Portland State University Athletics

SOCCER, 2011-14
Kayla Henningsen was the key defensive player on Portland State's best soccer teams from 2011-14. A Beaverton, OR product, Henningsen was part of three Big Sky regular-season championship teams (2011, 2012, 2013). The 2013 team became the first to go unbeaten in Big Sky play (8-0-1) and Henningsen was named the Big Sky Conference Defensive Most Valuable Player. The Vikings recorded a school-record 12 shutouts in her 17 defensive starts that season, giving up only six goals with her on the back line, three of which were penalty kicks. During the Big Sky schedule, PSU allowed only three goals, with two coming on penalty kicks. In one span, PSU went 442 minutes without allowing a goal. Henningsen also helped the Vikings set the Big Sky Conference record for longest unbeaten streak, as PSU was undefeated over 16 matches from 2013-14. Henningsen finished her career tied for eighth in games played at PSU (74) and was fourth all time in games started (71). A two-time All-Big Sky first-team selection (2013-14) she made the 2013 All-Big Sky tournament team. Also an academic standout, Henningsen earned Academic All-Big Sky Conference honors four times and was an NSCAA Scholar All-West Region Third-Team Selection (2014) and CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII Second-Team (2013) selection.