Central College Athletics

Kayla Engelhard joined the Central women's basketball staff as an assistant coach in 2020.
    
Bringing NCAA Division III tournament experience as both a player and a coach, Kayla Engelhard joined Central College’s women’s basketball program as assistant coach in 2020.

From 2017-20, Engelhard served as an assistant at Whitman College (Wash.), which finished the year ranked No. 5 in the WBCA top-25 poll. The Blues posted a 68-15 mark with two NCAA berths during her three-season tenure there.
           
She was a graduate assistant at Concordia University Chicago from 2015-17 while earning a master’s degree in sports administration.
           
Engelhard is a 2015 graduate of Calvin University (Mich.) where she earned first-team all-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association honors in 2014-15 after averaging 13.1 points. A four-year starter and two-year team co-captain, she scored 1,154 points in her career and ranks fifth in school history with 333 assists. The Knights won three MIAA titles during her career, reaching the NCAA Elite Eight twice.
           
In 2018-19 she participated in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Mentor Program and attended the Women’s Coaching Summit in 2018. She is a National Strength & Conditioning Association-certified strength and conditioning specialist.

Achievements

Central College

• Team had 6-4 (.600) record, 5-3 (.625) mark in American Rivers Conference in her first season
• (1) American Rivers Conference tournament berths
• (2) All-conference performers

Whitman College (Wash.)

• Team had 68-15 (.819) record, 42-6 (.875) mark in Northwest Conference games in her three seasons
• (2) NCAA Division III tournament berths
• (1) NCAA Division III Sweet 16 appearance
• (3) Northwest Conference tournament appearances
• (2) Northwest Conference Players of the Year
• (5) All-conference performers

Concordia University - Chicago (Ill.)

• Team had 25-26 (.490) record, 22-18 (.550) mark in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference games in her two seasons
• (1) Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference tournament berths
• (3) All-conference performers

Athletics career

Calvin University (Mich.)

• Team had 100-15 (.870) record, 58-6 (.906) mark in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association games in four seasons
• (4) varsity letters
• (2) seasons as co-captain
• (3) NCAA Division III tournament berths – 2012, 2013, 2015
• (2) NCAA Division III Sweet 16 appearances - 2012, 2015
• (2) NCAA Division III Elite 8 appearances - 2012, 2015
• (3) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship teams – 2012, 2013, 2015
• (2) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament championship teams – 2012, 2015
• (3) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association all-conference selections - 2013 (first team), 2014 (second team), 2015 (first team)
• (1,154) career points
• (333) career assists