Kayla Beaver

Personal: Beaver lists her high school coach as a person who has made a difference in her life and models her game after Jackie Traina. She has a dog named Jade and competed in horse shows as a child. Beaver will graduate in August 2024 with her master’s degree from Alabama. She enjoys outdoor activities, including fishing, and her proudest accomplishment is pitching in the NCAA Women’s College World Series.

Personal: Beaver lists her high school coach as a person who has made a difference in her life and models her game after Jackie Traina. She has a dog named Jade and competed in horse shows as a child. Beaver will graduate in August 2024 with her master’s degree from Alabama. She enjoys outdoor activities, including fishing, and her proudest accomplishment is pitching in the NCAA Women’s College World Series.

College Experience: Beaver led Alabama to a 2024 NCAA Women’s College World Series appearance after playing four seasons at Central Arkansas. She made 159 career appearances in the circle with 112 starts, closing her college career with a 93-32 record and 12 saves. She achieved a 1.56 career earned run average with 699 strikeouts over 802.0 innings. Beaver also collected 80 career complete games with 30 shutouts. As a graduate student for Alabama, she earned Second-Team NFCA All-America and All-Southeastern Conference distinction after appearing in 40 games with 30 starts. She fashioned a 1.68 earned run average with a 19-10 record and 185 strikeouts over 200.0 innings. In her Alabama debut against Villanova, Beaver threw a seven-inning no-hitter with a season-high 14 strikeouts. She pitched a complete game shutout against No. 16 Virginia Tech on March 22, 2024, and blanked Texas A&M in the series opener on April 13, 2024.

Beaver guided the Crimson Tide to a College World Series berth by allowing three unearned runs over 15.1 innings against Tennessee in the NCAA Super Regionals, including 10.0 shutout relief innings. She retired all 11 hitters she faced in relief to earn a win against Duke in the College World Series.

Over four years at Central Arkansas, Beaver compiled a 74-22 record with seven saves and a school-record 1.96 earned run average. She notched 514 strikeouts, ranking third on Central Arkansas’ all-time ledger. She ranks second on Central Arkansas’ career wins and saves lists and is third in Central Arkansas history with 119 career appearances and 82 career starts. Beaver authored 23 career shutouts and 65 career complete games, good for second in Central Arkansas history.

As a redshirt junior, she earned unanimous First-Team All-Atlantic Sun Conference honors with a 25-7 record, 1.47 earned run average, and 194 strikeouts over 201.2 innings. She paced the Atlantic Sun with 11 shutouts and garnered 21 complete games. During her redshirt sophomore year, she logged a 21-8 record in the circle with 21 complete games and three shutouts, being the only pitcher in the Atlantic Sun Conference to reach 20 or more victories. Beaver struck out a season-high 11 batters against Kansas City on February 27, 2023.

As a redshirt freshman, she was a First-Team All-Southland Conference performer with a 21-6 record, 1.75 earned run average, and 19 complete games. She opened her college career with a 7-1 record and a 1.07 earned run average during the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign, making 10 appearances with eight starts. In her college debut on February 7, 2020, Beaver authored a no-hitter against Jackson State and spun a perfect game against Alcorn State on March 10, 2020.