- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my top choice because I love the campus, the softball program is great, and I can study marine biology."
- Selected VWC over Coastal Carolina University and East Carolina University
Career Highs
Hits: 4 – (2x, most recent, vs. Birmingham-Southern - 3/11/16)
Doubles: 1 – (9x, most recent, N.C. Wesleyan - 2/22/16 - G2)
Triples: 1 – (8x, most recent, at Salisbury – 5/9/15)
Home Runs: NA
Runs: 3 – (2x, most recent, vs. Birmingham-Southern - 3/11/16)
RBI: 4 – (at Randolph-Macon – 3/24/15 – G1)
Stolen Bases: 4 – (2x, most recent, at Shenandoah – 4/21/14)
Hitting Streak: 9 – (3/14/14 - 3/27/14)
2015-16 ODAC All-Academic Team
2014-15 ODAC All-Academic Team
2015 All-ODAC Second Team
2014 All-Atlantic Region Second Team
2014 All-ODAC Third Team
ODAC Player of the Week (Feb. 24-Mar. 2, 2014)
Senior (2016): Appeared in 17 games on the year, making 15 starts before suffering a season-ending injury… Batted .381 with 14 stolen bases at the time of injury… Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored, two RBI, and a stolen base against N.C. Wesleyan on February 22… Matched a career high with four hits against Birmingham-Southern on March 11 while scoring three runs and driving in two.
Junior (2015): Played in 37 contests as a junior… Stole 27 bases while ranking No. 25 in the nation with 0.73 steals per game… Five triples on the year were the 30th-best total in all of Division III… Had 11 multi-hit games on the year… Stole three bases in two different games… Had six doubles on the year, three times her career mark from her first two seasons.
Sophomore (2014): Recipient of the prestigious Golden Shoe Award as the most outstanding base stealer in NCAA Division III… NCAA Division III statistical champion in stolen bases with 52 in 57 attempts… All-Atlantic Region third team honoree… All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference third team honoree… Compiled a .378 batting average… Posted a 4-for-5 day, with four stolen bases, in an 8-3 win over Eastern Mennonite University… Also stole four bases in a 5-0 win over Shenandoah University… Stole at least one base in 32 games.
Freshman (2013): Compiled a .357 batting average.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient… Compiled a 4.0 GPA in winter '14.
Before VWC: Averaged .492 hitting as a senior for an 11-11 Cave Spring softball team… Produced a .583 slugging percentage, 16 steals, 20 runs and eight runs batted in… Three time All-River Ridge District honoree… Second team All-Region IV as a junior and senior… Second team All-Times Area as a junior and senior… Cave Spring's Offensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior… Cave Spring's Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior… Bright Knight Award recipient in 2011… Graduated with honors.
Personal: Daughter of Kim and Don Malkos… Parents attended Penn State University and Duquesne University… Born in Jeannette, Pa… Has one sister, Danielle, a student at Radford University… Marine science and biology minor.
Get to Know Kayla
-Enjoys all kinds of music and spending vacation time at the beach
- Favorites include action and scary movies and the TV series "The Big Bang Theory"
- A fan of pro football's Tim Tebow, pro hockey's Pittsburgh Penguins, and singer Katy Perry
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "hard worker who works hard to succeed
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "the challenge of competing."
- My personal athletic goals at VWC are: "to become and NCAA All-American athlete."
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "my offensive game."
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Kristen Wiig. She is very funny and one of my favorite actresses."
- If I could participate in a reality show it would be: "none. I don't watch reality TV."
- If I could possess one superpower it would be: "flying because I want to be able to fly anywhere I want."
- People might be surprised to know: "I used to play the violin."
- It's the year 2025 and: "I'm at the beach carrying out my dream of being a marine biologist."
- The most important advice I've received is: "I can do anything I put my mind to" -- Mom
