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2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster

20 Kayla Michael

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • High School Mason

Biography

Awards & Honors
2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016-17:  Played in 22 games after recovering from a hamstring injury… Averaged 2.1 rebounds, 0.9 points and 0.5 assists in 8.4 minutes off the bench… Collected five blocked shots… Corralled at least three rebounds in six games… Dished a season-high three assists in 10 minutes in her second game back from injury against IUPUI (12/04)… Scored five points, grabbed a season-best nine rebounds and added a blocked shot in a season-high 22 minutes vs. Saint Louis (12/21)… Grabbed four rebounds in 10 minutes of action vs. Alabama (01/08)… Chipped in two points and four rebounds in a win over Arkansas (01/23)… Tallied 15 minutes at No. 6 Mississippi State, recording a blocked shot, an assist and a rebound (02/05)… Played 18 minutes in Mizzou’s final home game, posting a season-high six points, making her first triple of the season while converting a season-high three free throws vs. Ole Miss (02/23)… Collected three rebounds and a blocked shot in seven minutes in Mizzou’s NCAA Tournament victory over South Florida (03/17).
2015-16: Played in 30 games … Averaged 3.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game … Recorded 19 assists (0.6), nine steals (0.3) and six blocks (0.2) … Shot 39 percent (39-for-100) from the field, 23 percent (5-for-22) from 3-point range and 83 percent (25-for-30) from the free throw line … Scored in double figures three times … Grabbed at least five rebounds in seven contests … Averaged 4.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest during nonconference action … Notched a season-high 11 points on 5-for-5 shooting vs. Alabama (2/11) … Also tallied 11 points and pulled down seven rebounds vs. SIU Edwardsville (11/24) … Scored eight points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out a season-best three assists in a season-high 29 minutes in the NCAA Tournament First Round vs. BYU (3/19) … Grabbed a season-best nine rebounds vs. Lamar (12/20) … Finished a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line vs. BYU (3/19) and vs. Southeast Missouri (12/2).

2014-15: Started the first nine contests before suffering a torn ACL vs. Colorado (12/12) that ended her season ... Averaged 8.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 23.6 minutes per game ... Rebounding average ranked second on the team behind ... Shot 46 percent (32-for-70) from the floor, 43 percent (3-for-7) from 3-point range and 53 percent (9-for-17) from the foul line ... Recorded six steals and three blocks ... Scored in double figures in five contests ... Registered a double-double with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds vs. California (11/23) in the Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawai'i ... Scored 10 points and grabbed eight boards at Bradley (12/6) and vs. Colorado (12/12).

2013-14: Appeared in 31 games (eight starts) as a true freshman ... Scored in double figures six times and recorded two double-doubles ... Recorded a career-high 19 points at Saint Louis (11/8) in her NCAA debut, including a perfect 7-for-7 mark from the free throw line ... Averaged 19.2 minutes per game ... Finished third on team by shooting 44 percent from the field and averaging 4.5 rebounds per game ... Also was on the 2013-14 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

High School:  Four-year starter at Mason (Ohio) High School ... Led her team to an 18-7 record in 2011-12 and its first regional appearance since 2000 ... Averaged 13.7 points and 7.9 rebounds per game as a junior ... Recognized as a first-team All-GMC selection and was a Cincinnati Enquirer Division I all-area selection ... Also named second-team All-GMC and earned an honorable mention all-region accolades ... Coached by Rob Matula ... Three-year member of the Dean's List with a 3.9 grade point average ... Science Department Student of the Year honoree.

Personal: Graduated in May 2017 with a degree in Communications... Born Nov. 4, 1994 ... Daughter of Dave and Jenn McDowell ... Married Cam Michael, who played basketball at Air Force Academy and Northern Colorado... Brother, Quinn, was a standout basketball player at William & Mary and now coaches at Virginia Weselyan... Brother, Keegan, plays basketball at Liberty University... Sister, Delaney, runs track at Liberty... Sister, Breann, swam at the University of Louisville was a team captain... Pursuing her Master's Degree in Clinical Counseling ... Chose Mizzou over Iowa and Nebraska.

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Historical Player Information

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    2013-14Freshman

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    2014-15Sophomore

    F
    6'2"
    20
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    2015-16Redshirt Sophomore

    Forward
    6'2"
    20
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    2016-17Redshirt Junior

    Forward
    6'2"
    20
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    2017-18Redshirt Senior

    Forward
    6'2"
    20