-team All-District A D-II selection … Finished with 326 kills and a  2.72 kills-per-set average, both second-best on the team … Ranked 16^th in total kills in the conference, and 25^th in kills-per-set average … Also registered 346 digs and a 2.88 digs-per-set average, both second-best on the squad … Those totals ranked 23^rd and 30^th respectively in the conference … Also had 40 service aces, 27 blocks and 18 assists … Reached double figures in kills 19 times, in digs 17 times and had  11 double-double matches of kills and digs … Posted her first double-double with 10 kills and a season-high 21 digs in a 3-2 loss at Central (8-24-19) … Recorded 11 kills and 11 digs in a 3-0 win over Highland to open conference play (8-28-19) … Credited with 15 kills in a 3-1 loss to No. 1-ranked Parkland (9-7-19) … Followed with a double-double of 12 kills and 15 digs in a 3-1 win over No. 12-ranked Illinois Central (9-7-19) …  Registered 14 kills, a season-best attack percentage of .500 and 16 digs in a 3-1 loss at No. 15-ranked Cloud County (9-25-19) … Had a season-high 16 kills and matched her season-high of 21 digs in a 3-2 win over Waubonsee (10-4-19) … Posted her last double-double of the season with 15 kills and 13 digs in a 3-1 win over No. 19-Kirkwood (10-26-19) … Had 11 kills in JCCC’s 3-0 victory over No. 7-ranked Cowley in the District A Tournament semifinals (11-9-19) ... Earned JCCC student-athlete academic honors in the fall 2019 semester.

Freshman Year 2018

Played in 36 matches and 134 sets this season ... Ranked third on the team with 310 kills and her 2.31 kills per set ratio was also third-best ... Also had 156 digs and a digs per set ratio of 1.16 ... Had 53 blocks, 29 assists and 14 aces ... Reached double figures in kills in 13 matches, in digs four times and once in assists ... Had her first double digit kill match with 12 in a win over NEO A&M on the opening day of the season (8-24-18) ... Recorded a double-double of 13 kills and 11 digs in a win at Neosho County (8-29-18) ... Got a second double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs in a win over McCook (9-1-18) ... Registered a season-high 12 digs along with seven kills in a big win over No. 2 Parkland (9-7-18) ... Picked up a third double-double on the season with 10 kills and a season-high 11 assists in a win over Ellsworth in first match of the Des Moines Area Challenge (10-5-18) ... Had a season-high 17 kills in the third match of the challenge, a win over North Dakota State College of Science (11-6-18) ... Capped the event with a 15-kill effort in a win over No. 12 Kirkwood (10-6-18) ... Had 14 kills in a win at Hesston (10-9-18) ... Helped JCCC to a come-from-behind win over Neosho County in the semifinals of the District M Tournament with 10 kills four digs against the Panthers … Had 12 digs, three assists and two aces in the win over Oakland in the opening round of the NJCAA D-II National Tournament (11-15-18) … Set new season highs for blocks with six and aces with three in second round victory over Lincoln Land (11-15-18) … Registered a double-double of 10 kills and 10 digs in the win over Kirkwood to help JCCC finish third at nationals (11-17-18) ... Earned third-team NJCAA All-Academic honors with a 3.63 GPA.

High School 

Was a four-year starter for coach Brooke Ralph at Seaman High School, Topeka, Kan. … Graduated 2018 … Earned All-City second-team and All-Centennial League honors her junior year … Played club volleyball for the Topeka Impact coached by Mark Evans from 2014-17, and the Kansas Networks coached by Stuart Johnson in 2018 … Helped the Impact qualify for nationals five times and finish runner-up in 2016 … Was a three-time letter winner in track and field … Was a Kansas 5A Region champion and State qualifier in the long jump in 2015 and in the 100-meter hurdles in 2016 … Finished runner-up at the 2016 5A Regional in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 17.69 … Was an honorable mention All-City selection in track and field in 2016 and 2018 … Earned first-team All-Centennial Academic honors.

Personal 

Born Kayla Anne Neigenfind on April 28, 2000, in Topeka, Kan. … Nickname is Kay … Daughter of Russ and Mary Neigenfind …. Has one sister, Rylee … Majoring in nursing … Also recruited by Drury University and Pratt Community College … Favorite athletes are Kelsie Payne and Kerri Walsh Jennings … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs … Her greatest sports moment was when her club volleyball team placed second at Nationals.