Elon University Athletics

Personal: Full name is Kyla Grace Johnson…Daughter of Ron and Tawanda Johnson…Has a younger brother, RJ and older sister, Lauren.

Career Highs (through Nov. 16, 2024)
Kills: -- 7, 2x last vs. Murray State | Nov. 6, 2024
Assists: -- 1, 3x last vs. Charleston | Nov. 21, 2024
Digs: -- 6 vs. South Carolina State | Sept. 1, 2023
Blocks:  -- 6, 2x last vs. Charleston | Nov. 21, 2024
Aces: -- 5 vs. South Carolina State | Sept. 1, 2023

2024: Appeared in 20 matches, making 12 starts, and played in 51 sets…Tallied 85 points (1.67 per set), 55 kills, and 50 blocks…Led the team with 0.98 blocks per set and finished second on the team with eight solo blocks…Tied her career high in kills with seven against Murray State at the Elon Phoenix Classic…Matched her career high in blocks on four occasions…Contributed to the team's win over Gardner-Webb with three kills and four blocks.

2023: Appeared in 21 matchups including 10 starts while playing in 50 sets…Her freshman totals included 50 kills, 42 blocks, 21 digs and eight aces…Made her college debut with two kills against Coastal Carolina at the Charlotte Invitational…Helped the team win over South Carolina State at the Wofford Invitational recording three kills, two blocks including career-highs with five aces and six digs… Hit .750 with three kills in the team’s victory over N.C. Central…Recorded a career-high six blocks against UNCW…Notched a career-high seven kills in the team’s final match against Delaware.

High School: Johnson was a two-year captain at The Steward School… Helped the team qualify for three state quarterfinals…A First-Team All-State selection under head coach Carlos Cadavid and named Steward’s Most Valuable Player during the 2022 season…Earned Jersey Mike’s Player of the Month in 2022…Named to the VISAA All-State DII Women’s Volleyball Team 2 her junior season, followed by making the VISAA All-State DII Women’s Volleyball Team 1 her senior year…Competed for the Richmond Volleyball Club.

Quoting Coach Tendler: "Kyla's athleticism in the middle caught our eye immediately. Her quickness and jumping ability are going to allow her to make a lot of positive plays for us in the front row. With her dad being a former football player at Elon, she was very motivated to follow in his footsteps and show what she can do on the volleyball court."