Kayleigh Valley

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Year:
Junior
Position:
F
Hometown:
Spokane, Wash.
Previous School:
2L

2017-18: Lost for the season after suffering preseason knee injury ... Voted the preseason Big Sky Conference MVP prior to injury.

2016-17: Redshirt season ... Lost for the year after suffering preseason knee injury ... Voted the preseason Big Sky Conference MVP prior to injury.

2015-16 (junior season): Unanimous first-team All-Big Sky Conference ... Three-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week ... Lady Griz Classic All-Tournament Team ... Lehigh Christmas City Classic All-Tournament Team ... Preseason All-Big Sky Conference ... Voted team’s Mary Louise Pope Zimmerman Most Valuable Player ... Played and started all 31 games ... Averaged 35.4 minutes per game ... Led the team and Big Sky in scoring at 21.9 points per game ... Scored 678 points to break Shannon Cate’s program record of 668 from 1990-91 ... Third-best scoring total in Big Sky history ... Finished the season with 18 20-point scoring games, three of 30 or better ... Didn’t have a game of fewer than 15 points after Dec. 1 ... Shot 50.2 percent ... Scored 195 points from the free throw line on 84.4 percent shooting, the most made free throws in program and Big Sky history ... Also an effective shooter from 3-point range ... Went 13 for 34 (.382) from the arc for the season ... Averaged 7.1 rebounds to rank second on the team ... Held to two points in season’s third game, a 64-54 home win over Pacific, and 11 in 80-53 road loss at Lehigh in season’s fifth game ... Did not score fewer than 15 points over season’s final 26 games ... Posted four double-doubles ... Eight more times came up one rebound short of a double-double ... Scored a season-high 31 points in 84-75 home win over Weber State and 30 on 12-of-17 shooting in 81-50 road win at Southern Utah and in Big Sky tournament quarterfinal loss to North Dakota ... Did not get to the free throw line once in season’s first three games ... Averaged more than eight trips to the line over the final 28 games ... Nine times got to the line 10 or more times ... Went 15 of 16 from the line in 72-66 overtime victory at Northern Colorado ... Played 40 or more minutes six times ... Four times played every minute of a game.

2014-15 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference … Honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference … Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team … One-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week … Lady Griz Classic MVP … Voted team’s co-Grace Geil Most Improved Player ... Played in and started all 33 games … Averaged 27.6 minutes per game … Averaged 11.5 points and 4.8 rebounds … Ranked second on the team in scoring … Shot 47.0 percent from the floor to lead the team and rank ninth in the Big Sky … Got to the free throw line a team-leading 152 times and shot 80.9 percent … Went 13 for 13 from the line in loss to Princeton at Cancun Challenge … Interior scorer who also connected 17 times from 3-point range … Nearly half of rebounds (76 of 159) came on the offensive end … Named MVP of the Lady Griz Classic after averaging 20 points on 59.1 percent shooting in victories over Utah Valley and Austin Peay … Two-game performance resulted in first career Big Sky Player of the Week award … Emerged as a more consistent and productive scorer as season wore on … Reached double figures in six of first 15 games to open the season, then 14 of the final 18 … Scored a season-high 26 points in 64-60 win at Weber State … Shot 58.8 percent from the floor during an eight-game stretch in league … Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds in 62-48 home win over Montana State … Averaged 12.7 points on 54.2 percent shooting in three games to earn All-Big Sky Tournament honors.

2013-14 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 34 games as a true freshman ... Averaged 14.1 minutes off the bench ... Averaged 4.4 points and 2.4 rebounds per game ... Came on strong late in the season ... Three of four double-figure scoring games came in the team’s five postseason contests ... Scored a season-high 15 points in home victory over Washington State in first round of the WNIT ... Scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds in second-round home loss to San Diego ... One of the team’s top free throw shooters at 80.0 percent ... Ended the season making 15 of 16 attempts at the line over the final six games ... Had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in Montana’s 20-point road win at Northern Arizona ... 16 3-pointers ranked fifth on the team.

Career Highs (entering the 2017-18 season)
Points: 31, Weber State (2.27.16)
Rebounds: 14, Sacramento State (1.9.16)
Assists: 8, Northern Arizona (3.7.16)
Blocks: 3, three times
Steals: 2, eight times
3FG made: 3, Sacramento State (1.31.15)
FT made: 15, Northern Colorado (3.4.16)
FT attempted: 17, North Dakota (3.9.16)
Minutes played: 44, Northern Colorado (3.4.16)
Double-doubles: 4
Double-figure scoring games: 54
Double-figure rebounding games: 4

Prep: A 2013 graduate of University High ... Voted the 2013 Class 3A Player of the Year by the Washington State Girls’ Basketball Coaches Association ... Also named all-state by the AP and Seattle Times ... The Greater Spokane League MVP after averaging 16.9 points on 54-percent shooting, 10.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists ... Led UHS to back-to-back state tournament appearances as a junior and senior ... Represented Washington in April 2013 at the Northwest Shootout all-star game in Portland.

Personal: The daughter of David and Danielle Valley ... Has an older brother, Bryce, and an older sister, McKenzie ... Earned management degree in May 2017 ... Pursuing marketing degree.