Kaylin Kielty

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Canyon Lake, Calif.

2024-25 (So. – Montana): Transferred to Montana in time for the fall semester... Sat out the fall season with injury.

2023-24 (Fr. – Redlands): Helped the Bulldogs advance to the D-III NCAA Sweet 16 with a 10-8 overall record and a 6-1 regional record in her first year of college tennis… Went undefeated at 5-0 in conference singles play, 5-2 in overall singles and 4-1 on court five singles, winning five-straight matches to finish the year… Went 2-5 in doubles, playing five of her seven matches on court two… Earned scholar athlete honors and a place on the Dean’s List in both the fall and spring semesters… Named “Bulldog of the Year” following the spring season.

High School: A two-sport athlete, lettering three years in tennis and two years in track… A team captain at McCarthy Academy in both tennis and track… Won three-straight Sunbelt League team titles in 2020, 2021, and 2022, going undefeated in 2022… Also won a 2023 league team championship in track… An all-league MVP in 2021 and three-time team MVP in 2020, 2021, and 2022… Earned all-league honors in both 2020 and 2022… Earned Inland Empire All-Area First Team honors in three-straight years from 2020-2023… Earned academic high honors three-straight years from 2020-2023… In track was first-team all-league in the 4x100m in 2023… Was team sprinter of the year in 2022 and 2023, setting a new school record in the 4x400m in 2022… Won second-team all-league honors in the 4x100 and 4x400 in 2022… A two-time third-team all-league honoree in the 400m in 2022-23.

Personal: Plans to major in math and become a sports statistician… Was an early high school graduate and class valedictorian… Parents are Meredith and Bobby Kielty of Canyon Lake… Dad Bobby Kielty spent seven years as an outfielder in Major League Baseball where he helped the Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series… Enjoys editing sports highlights and card tricks.