Kayla Banwarth

Club

USA Volleyball Team

Nationality

United States

Birth Date

21/01/1989

Birth Place

Iowa, USA

Height

178 cm

Weight

75 kg

 Most Notable

Named Best Receiver at 2015 NORCECA ChampionshipNamed 2013 USA Volleyball Female Indoor Most Improved Player of the YearEarned gold medals in back-to-back Pan American Cups (2012, 2013) as the starting liberoHelped Team USA to bronze medal at 2011 Pan American Games in first international competition

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
2016 - NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament (Gold)
2015 - USA Volleyball Cup vs. China ... FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold)...FIVB World Cup (Bronze)...NORCECA Championship (gold)
2014 - USA Volleyball Cup vs. Brazil ... FIVB World Grand Prix (5th Prelim) ... FIVB World Championship (Gold)
2013 - Pan American Cup (Gold) ... USA Volleyball Cup vs. Japan ... FIVB World Grand Prix (6th) ... NORCECA Championship (Gold) ... FIVB Grand Champions Cup (Silver).
2012 - Pan American Cup (Gold).
2011 – Pan American Games (Bronze).Did You Know

Ranked 9th in Best Digger at 2014 FIVB World Grand PrixStarted 11 of 13 matches at libero during 2014 FIVB World Championship, which included a 2.16 dig average over 37 sets playedStarted 20 of 31 matches at libero during 2013 season, compiling 2.25 dig average and 69 positive reception percent with only nine errors on 345 chancesRanked second in Best Digger at 2013 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup with 3.19 dig averageRanked atop the Best Receivers list at 2013 NORCECA Championship with a 89.6 efficiency percent on 67 attempts, and was second overall in Best LiberoTallied 24 digs in 2012 Pan American Cup gold-medal match against Brazil, which had several Olympians competing only a couples weeks prior to start of 2012 Olympic GamesFinished four-year career at University of Nebraska wtih 1,706 digsNamed alternate for the 2007 U.S. Women's Junior National TeamChosen Gatorade's Iowa High School Player of the Year in 2006 after averaging 4.00 kills, 3.70 digs and 1.43 aces per set at Wahlert CatholicMother Anne played volleyball at University of Northern IowaHobbies are reading, Broadway, the beach and sun