Kayla Canett
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Born | April 29, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Fallbrook High School Pennsylvania State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kayla Canett (born April 29, 1998) is an American rugby union player. She made her debut for both the United States and the United States sevens team in 2017. She was named in the Eagles 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[1][2][3] She competed at the 2019 Pan American Games.[4] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Rugby sevens.[5]
Life[]
She attended Fallbrook High School and Pennsylvania State University.
Canett made her sevens debut at the 2016 Dubai Women's Sevens and her fifteen's debut against Canada. She began her rugby career in her freshman year of high school in 2013. She previously played basketball and soccer.[6] She is majoring in Kinesiology at Penn State.
See also[]
List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians
References[]
- ^ Wise, Chad (July 17, 2017). "Eagles announced for Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 in Ireland". USA Rugby. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Women Eagles Name World Cup Squad". www.thisisamericanrugby.com. July 17, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "New caps in Women's Eagles World Cup squad". Americas Rugby News.com. July 20, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Rugby 7 | Athlete Profile: CANETT-OCA Kayla - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ "Kayla Canett-Oca | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ Finlan, Jackie (March 15, 2016). "Player of the Week: Kayla Canett". The Rugby Breakdown: Women's News. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
External links[]
- Kayla Canett at USA Rugby
- Kayla Canett on Twitter
- Kayla Canett-Oca of The Unites States carries the ball during rugby... News Photo - Getty Images
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- American female rugby union players
- United States women's international rugby union players
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Rugby sevens players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of the United States
- 21st-century American women
- American rugby union biography stubs