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Millersville

2015 Field Hockey Roster

17 Kayla Bixler

  • Position Defense
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Penn Manor
  • Hometown Holtwood, Pa.

Biography

2015 (Game-by-Game): All-PSAC Second Team selection…Helped man one of the best defenses in NCAA Division II history…Played 1,138 minutes, ranking in the top five among the team…Scored the game-winning goal versus IUP, sending home two goals in the game…Assisted the lone goal in the NCAA Tournament matchup against West Chester…Recorded six shots in a contest against Mansfield, placing two of them on goal…Had 23 shots on the year…Started in 17 games and played in 18 games during the course of the season…Played 70-plus minutes in 14 games…Played the full game in eight of the final nine games during the final stretch of the season...Named PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2014 (Game-by-Game): Made an immediate impact on the defensive end in first season with the club...Started all 23 games and played 70-plus minutes of action 15 times, including each of the final nine games...Led he team with two defensive saves...Made a crucial defensive save on Sept. 9 against Shippensburg that preserved a 1-0 win...Totaled 13 shots, two goals and three assists...Registered a goal and an assist in the season opener against Lindenwood...Totaled a season-high four shots at Shippensburg on Sept. 9...Scored a goal against Newberry on Sept. 14...Notched an assist on Oct. 4 against Slippery Rock...Took four shots against Shippensburg on Oct. 14...Named PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2012-13 (Bryn Mawr): Led the Centennial Conference in defensive saves (12) in 2013...Named All-Centennial Conference Second Team in 2012 and 2013...Earned NFHCA Scholar of Distinction and a spot on the Centennial All-Academic Team two times...Totaled five goals and three assists as a defender...Made two defensive saves.

High School: While at Penn Manor, earned all-state first team and All-Lancaster Lebanon League First Team honors as a senior...Also earned All-L-L Section 1 honors as a sophomore and junior...Named an Academic All-American and to the L-L All-Academic Team in 2011...Served as 2011 team captain...Successful program won a state championship as a freshman...Won back-to-back Lancaster-Lebanon League titles during sophomore and junior seasons...Won four consecutive Section 1 titles...Won the District 3 title in 2009 and finished as the runner-up in 2010 and 2011.

Personal: Daughter of Eric Bixler and Lisa Rineer...Has one older sister and one younger sister...Majoring in chemistry.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2014Junior

    Defense
    5'5"
    17
  • 17

    2015Senior

    Defense
    5'5"
    17