Kayla Cox

Bio

As a Senior: First-team all-SSC...SSC Pitcher of the Year...Daktronics first-team all-South Region...NFCA first-team all-South Region...Daktronics Pitcher of the Year...NFCA second-team All-American...Daktronics first-team All-American...Finished third in the NCAA in earned run average (0.84)...Ranked third in hits allowed per seven innings (3.35)...13th in the NCAA in shutouts (9)...Finished 19th in the nation in strike outs (210)...Ranked 16th in the nation in strikeouts per seven innings (9.2)...SSC Player of the Week (3/10; 3/31; 4/14)...CoSIDA Academic All-District...First-team CoSIDA Academic All-American...Started in 25 games in the circle and appeared in three… Concluded the season with an 18-3 record, 0.84 ERA, and 210 strikeouts in 159 innings pitched…Threw nine shutouts and 16 complete games…Threw her second career perfect game against Adelphi (3/11)…Threw six double digit strikeout games…Struck out 16 batters twice, Adelphi (3/11) and Northwestern Ohio (3/25).

As a Junior: Capital One Academic All-American…CoSIDA Academic All-District…First Team All-Sunshine State Conference… Sunshine State Conference Pitcher of the Year… South Region Pitcher of the Year… All-South Region… Daktronics National Pitcher of the Year… All-American (Daktronics first team, NFCA first team)…D2ADA Academic Achievement Award...Started 30 games and appeared in four games in the circle for the Spartans…Concluded the season with a 25-6 record, 0.74 ERA, a school-record 332 strikeouts, 208.1 innings pitched three saves…Tabbed Sunshine State Pitcher of the week five times during season and threw her first career perfect game against Missouri S&T with 18 strikeouts (2/15)…Registered 20 punchouts against Columbus State (2/8)…Hurled 20 games with more than 10 strikeouts per game and eight of those games throwing more than 15 strikeouts…Hurled a total of seven no-hitters during season, marking a school record…In addition to perfect game versus Missouri S&T, she also no-hit Columbus State (2/8), Southeastern, Fla. (2/23), Florida Tech (3/1), Fort Hays State (3/6), Florida Southern (3/28) and Lynn (4/26).

As a Sophomore: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…First-team all-Sunshine State Conference…Daktronics first-team all-South Region…NFCA second-team all-South Region…Daktronics first-team All-American…SSC Pitcher of the Week (2/13, 4/2, 4/9)…Went 16-2 with a 0.34 ERA…Set UT school record for ERA in a season…Also led nation in ERA, strikeouts per seven innings (12.0) and hits allowed per seven innings (2.36)…Was also ranked nationally in strikeouts (24th, 214) and shutouts (seventh, 13)…Had three no-hitters in first season as a Spartan, versus Palm Beach Atlantic (2/12), Lynn (3/13, five innings) and Barry (5/5)…No-hitter against Barry occurred in the NCAA South regional, ranking as the first postseason no-hitter in UT history…Had a pair of consecutive scoreless innings streaks of 45 and 40.1 frames without giving up a run…Set school record with 83.2 consecutive innings without an earned run…Did not give up an earned run in Sunshine State Conference play…Credited with 13 double-figure strikeout efforts, including season-high 18 in first game as a Spartan, against Georgia College (2/11)…Had double-figure strikeouts in six consecutive SSC contests from March 10 to April 14…Recorded consecutive one-hit shutouts with 16 strikeouts in SSC games versus Florida Tech (3/10) and Saint Leo (3/17)…Registered four straight shutouts in SSC play, versus nationally-ranked Barry (3/31), Florida Southern (4/6), Eckerd (4/14) and Nova Southeastern (4/28)…Pitched in two of three NCAA South Regional contests…In no-hitter versus Barry, had 15 strikeouts in shutout performance.

As a Freshman (NCSU): Attended North Carolina State University...Appeared in 34 games and started 27 games with a record of 14-14… Finished the season with a 2.83 ERA over 183.1 innings pitched.

High School: Lettered four years for Coach Glenn Rodriguez at East Bay High School… Served as team captain her senior year… Compiled an 18-1 record while sporting a 0.19 ERA in 2010… Led her team to a 5A Florida State title in 2010… Named a Max Prep Gatorade All-American as a senior… Named first-state FACA all-state as a senior… Honored as SA District Player of the Year and first-team All-Western Conference in 2010… Named all-county St. Pete first-team and first-team Tampa Tribune all-county… Member of the FACA all-star team in 2010… Honored as second-team ESPN All-American as a senior… Helped lead her travel team, team FLA, to a third place finish at the 2010 ASA Gold Nationals.

Personal: Daughter of Betty Miller… Communications major…Birthdate: 11/25/1991.