Kayla Thompson

Class:
Senior
Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Austin, Texas
High School:
Saint Stephen's Episcopal
Previous School:
West Virginia University

2021: Named to All-Ivy Second Team ... Named to All-Region First Team ... Selected to participate in 2022 NEWISA Senior Bowl ... Named to All-Ivy Academic Team ... Started all 16 games in goal for the Bears ... Posted a team-best .724 save percentage, 1.02 goals against average, and four shutouts ... Served as team captain ... Graduates as the all-time program leader in goals against average (.73) ... Graduates fifth in program history in shutouts (13), sixth in wins (22), and 13th in save percentage (.813) ... Helped Brown win its second straight and league-leading 14th Ivy League title.

2020: Gained First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades … Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019: Earned First Team All-Ivy honors … Garnered First Team All-East Region accolades … Took home First Team NEWISA All-New England plaudits; top vote getter among goalkeepers … Collected Third Team Scholar All-America and First Team Scholar All-East Region laurels … Earned the team’s Ridgely Most Valuable Player Award … Won Ivy League Player of the Week twice (Sept. 9, Sept. 16) … Gained a spot on Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Week on Sept. 9 … Ranked sixth in the NCAA in save percentage (.892) and ninth in goals-against average (0.44); her 0.44 GAA ranked third in a single season at Brown … Led the Ivy League in GAA, save percentage, and shutouts (nine) while ranking third in total saves (58) and fourth in saves per game (3.63) … Paced the conference in GAA (0.54), save percentage (.867), and shutouts (four) in Ivy play only … Played in 16 games with 15 starts … Did not leave the field in Ivy play … Posted a 10-2-3 overall record and 6-0-1 Ivy mark … Stopped two penalty kicks in the shootout against Monmouth (Nov. 16) in the first round of the NCAA Championship … Made a season-high seven saves at Florida State (Nov. 22) in the second round of the NCAA Championship … Turned aside six shots in each of three games – at Texas A&M (Sept. 8), at Yale (Nov. 9), and vs. Monmouth (Nov. 16) … Notched five or more saves in each of six games … Helped Brown win its first Ivy League title and make its first NCAA Championship appearance since 1994 … Helped the Bears set single-season program records for wins (14), home wins (11), and shutouts (13) … Led a Brown defense that ranked second in the NCAA in goals allowed (eight), third in save percentage (.890), and fourth in GAA (0.40).

At West Virginia: Helped team reach NCAA tournament third round in 2017 and NCAA tournament second round in 2018 … Won a Big 12 title in 2018 … Earned Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, and Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll honors … Played in two games in 2017; made one save against Oklahoma (Oct. 8) … Appeared in one game in 2018 against Boston University (Sept. 13).

Before College: Earned First Team All-State honors … Gained All-Southwest Preparatory Conference accolades in 2015 and 2016 … Captained St. Stephen’s Episcopal as a senior … Played for head coach Shane Maguire … Competed on the club level for Lonestar Soccer Club … Served Lonestar ’99 ECNL team as a captain for two years, helping team advance to 2015 National League final … Competed in the 2016 ECNL PDP Texas Pool … Also competed in track & field, acting as a team captain.

Personal: Kayla is the daughter of Debra and Richard Thompson … Has one younger brother, Blake … Collaborated on a project called Black Future during the Spring 2019 semester at West Virginia, writing a poem for the project which celebrated black excellence … Public Health concentrator.

Why Brown? “I chose to transfer to Brown because of the unique opportunity to play soccer in a competitive Division I program, while learning in an elite academic environment.”