2016 Soccer Roster
Roster
Kayleigh Henry
- Position:
- D
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School/Previous School:
- Oak Grove HS
- Hometown:
- Hattiesburg, Miss.
2017 (SENIOR)
Saw time in three matches as a senior, logging 60 minutes while attempting one shot.
2016 (JUNIOR)
Saw action in 13 games her junior season, while starting in seven… Started six out of the first eight games… Logged 473 minutes, while a season-high came against Louisiana Lafayette after going 84 minutes… Tallied three shots with two on target.
2015 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 16 games for the Bulldogs, getting the starting nod five times… Logged 742 minutes on the pitch, going the distance once against South Florida (Aug. 30)… Earned two assists on the year, the first against Nicholls State (Sept. 4) and the second versus Missouri (Sept. 27)… Posted nine shots, with six target… Season-highs in shots (3) and shots on goal (2) came in the 4-0 win against Nicholls State (Sept. 4).
2014 (FRESHMAN)
Made 15 appearances on the year with 14 having come in a starting role … Tallied two points on two assists … Took a total of 11 shots with five of them having been on goal … Logged a total of 1181 minutes on the field … Played the full 90 minutes on nine occasions … Ranked seventh on the MSU roster in minutes played … Played in 819 out of a possible 900 minutes in the final 10 games of the season … Made her collegiate debut as a starter in the season-opener against Iowa State (Aug. 22) with 72 minutes and one shot on goal … First-career point came on an assist at Furman (Aug. 28) on a goal from McKenzie Adams in the 80th minute … Recorded her only other assist of the season at home vs. Louisiana Tech (Sept. 14) on a goal in the sixth minute from Shannen Jainuden in a 2-1 MSU win.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Prepped for Clay Smith at Oak Grove High School … Guided Oak Grove to 38 wins in her three seasons, scoring 37 goals and 23 assists … Earned three stars from TopDrawerSoccer.com … Lead Oak Grove’s squad in goals and assists all three years … Claimed all-state, all-region, all-area and all-district accolades during her heralded prep career with Oak Grove … Scored 12 goals and assisted nine more in leading Oak Grove to a 12-6-4 record … Earned second team all-state accolades from The Clarion-Ledger and her school’s Golden Boot Award following her junior campaign… Deposited 13 goals and tallied seven assists as a sophomore, lifting her prep squad to a 12-6-3 record … Started all 21 games as a freshman for Oak Grove’s 14-3-4 squad, tallying 31 points on 12 goals and seven assists … Claimed Oak Grove’s Most Assists Award the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons … Picked to play in Frankfurt, Germany, at the Adidas Futbol Academy, traveling to Germany for 10 days and competing against international competition… Played for BUSA ’96 in the ECNL … Competing under coaches Joel Persons and Andrew Brower, guided her squad to the playoffs and the U18 finals in 2012-13 … Made Mississippi’s ODP Team in 2009, 2010 and 2012 … Helped Mississippi’s ’95 ODP Team win the 2012 Karen Flannigan Cup, the ODP championship for Region III … Selected for the Region III ODP Team in 2012 and received the opportunity to play at the interregional camp in Boca Raton, Fla.
COMMUNITY SERVICE/ACADEMICS
Named to the 2016 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll... Participates in “Homes of Hope”… Volunteers with “ARC”… Helps local schools with “Fresh Start” organization… Spends time with school children at car pool meet and greets with the team… Earned President’s Scholar Honors in 2014… Member of the Dean’s Scholar List in 2015.
PERSONAL
Born Kayleigh Jane Henry on Dec. 19, 1995, in Hattiesburg, Miss … The daughter of Ralph and Carla Abraham, and has two brothers, Ryan and Thomas… Father Ralph played tennis at Southern Miss (1991-1992)… Mother Carla was crowned Miss Mississippi (1988)… Majoring in kinesiology… Goals after college are to go to medical school and become a physician… Favorite team to face is Ole Miss… Favorite food is lasagna.
