Kayla Standish

Position: Forward
Height: 6-2 • 188 cms
Weight: 165 • 74.8 kgs
School: Gonzaga '12
Hometown: Ellensburg, WA

USA Basketball

• Named as a member of the 2011 USA Basketball Women’s Pan American Games Team on Sept. 27, 2011.

College Honors

• All-West Coast Conference (WCC) first team in 2011.
  
• WCC All-Tournament Team in 2011.
  
• Two-time WCC Player of the Week in 2010-11.
  
• WCC Player of the Month for December in 2010-11.

College Notes

• As a junior in 2010-11, started in all 36 games played and averaged 17.1 ppg. to become one of five players in Gonzaga history to score 600-plus points in a season (617); added team-highs of 8.4 rpg. and 1.6 bpg. while shooting a team-best 56.0 percent from the field, which ranked 13th in the nation. Helped Gonzaga to a 31-5 record and the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.
  
• Averaged 21.3 ppg. and 6.3 rpg., while shooting 61.7 percent during Gonzaga's four-game 2011 NCAA Tournament run.
  
• Tallied a career-high 30 points against Iowa in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and followed that with 30 points against UCLA in the second round, the first time in school history a player registered back-to-back 30-plus point games.
  
• Recorded a career-high 19 rebounds on Feb. 12, 2011.
  
• Scored in double-figures in all but five games in 2010-11; including 12 20-plus point contests, 14 double-digit rebounding games and 10 double-doubles.
  
• As a sophomore in 2009-10, started in all 34 games played and averaged 8.1 ppg., 4.4 rpg. and a team-high 1.4 bpg. to help her team to a 29-5 record and an NCAA Tournament regional semifinal.
  
• Eleven times scored in double digits in 2009-10.
  
• Recorded a career-high seven blocks on Feb. 11, 2010.
  
• As a freshman in 2008-09, started in three of 34 games played and averaged 3.9 ppg. and 2.9 rpg. to help her team to a 27-7 record and the NCAA Tournament second round.

High School Honors

• Four times named All-Central Washington Athletic Conference as well as all-state (2004-05 through 2007-08).
  
• Class 3A All-State Tournament first team (2005-06) and Class 2A State Tournament MVP (2006-07).

High School Notes

• Played four varsity seasons (2004-05 through 2007-08) at Ellensburg High School (Wash.), where she led her team to four state tournaments, three state titles and finished her career with 2,076 points.
  
• Averaged 18.6 ppg. and 10.0 rpg. as a junior in 2006-07.
  
• Averaged 22.3 ppg. and 10.0 rpg. as a sophomore in 2005-06.
  
• Also considered among the best volleyball players in the state and placed in the top four at state each year in both the 100-meter high hurdles and the triple jump

Personal Notes

• Born on Nov. 19, 1989.
  
• Daughter of Dave Standish and Joni Leaman.

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