UNC Wilmington Athletics

2025 (Graduate Student): Transferred to UNCW after four seasons at Portland ... Member of the Seahawks' 2025 Coastal Athletic Association South Division Championship squad ... Played in all 18 matches, making eight starts ... Logged 888 minutes during the season ... Tied for second on the team with three goals and 10 points ... Tied for the team-high with four assists ... Recorded 21 shots, including 12 on goal ... Provided the match-winning assist against Georgia Southern (Aug. 31) ... Scored the match-winning goal against High Point (Sept. 7) ... Recorded a goal and an assist in the 4-1 win against William & Mary (Oct. 10), earning CAA Offensive Player of the Week honors ... Made a penalty kick in the shootout against Elon in the CAA semifinals (Nov. 2).

2024 (Redshirt Junior) at Portland: Played in 20 matches, making eight starts for the Pilots ... Scored three goals on the season ... Netted goals vs. Stonehill (Aug. 18), San Diego (Oct. 18) and Loyola Marymount (Oct. 26) ... Sixth on the team with 22 shots and fifth on the team with 13 shots on goal.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore) at Portland: Played in 15 matches with three starts for Portland ... Scored two goals on the season for four points ... Both goals came against San Diego (Oct. 14), with one of those goals proving to be the game-winner ... One of just two Pilots to score multiple goals in a single game during the season ... Honorable mention on the league's all-academic team.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman) at Portland: Helped the Pilots win 12 matches and reach the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament ... Played in 16 matches with eight starts for the Pilots ... Scored five goals and notched three assists for 13 points, the second most on the team ... Made her Pilot debut against Eastern Washington (Aug. 21) with an electric performance, scoring a goal and adding two assists ... Added goals against Nebraska (Sept. 1), Pepperdine (Oct. 8), Saint Mary's (Oct. 26) and Pacific (Oct. 29) ... Also added an assist against Pacific... Named WCC Player of the Week on Oct. 31.

2021 (Freshman) at Portland: Did not play due to an injury.

High School/Club: Graduate of Eastmont High School ... Played with Crossfire Premier in the Elite Clubs National League from 2012 to 2021 ... Led team in scoring five times from the 2015-16 season to the 2020-21 season... Northwest Champions League champions and State Cup champions in 2016 ... DA Northwest Division champions for the 2018-19 season ... ECNL Northwest Division champions and Surf Cup Champions in the 2019-20 season ... The team also ranked second in the nation that season ... ECNL Northwest Division champions and Dallas Cup champions in the 2020-21 season and finished 10th in the nation that season.

Personal: Full Name: Kayla Theresa Adams ... Born in Duluth, Minn... Daughter of Kurt and Nikki Adams ... Majoring in nursing ... Father played baseball at Manchester University.