45 - Kayla Wood

KAYLA WOOD

POSITION: Defense HOMETOWN: Baltimore, Md. COLLEGE: North Carolina HEIGHT: 5-6 kwooood

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ATHLETE CAUSE: Harlem Lacrosse

ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE

2022 Season: Second-year defender who appeared in nine games during 2022 Athletes Unlimited season … missed Week Three due to an injury … accrued 809 leaderboard points, including season-high 129 points in Week Two opener against Team Johansen on July 28 … collected six caused turnovers in addition to five ground balls … posted 100 or more points in all three games during Week Two. 2021 Season: Finished season with 1,561 leaderboard points, including seven games with 100 or more points … ranked third in the league with 1,190 win points … one of three players to serve as a captain three times during inaugural season, joining attacker Kylie Ohlmiller and midfielder Dempsey Arsenault … earned captain’s role during Weeks Two, Three and Four … one of two plates to record 500 or more leaderboard points in a single week … opened season with 501 points after scoring a goal with 10 draw controls, six ground balls and three caused turnovers with three game wins in Week One … tied with midfielder Taylor Cummings for league lead with 16 quarter victories as a captain … authored 16-14-6 quarter record during three weeks as a captain … one of four players to hold top spot on individual leaderboard during 2021 season … served as leaderboard leader from July 23-30 and Aug. 1-6 … posted 35 draw controls, good for sixth in the circuit … recorded season-high five draw controls in season opener against Team Benson … tied for eighth in the league with 27 ground balls in 15 games … recorded season-high two caused turnovers in a game four times … finished season tied for sixth in the circuit with 12 caused turnovers … scored lone goal of the season against Team O’Donnell on July 24 … also registered an assist in season opener on July 23 … one of 13 players selected in Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse College Draft.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Played for Team USA at the 2021 USA Lacrosse Fall Classic … member of training team for Team USA’s 2022 World Championship squad.

AT NORTH CAROLINA

Four-year letter winner with the Tar Heels who appeared in 66 games with 33 starts from 2018-21 … scooped up 49 ground balls with 58 draw controls … led Tar Heels to NCAA Division I semifinals three times … ranked fifth on the team with 11 caused turnovers during senior season … started 20-of-21 games as a freshman.

PERSONAL

Majored in sociology at North Carolina … three-sport athlete at Catonsville High School who earned Under Armour Lacrosse All-America honors.

WOOD’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS

SEASON GP GS G 2G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT LPTS 2021 15 15 1 0 1 2 2 0.500 0 0.000 27 35 6 12 1,561 2022 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 5 10 4 6 809 TOTAL 27 21 1 0 1 2 2 0.500 0 0.000 32 45 10 18 2,370