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31 - Kyra Pelton
KYRA PELTON
POSITION: Defense HEIGHT: 5-6 HOMETOWN: Redwood City, Calif. COLLEGE: Stanford kyra_pelton
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ATHLETE CAUSE: The OUT Foundation
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Season: Accumulated 662 leaderboard points during second Athletes Unlimited season … appeared in all 12 games … starter in final nine contests … secured eight ground balls with eight caused turnovers … registered a caused turnover in 8-of-12 outings … authored two ground balls in a game twice. 2021 Season: Fashioned 1,386 leaderboard points with nine games of 100 or more points … led all players with 12 game victories and 1,340 win points … closed season with 100 or more leaderboard points in four of final five games … recorded 15 ground balls with three caused turnovers … tallied back-to-back three ground ball efforts against Team Ohlmiller and Team Glynn to begin Week Five.
AT STANFORD
Five-year letter winner for the Cardinal who started 72-of-73 games from 2017-21 … tallied one goal with three assists while collecting 121 ground balls and 52 caused turnovers … ranks ninth on Cardinal’s career ground balls list … also stands ninth in program history with 111 career draw controls … led Stanford to a pair of Pac-12 Tournament titles … earned First-Team All-Pac-12 recognition as a fifth-year senior after starting 11 games and guiding Stanford to Pac-12 title … also claimed spot on IWLCA All-Region Second Team … ranked second on the team as a fifth-year senior with 41 draw controls … led Stanford with 22 caused turnovers during 2019 campaign.
PERSONAL
Grew up playing soccer in addition to lacrosse … earned her bachelor’s degree in sustainable product design … pursuing her Master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Stanford and is expected to graduate in 2023 … mother was a member of the Purdue rowing team … sister, Sophie, plays lacrosse at Chapman University.
PELTON’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
SEASON GP GS G 2G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT LPTS 2021 15 11 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0 0.000 15 2 3 3 1,386 2022 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 8 1 3 8 662 TOTAL 27 20 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0 0.000 23 3 6 11 2,048
