HONORS & AWARDS
2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2026 | REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Made 43 appearances with 29 starts as the designated player … became a key pinch hitter down the final stretch of the season … totaled 21 hits … posted a .481 slugging percentage behind five doubles, one triple and three home runs … scored eight runs and added 18 RBI … held a .341 on-base percentage with the help of eight walks … Auburn’s most successful pinch hitter, finishing 3-for-9 (.333) in her opportunities … scored her first career run, hit her first career triple and set a career high with two hits in Auburn’s season opener at North Florida (2/5) … recorded her first career double versus Michigan State (2/6) … hit her first career home run versus Illinois (2/12) and added a career-high three RBI … playing on her birthday, went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored versus BYU (2/20) … matched her career high with three RBI versus USC Upstate (2/28) … delivered a pinch-hit home run versus Missouri (5/5) at the SEC Tournament to help complete Auburn’s comeback victory
2025 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Made seven appearances as a pinch hitter … recorded her first collegiate hit with a two-run single at Mississippi State (3/9) … suffered an injury in March and was sidelined for the remainder of the season
2024 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Appeared in seven games as a pinch hitter for the Tigers … made her collegiate debut versus Belmont (2/9) … made her lone SEC appearance at Ole Miss (4/27)
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked the No. 12 overall recruit in the 2023 class by Extra Inning Softball … also ranked as the No. 3 corner infielder in the country by the publication … three-time all-region and all-county selection at Newton High School … named NewRock Slugger of the Year … earned Freshman of the Year honors during her debut season … competed with the Georgia Impact and Georgia Bombers club organizations … two-time USA All-American on the club circuit … helped lead Georgia Impact to a fourth-place finish at the 2018 PGF Nationals … member of the Beta Club and an A-B Honor Roll student
PERSONAL
Full name is Kyla Michelle Stroud … born Feb. 20, 2005 … daughter of Horace and Calandra Stroud … her father, Horace, attended Auburn University and was a member of the football team … has two siblings, Tray and Bryant … majoring in psychology