Kayley Ables

Photo by: Baylor Photography

Athletics - Soccer vs. Butler - Soccer Field - 09/13/2018

Photo by: Baylor Photography

Position:
Defender/Forward
Height:
5-5
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Waco HS
Hometown:
Waco, Texas

2021 All-Big 12 Second Team
2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team
2021 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall & Spring)
2020 All-Big 12 Second Team
2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2019 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall & Spring)
2019 Baylor Dean's List (Fall & Spring)
2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2019 Preseason All-Big 12
2018 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2018 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall & Spring)
2018 Baylor Dean’s List (Fall & Spring)
2018 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

2021
Started in all 19 games this season… Recorded the third highest number of minutes on the team with 1698 min… Named All-Big 12 Second Team after showing off for the Baylor backline … Named to the All-Big 12 second-team and the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Team … Picked up All-Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week nod after she helped lead Baylor to back-to-back conference shutouts last week on October 26 … She helped hold Iowa State to six shots with just one on goal in the 2-0 victory over the Cyclones … She helped hold the Mountaineers to just five shots on goal in the Bears’ 0-0 double overtime draw.

2020
Named All-Big 12 Second Team after putting on a clinic as an outside back for the Baylor back line … Was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for back-to-back weeks to open the season … Shut down the right side as she stifled many offensive attempts by outrunning the opposing player and taking the ball away.

2019
Started in nine of 14 matches played ... Battled through injury to start the last five games of the year ... Was the lone Bear named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team member.

2018
Recorded the most minutes of any freshman on the squad with 2,017 … Started every match she played … Switched from forward to defender … Was the lone freshman to start on BU’s backline for the season … Big 12 All-Freshman Team selection … Named to the Big 12 Commissioners Honor Roll and the Baylor Dean’s List both semesters.

HIGH SCHOOL
2018 graduate of Waco High School in Waco, Texas … Played club ball for the Solar (Dallas) organization under Adrian Solca … Played high school ball for the Waco High Lions for coach Timothy Walker … Two-sport standout in both soccer and volleyball … Solar DA National Finalist … 2015 Waco Tribune-Herald Super Centex Newcomer of the Year … 2016 Waco Tribune-Herald Super Centex Player of the Year … 2017 Waco Tribune-Herald Super Centex first team selection … Waco High School record for most goals scored (100 goals over three seasons).

PERSONAL
Daughter of Joshua and Jennifer Ables … Has three siblings, Trey, Alex and Amaya … Graduated with a 4.0 GPA … Member of the National Honor Society … Member of the Academic Achievers organization … Fellowship Bible Church assistant teacher in 2017.