CAREER
Awards: Three-time Academic All-Big Ten…Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award.
2019-20 • GRADUATE SEASON
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten…Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award
Season: Made nine appearances as a spark off the bench…Appeared in six Big Ten games.
at Princeton (11/25): Recorded a steal. Sacred Heart (12/22): Pulled down a season-best two rebounds. at Northwestern (1/19): Finished with one rebounds. Maryland (2/16): Tallied one rebounds. at Michigan State (3/1): Played a season-best five minutes and pulled down one rebound.
2018-19 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten
Season: Made nine appearances as a spark off the bench…Appeared in two Big Ten games.
Stony Brook (11/25): Played 12 minutes while tallying one rebound and one assist. St. Bonaventure (12/9): Registered career-best marks of 3 rebounds and 13 minutes played against the Bonnies. at Northwestern (2/14): Dished an assist in her first Big Ten appearance of the season.
2017-18 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten
Season: Appeared in one game...Made her collegiate debut vs. Illinois (2/28) in the opening round of the 2018 Big Ten Tournament...Added as a walk-on eight games into the 2017-18 season...Served as a team manager for one year prior to being added to the roster...Was a member of the Penn State club basketball team for two years.
vs. Illinois (2/28): Played one minute.
2015-17 AT PENN STATE
Attended Penn State and was a member of the club basketball program...Also served as a manager for the Lady Lions during the 2016-17 season and fall semester of the 2017-18 season, before earning a roster spot.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered all four years for Dunmore High School...Selected team captain and team MVP during her senior season... During her career score 1,323 points, grabbed 492 rebounds, added 364 assists and collected 348 steals in 116 games played...Started every game during her prep career...Made 238 career 3-pointers...As a senior, scored 401 points, making 76 3-pointers, and averaged over three rebounds, assists and steals per game...Earned first-team All- Lackawanna Conference, Scranton Times-Tribune All-Region and second-team All-State...Named the Lackawanna Conference Player of the Year and Scranton Times-Tribune Northeast Pennsylvania Player of the Year...As a junior, poured in 347, with 64 made 3-pointers...Helped the Bucks to the PIAA Class AA state semifinals...Selected first-team all-conference, Scranton Times-Tribune All-Region...Garnered second-team all-conference during both her freshman and sophomore seasons...Registered 301 points as a sophomore and 274 points as a freshman...Also lettered four times in track and field as a sprinter...Named the 2014-15 Dunmore High School Female Student-Athlete of the Year...Was a member of the National Honor Society...Played AAU basketball for JB Hoops.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kayleigh Noelle Semion...Daughter of Mark and Sherry Nicolais...Has two older sisters, Brittany and Meredith...Both of her sisters graduated from Penn State...Sister, Meredith, was a member of the Touch of Blue twirling squad during her time on campus...Earned bachelor's degree in Kineseology and is pursuing a master's degree in Management and Organizational Leadership...Born December 14, 1996 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.