The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Anderson, Kayla

Jersey Number 23
Kayla Anderson
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hoover, Ala.
- High School:
- Hoover HS
Bio
2014-15 (Junior)
- Ranked third on the team with 4.4 rebounds per game and fourth with 4.8 points per game
- Had a career game in the win over South Alabama with 18 points, finishing 6-of-9 from the field (56.7 percent)
- Recorded a career-best six blocks in the win over FIU, just one shy of tying the school record in a single game
- Finished with a season-high nine rebounds against WKU
- Led the team in rebounds twice
- Dished out a career-best six assists against North Texas
- Had three or more blocks in four games
- Appeared in 25 games and started 18
2013-14 (Sophomore)
- Set a school record with 56 blocks in a single season
- Had double figure scoring games in four games this season
- Played a total of twenty-six games and averaged 24.5 minutes per contest
- Set a new career-high in points scored versus FIU when she tallied 15 points
- Made five free-throws for a new career-high against Tulsa this season
2012-13 (Freshman)
- Earned Conference USA Freshman of the Week Honors after her 13-point performance against Austin Peay in her UAB debut
- Played in each of the first two C-USA games, logging 46 minutes in those contests before recording four points and four rebounds in the win at UTEP on Jan. 20
- Helped UAB to a road win at Southern Miss with a season-high 11 rebounds against the Golden Eagles (1/31)
- Played in 28 games, drawing nine starts
- Averaged 15.0 minutes per contest and was a valuable post presence for the Blazers
High School
- Played four years for head coach Donnie Quinn at Hoover High School
- Helped her team to two state championships (2010 and 2012) and two state runner-up finishes (2009 and 2011) in Alabama's Class 6A
- Named to the all-tournament team at the regional her senior year
- One of five players from her class at Hoover to sign Division I scholarships but one of only two that played on the varsity all four years
- Averaged 8.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game as a junior
- Led her team in blocked shots as both a junior and a senior
- Rated as the No. 10 player in Alabama in the class of 2012 by bamaprepgirls.com and the No. 44 forward in the country by ESPN HoopGurlz
- Selected to the 2011 All-Over The Mountain Team
- Played her AAU basketball for the Alabama Twisters with fellow UAB freshman Chelsee Black
- Helped the Twisters to six AAU state championships
Coffee with Coach | 2025 Week 4
Wednesday, September 03
Coffee with Coach | 2025 Week 3
Wednesday, September 03
Coffee with Coach | 2025 Week 2
Tuesday, September 02
UAB Football Postgame Press Conference | Alabama State
Friday, August 29