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2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

Keith Lucas
Michael Nance
Michael Nance
Don Felice
Don Felice
Kate Foultz
Don Felice
Don Felice
Ryan Samson
Ryan Samson

45 Kayla Padilla

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Bishop Montgomery
  • Hometown Torrance, Calif.

Biography

Career Honors:
  • Three-time First-Team All-Ivy (2020, 2022, 2023)
  • First-Team All-Big 5 (2022)
  • CoBL.com All-City 6 First Team (2022)
  • Two-time All-ECAC Second Team (2022, 2023)
  • Ivy Madness All-Tournament Team (2023)
  • PhillySIDA Academic All-Area (2022)
  • U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Week (Jan. 10, 2023)
  • Six-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 9, 2019; Jan. 6, 2020; Dec. 13, 2021; Nov. 14, 2022; Jan. 9, 2023; Feb. 13, 2023) 
  • Five-time Big 5 Player of the Week (Dec. 9, 2019; Nov. 15, 2021; Nov. 29, 2021; Dec. 12, 2022; Feb. 27, 2023)
  • Two-time HerHoopStats.com Preseason Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List (Nov. 2020, Nov. 2022)
  • 2020 Ivy League Rookie of the Year  
  • Six-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 18, 2019; Nov. 25, 2019; Dec. 9, 2019; Jan. 6, 2020; Jan. 13, 2020; March 9, 2020)
  • U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Freshman of the Week (Dec. 10, 2019)
Program Records:
  • 1st ... Career Three-Point Field Goals ... 210
  • 1st ... Single-Game Three-Point Field Goals ... 9 (vs. Memphis; Nov. 27, 2021)
  • 1st ... Single-Season Three-Point Field Goals ... 81 (2022-23)
  • 7th ... All-Time Scoring ... 1,355 points (76 games)
  • 3rd Fastest in Program History to 1,000 points ... 58 games (vs. Temple; Dec. 11, 2022)

2022-23: Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy ... First-Team All-Big 5 ... Second-Team All-ECAC ... Ivy Madness All-Tournament Team ... USBWA National Player of the Week (Jan. 10) ... Three-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Nov. 14, Jan. 9, Feb. 13) ...Two-time Big 5 Player of the Week (Dec. 12, Feb. 27) ... One of two players to start in all 29 games … Led the Ivy League in average points (17.7) … Second in Ivy League for total points (514) … Second in Ivy League in average 3 pts per game (2.8) … Sixth in Ivy League for assists (101) … Second in Ivy League for total 3pts (81) … Fourth in field-goals made (181) … Led team in FT% (.855) … Only player to play over 1000 minutes (1,042) … Seventh in Penn history in career scoring (1,355) … Scored a season-high 31 points against Marist (Nov. 10) … Registered a season-high nine rebounds against Villanova (Nov. 17) and Stony Brook (Dec. 1) … Recorded a season-high eight assists against Harvard (Feb. 11).

2021-22: First-Team All-Ivy ... First-Team All-Big 5 ... CoBL.com All-City 6 First Team ... All-ECAC Second Team ... PhillySIDA Academic All-Area ... Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 13) ... Two-time Big 5 Player of the Week (Nov. 15; Nov. 29) ... Started in all 20 games played in, averaging 37.6 minutes per game, the most in the Ivy League and 11th in Division I ... Led Ivy League in scoring with 18.6 points per game, shooting at a .401 clip ... Ranked second in the Ivy League in 3-pt FGs per game (2.8) and third in 3-pt FG percentage (.368) ... Led the Ivy League in free-throw percentage (.789) ... Ranked third in the league in assists (4.2), while leading the league in assist turnover ratio (2.00) ... Set program record in three-point FGs in single game with nine against Memphis (11/27), totaling 36 points for the game, the 10th most points in program history in a single game ... Had 84 assists through 20 games, sending out at least one in each, including a career-high 11 against Brown (2/19) for the fifth most in a single game in program history ... Scored in double figures in 18 of the 20 games, with eight games of 20-plus points ... Scored at least one three-pointer in every game, scoring four-plus in six contests ... Went perfect at the free-throw line in six games, totaling 60-for-76 for the year ... Added 62 rebounds, 31 steals, and 14 blocks.

2020-21: All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 ... Named HerHoopStats.com Preseason Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List

2019-20: 2020 Ivy League Rookie of the Year … 2020 first-team All-Ivy … Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 9; Jan. 6) … Big 5 Player of the Week (Dec. 9) … Six-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 18; Nov. 25; Dec. 9; Jan. 6; Jan. 13; March 9) … U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Freshman of the Week (Dec. 10) … One of just four Quakers to play and start in all 27 games, averaging a team-high 32.4 minutes per game … Led Penn and ranked second in the Ivy League and sixth nationally among all freshman with 17.4 points per game … Finished with 23 double-digit scoring games, including 12 20-point performances … Finished the season with 73 made three pointers, the fourth-most in a season in program history … Excelled in two matchups with Princeton, scoring a season-high 27 points on 10-for-14 shooting from the field and 4-for-7 from three-point range in the first meeting (Jan. 11) and then 24 points on 8-for-17 in the second meeting (Feb. 25) … Burst on the scene with 25 points and four assists at NJIT (Nov. 13), becoming the first player since Diana Caramanico in 1997-98 to score at least 25 points in one of her first two career games … Her 39 points in first two careers are the most since Kirsten Brendel scored 54 in 1987-88 … Began her Big 5 career with 22 points in a win at Saint Joseph’s (Nov. 20) … Went a 10-game stretch with seven 20-point games, including 24 in consecutive games against La Salle (Dec. 4) and Stetson (Dec. 7) … With those two games, in addition to a 20-point game against Harford (Dec. 2), swept awards as Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Week, Big 5 Player of the Week and U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Freshman of the Week … Scored at least 14 points in each of the first 13 games of the season … Scored a combined 40 points in two games in Honolulu, racking up 23 against Hawaii (Dec. 31) and then 17 at Chaminade (Jan. 2) … Buried five three pointers at Harvard (Jan. 31) for 21 points … Two games later, scored 22 points, including eight of Penn’s 11 points in the five-minute overtime period to outlast Columbia (Feb. 7) in a thriller at The Palestra … In the second meeting against Harvard (Feb. 22), excelled with 23 points, five assists, three steals and three rebounds in a dominant win over the Crimson … Finished the regular season, earning Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the sixth time, with 16 points, four assists and one rebound at Cornell (March 6) and then 12 points, four rebounds, an assist and steal at Columbia (March 7) to seal 10 Ivy League wins … Racked up a season-high five rebounds against Iona (Nov. 17) and five assists against Iona and Harvard (Feb. 22) … Led team in scoring 16 times.

High School: Four-year starter and three-time team captain for Coach Noelle Quinn ... 2019 McDonald's All-American nominee ... Averaged 19 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks as a senior ... Four-time Del Rey All-League and first-team All-CIF Southern Section ... Del Rey League Most Valuable Player ... 2018 first-team All-State, second-team Elite and second-team Open Division/Division 1 ... 2019 second-team All-State, second-team Elite and first-team Open Division/Division 1 ... 2019 MaxPreps All-State honorable mention ... Two-time LA Times All-Star Team selection ... Four-time Daily Breeze All-Area ... 2019 Daily Breeze Player of the Year ... Finished with 1,907 career points, good for second in school history ... Surpassed 1,000 career points as a junior ... Four-time Battle of the Beach All-Tournament Team ... Two-time Santa Barbara Tournament of Champion All-Tournament ... Troy Classic All-Tournament ... 2018 Winter Classic MVP ... Named Distinguished Athlete Award winner twice at school ... Two-time Team MVP ... Four-time Scholar-Athlete Award winner ... Named 2019 Bishop Montgomery Female Athlete of the Year ... Two-time Del Rey League champion ... 2017 CIF Southern Section Division 1 champion ... Played four years of AAU basketball for Nike EYBL team West Coast Premier ... 2018 Nike EYBL Run for Roses champion ... 2018 Boo Williams Nike EYBL All-Tournament ... Named to Principal's Honor Roll ... Earned highest honors as George Montgomery Scholar with over 4.5 GPA ... Served as student ambassador ... Member of National Honor Society, serving as Vice President ... Member of California Scholarship Federation and served on campus ministry. 

Personal: Daughter of Joy and Ian Padilla ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.

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Historical Player Information

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    2021-22Junior

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    2022-23Senior

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