Kayla Blas

Northwestern Field Hockey vs. North Carolina during the Finals of the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship at Nancy Stevens Field at the George J. Sherman Complex on November 20, 2022 in Storrs, Connecticut

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Northwestern Field Hockey vs. #11 Liberty on September 9, 2022 at Lakeside Field in Evanston, IL

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National ChampionshipLiberty Flames vs. Northwestern WildcatsField HockeyPhyllis Ocker FieldAnn Arbor, MINovember 21, 2021(Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)

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Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Northwestern WildcatsField HockeyLakeside FieldEvanston, ILSeptember 10, 2021(Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)

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Position:
B/M
Height:
5-3
Class:
Fifth Year
High School:
Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart
Hometown:
Pendleton, New York

Awards:

Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2022)
All-American Second Team (2020-21, 2022)
NFHCA All-West First Team (2020-21, 2021, 2022)
NFHCA All-West Second Team (2019)
All-Big Ten First Team (2020-21)
All-Big Ten Second Team (2019, 2021, 2022)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (3/16/21)
NCAA All-Tournament Team (2021)
Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
NFHCA National Academic Squad (2019, 2020, 2021)
2022 NFHCA Division I Senior Team

Career Highs:

Goals: 1 (3x, most recent: vs. Liberty, 9/9/22)
Assists: 3 (at UMass, 8/29/22)
Points: 3 (at UMass, 8/29/22)
Shots: 3 (at Princeton, 9/18/22)
Shots on Goal: 2 (at Boston College, 9/4/22)

Season Highs:

Goals: 1 (vs. Liberty, 9/9)
Assists: 3 (at UMass, 8/29)
Points: 3 (at UMass, 8/29)
Shots: 3 (at Princeton, 9/18)
Shots on Goal: 2 (at Boston College, 9/4)

2022:

All-American Second Team
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
All-Big Ten Second Team
NFHCA All-West First Team
NFHCA Collegiate Watch List
Started all 25 games while recording a goal and 17 assists, tied for the seventh most in a season in Northwestern history
Recorded an assist in the season opener against No. 22 Maine (8/28)
Posted a career-high three assists against No. 25 UMass (8/29)
Notched her third straight game with an assist against No. 18 Duke (9/2)
Set a new career high with two shots on goal at No. 14 Boston College (9/4)
Scored her first goal of the season, which ultimately proved to be the game winner, against No. 11 Liberty (9/9)
Recorded two assists, both in the first half, against No. 9 Virginia (9/11)
Set a new career high with three shots at No. 8 Princeton (9/18)
Fired a shot and made a key interception in the shooting circle against Richmond (9/25)
Assisted the third-minute goal off a penalty corner against No. 4 Maryland (10/2)
Recorded an assist in the overtime win against No. 21 Ohio State (10/16)
Assisted the 80th minute walk-off goal against No. 6 Michigan (10/21)
Tallied an assist in the win over Indiana (10/28)
Assisted a goal for the fourth straight game against Miami (OH) (10/30)
Recorded an assist in the Big Ten quarterfinal against No. 18 Rutgers (11/3)
Assisted a goal in the Big Ten championship game against No. 6 Michigan (11/6)
Tallied an assist in the fourth quarter of the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals to force overtime against No. 11 Iowa (11/13)
Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal against No. 2 Maryland in the NCAA Final Four to send Northwestern to its second straight national championship game (11/18)
Assisted a goal for the third straight game in the national championship against No. 1 North Carolina (11/20)

2021:

Led the National Champion Wildcats and ranked second in the conference with 12 assists
NFHCA All-West First Team
Second Team All-Big Ten
Tallied 20 starts
Recorded her first assist of the season in a 6-1 win over No. 23 Kent State (9/10)
Contributed two assists and a shot on goal against No. 25 Maine (9/12)
Scored her first career goal against California (9/19)
Found the back of the net in the second-straight game with a goal versus No. 10 Rutgers (9/24)
Recorded an assist in the win over No. 7 Maryland (9/30)
Matched a season high with two assists against Ball State (10/10)
Posted an assist in win over Ohio State (10/15)
Added another assist in win over No. 1 Iowa (10/29)
Grabbed an assist in win over Indiana (10/31)
Recorded another penalty corner assist in the Big Ten Tournament against Michigan (11/4)
Assisted both goals in Northwestern's 2-1 victory over Harvard in the NCAA Tournament semi-final (11/19)

2020-21:

All-American Second Team
NFHCA All-West First Team
Earned First Team All-Big Ten honors (4/19)
Named Big Ten Defensive player of the week after her performance in Northwestern's two shut-out wins over Indiana (3/16)
Grabbed an assist in each win over Ohio State (3/26, 3/28)
Posted another assist against No. 10 Rutgers (4/11)

2019:

NFHCA All-West Second Team
Earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors
Started all 22 games
Ranked second on the team in assists with nine
Contributed two assists in the season opener at No. 21 Stanford (8/30)
Recorded a pair of assists in a win over UMass Lowell (9/13)
Notched three assists in two games in victories over No. 12 Ohio State (9/20) and Miami (9/22)

2018:

Named to U-19 National Team
Started every match as a back in her first season
Recorded three assists on the year
Tallied an assist in her first collegiate match, a 4-2 loss to UCONN (8/24), followed by another assist in a 3-2 win over Stanford in the next match (8/26)

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