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)

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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)

High School:

• Played varsity all four years 
• Captain in 2016 and 2017
• 47 career goals and 125 career assists
• High school team MVP all four years
• All-WNY Second Team
• All-WNY First Team in 2016 and 2017
• All-WNY Scholar Athlete in 2017
• NFHCA Second Team All-American and All-Region 2017
• Played for WNY Whalers New York
• JPOL Champions in 2017
• Region 5 JPOL Champions in 2017
• Also played varsity ice hockey all four years
• Captain in 2016 and 2017
• All-Federation First Team in 2017
• Also played varsity lacrosse all four years
• Captain in 2016 and 2017
• Coaches Award in 2016
• High school honor roll all four years
• National Honors Society
• All-WNY Scholar Athlete

 
Personal:

• Daughter of Lisa and Mike Blas
• Full name is Kayla Louise Blas
• Born in Buffalo, New York
• Mother played field hockey at Southern Illinois University
• Father played baseball at the University at Buffalo
• Major is mechanical engineering