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Kayla Rinaldi Season 2022

PositionM
Height5-2
ClassSophomore
HometownMooresville, N.C.
High SchoolLake Norman

Career Honors

  • ACC All-Academic Team 2023
  • Two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll 

2023: Played in 18 contests, recording six points (5 goals, 1 assist)  ... Scored her first career goal vs. Pitt ... Scored two goals at Akron ... Recorded two ground balls at No. 20 Duke ... Also had two ground balls at Mount St. Mary's ... Named to ACC All-Academic Team ... 

2022: Played in four games ... Provided her first career assist vs. Radford in a game that she also recorded a ground ball and a draw control.

2021: Made her Virginia Tech debut in the Hokies' 18-3 victory over Longwood.

High School: Played for four years at Lake Norman … Was named first team All-Conference three times … All-American her junior year … Registered the most assists in North Carolina her junior season and was second in total points that year … Rinaldi was nominated for the state Player of the Year in both her junior and senior seasons … At the club level, she played for Charlotte Style for four years. 
 
Personal: Daughter of Gary and Kelly Rinaldi … Father played lacrosse at Hofstra where he owns the record for most assists in a single game and season. He was also an All-American and North South All-Star … Plans to major in biological sciences.