Georgia Southern University Athletics

HONORS AND AWARDS
2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll

JUNIOR (2023-24)
Played in 32 games, making 11 starts, for the Eagles as a junior ... Averaged 5.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game ... Averaged 9.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game over the Eagles' last 10 games of the 2023-24 season ... Registered seven games of double digit scoring ... Notched her first double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Marshall on March 1 ... Scored a season-high 16 points against Coastal Carolina on February 27.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Played for two years at Penn State University ... Played in 17 games as a sophomore in 2022-23, scoring 23 points and grabbing 17 rebounds in 100 minutes of action ... Scored a season-high seven points at Maryland on January 30 ... Played in 18 games as a freshman in 2021-22, scoring 32 points and grabbing 25 rebounds in 134 minutes of action ... Scored a career-high eight points at Purdue on February 9.

HIGH SCHOOL
Helped Emerge Christian Academy 76-13 record and a pair of district championships over her three full seasons…Named MVP of the She Got Game Classic Tournament in 2020 … Named team captain ahead of 2020-21 high school season … Ranked as the No. 9 post player in the Class of 2021 and #72 overall player in the class by Girls Basketball Report … Ranked as the No. 90 overall player in the Class of 2021 by ASGR … Played AAU ball for Maryland's Team Takeover in 2020 and Boo Williams Virginia from 2017-2019.

PERSONAL
Born Kayla Marshae Thomas on August 19, 2003, in Washington, D.C. ... Hometown is Beltsville, Md. ... Daughter of Tenicka Strown and Mark Thomas ... Has one brother, Michael Strown.

MAJOR
Criminal Justice & Criminology