Accolades: 

GNAC Tournament MVP: 2013
GNAC Pitcher of the Week (4/1/2013)
GNAC Sportsmanship Team: 2013
GNAC All-Academic (2013)

2013: Made 21 starts in the circle as a senior…posted a 1.65 ERA with an 11-8 record while fanning 79 batters in 119 innings…held opponents to a .233 batting average…led the team in appearances and innings and tied for the lead in complete games (11)…struck out in her only at bat of the season…named as the GNAC Pitcher of the Week on April 1st...picked up her first win of the season after allowing one unearned run off five hits with four K’s in a 7-1 triumph over MCLA on March 10th…allowed two runs (one earned) off seven hits with four strikeouts in a complete-game win over Albertus Magnus College on March 23rd…was the hard-luck loser after allowing two runs (none earned) off three hits with seven K’s in a 2-1 setback at the hands of Johnson & Wales on April 5th…suffered another difficult loss after yielding one unearned run off eight hits with eight punchouts in a 1-0 defeat to Suffolk University on April 22nd…did not allow a run in three GNAC Tournament starts, fanning 12 batters with 14 hits allowed over 18.1 innings en route to claiming GNAC Tournament Most Valuable Player accolades…finished her career with a 26-9 record and a 1.90 ERA…fanned 138 batters with 41 walks in 228.1 innings…left the program with the seventh-lowest WHIP (1.10) in team history.

2012: Starting in eight games as a junior pitcher…posted a 8-0 record with 1.70 ERA…allowed 36 hits and walked only five batters with 35 strikeouts in 49.1 innings pitched…posted four plate appearances…pitched 6.1 innings with only four hits and four strikeouts in a 1-0 win over Ohio Wesleyan on March 16th…threw seven innings with only five hits and two runs and fanned five batters in a 8-2 victory over Albertus Magnus on March 24th…hurled two innings in relief with zero hits and runs and striking out two batters against Emerson College on March 30th…pitched five innings with one hit and six strikeouts in a 9-0 win over Anna Maria College on March 31st…threw seven innings with only three hits and two strikeouts in a 5-0 win over the University of Southern Maine on April 3rd…hurled five innings with six hits and two runs with three strikeouts in a 11-2 victory against Johnson & Wales on April 7th…pitched seven innings with four hits and one run with four strikeouts in a 2-1 win over Mount IDA on April 18th…threw five innings with four hits and three strikeouts in a 9-0 victory over Norwich University on April 22nd.

2011: Appeared in eight games with five starts in the circle…went 4-1 with a 1.73 ERA…allowed 35 hits and 11 walks with 14 strikeouts in 36.1 innings…pitched well but was hit with the loss in her first start of the season – a 4-1 setback at the hands of Worcester State on March 15th…allowed two earned runs off eight hits that day against the Lancers…allowed just one hit in five innings to collect the victory in a start against Southern Maine on April 6th…improved to 2-1 on the year after yielding two unearned runs off seven hits with four K’s against Johnson & Wales on April 10th…scattered five hits and allowed one run in a complete game victory over UNE on April 19th…saw her record grow to 4-1 after surrendering two runs off four hits with four K’s in five frames against Albertus Magnus on April 25th…her final appearance of the season came against Husson on May 8th when she tossed a scoreless inning in relief.

2010: Appeared in seven games with four starts in the circle…posted a perfect 3-0 record with a 3.85 ERA and 10 K’s, against just two walks, in 23.2 innings…did not make an error in nine fielding chances…made her first NCAA appearance with an inning of scoreless relief against New Jersey City on March 9th…collected the first victory of her collegiate career against Johnson & Wales on April 3rd…surrendered four earned run and seven hits in six frames that day against JWU…improved to 2-0 with a solid effort against USM on April 6th…whiffed three Huskies’ batters and allowed two runs on six hits in five innings in what was her third start of the season…started against Simmons on April 12th and allowed three runs on three hits to notch her third win of the year in a 12-3 SJC triumph.

High School: Played three years of varsity softball for Glenn Barbour at Medomak Valley High School...made the Class B East playoffs every year, and States both her junior and senior years...was a Couier Gazette All-Star all three years, and was named First-Team all Conference her Senior year...also garnered All Academic honors for Basketball and Softball...earned her basketball team's Coaches Award and Softball team's MVP honor...posted a .341 batting average as a hitter and 163 strikeouts in the circle her senior year...notched a 0.99 ERA from preseason to the State Championship...won two Eastern Maine Championships, and two State Championship Runners-up in her career...also played soccer.

Personal: Kayla Christy Vannah, born on May 3, 1991 in Brunswick, Maine...daughter of Richard and Linda Vannah of Waldoboro, Maine...majoring in Elementary Education. 

CAREER STATISTICS