Salem College

FIRST-YEAR (2025): Played and started 34 of 38 total games over the course of season … finished among the Top-5 in nine offensive categories (among those with 10 starts) including triples (3-1st), walks (9-1st), hit by pitch (7-1st), sacrifice bunts (2-t-2nd), stolen bases (9-2nd), runs scored (14-t-2nd), batting average (.283-3rd), hits (26-3rd), doubles (4-t-4th) … solid fielder who notched the third-most putouts (79) on the season … assisted on the fourth-most outs (21) of any fielder …  stopped seven base runners in their track from swiping a base on the Spirits' defense. That is three shy of Madison Burch's single-season program record (10), which came in the 2018 campaign … made her collegiate debut against Columbia International (Feb. 14), closing with an RBI … notched her first collegiate hit in game one of the series with St. Andrews (Feb. 27) before scoring her first run in the second game of the doubleheader … accounted for both a double and a triple, her first extra-base hits, as she was 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a clash with Guilford (March 1) … had a team-best season-long 10-game hitting streak that began with a 1-for-3 outing against Guilford (Game 1-March 1) … responsible for five extra-base hits (3 triples, 2 doubles) and two RBI in that 10-game streak … opened the first game of the Oberlin (March 9) series with a 2-for-4 outing that resulted in a triple, two RBI and a run scored as the Spirits posted the 6-1 win … followed that with two hits in the second game, completing the sweep … emerged 2-for-3 at the plate against Carolina University (March 18) in game one of the series … scored a single-game season-high three runs in a 12-0 win over Johnson & Wales (March 22) … closed out the series with Johnson & Wales (March 22) by going 1-for-2 from the plate with two RBI, connecting on a double … began USA South Conference play with hits in both games of the series with Brevard (March 26) … came through with singles in back-to-back outings against Southern Virginia (April 1) … recorded her final double of the season at Meredith (April 6), closing 1-for-3 on the game … picked up two RBI on a single in a clash with Greensboro (April 19) … tallied one single in the second game of the series with Mary Baldwin (April 22) … had a solid day against Methodist (April 26) in the final doubleheader of the season, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base in game one and scoring the game-winning run, following a base knock by Lauryn Fisher, of a 7-6 (8 inning) victory on a sliding play at home in game two. 

PREP: Graduated from Bethany Community School in 2024 … competed in both basketball and softball for the Wolves … played the 2022 softball season at Greater Vision Academy … played for the
Bethany Community School softball program in both 2023 and 2024 under head coach Tracy Dick … a member of the Wolves’ basketball team in 2023 and 2024, playing for coach Michael Mann … named All-State following the 2022 campaign … recognized as an All-Conference performer in 2022, 2023 and 2024 … recipient of the Bethany Community School softball Most Valuable Player award in 2024 … distinguished as the Leadership Award winner for softball in 2024 … named as Scholar-Athlete Award winner following the 2024 campaign … led softball team to State Championship in 2022 … captured the softball conference crown in both 2023 and 2024 … won the league championship in both 2023 and 2024 … advanced to second round of state tournament (2024) and third round in 2023 … played on the Club Softball circuit from 2019-24 for the combination of Cage 2 Stage (2024-Robert Lamb), Hurricanes (2020-21-Rob Perez) and 2019-20 (Greensboro Batting Center-Mitch Croatt). 

PERSONAL: Kayla Elizabeth Dick … daughter of Tracy and George Dick … born on December 30, 2005 … has one sibling, Aidan.