10 Kyra Montes
10 - Kyra Montes
Height: 5-8
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Shreveport, La.
Position: F
Previous School: Mississippi College
g 11
a 10
pts 32
gw 4

2019 Senior Season: Finished off her stellar career by being named First-Team All-SCAC for the third-consecutive season, the only player in the division III era to do so … Named to the United States Coaches All-West Region Team (first team selection), one of just 11 SCAC student-athletes to receive the honor … Holds the division III era program records for goals in a career (28), game-winning goals in a career (12), career assists (17) and career points (73) … Once again contributed incredible offensive production as she scored 11 goals and had 10 assists in just 14 games played … Led the SCAC in points per game, averaging 2.29 points per game … Led the conference in assists and assists per game … Named to the 2019 SCAC Championship All-Tournament Team and the 2019 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Women's Soccer Collegiate Team … Had a hat trick (third of her career) on Oct. 21 versus Louisiana College … Her 10 assists are the most in a single season in the division III era and her 11 goals are tied for the fourth-most (her 14 goals in 2018 are the second-most in a single season) … Scored two goals versus Hendrix at home on Sept. 24 … Had three multi-assist games (at Millsaps on Sept. 4 – two assists, at Schreiner on Oct. 11 – three assists, and at Dallas on Oct. 15 – two assists) … Had three games with at least one goal and one assist … Scored a whopping five goals and had three assists Montes in her first four games played during the season … Represented the country of Nicaragua in two matches as part of the Central American Qualifying Stage of the 2020 Concacaf Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship in Alajuela, Costa Rica in early October at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto.

2018 Junior Season: Had one of the most impressive seasons in the division III era as she was named First Team All-SCAC for the second-consecutive season and received votes for SCAC Offensive Player of the Year … Became just the second player in program history to be named First Team All-Conference along with Shelley Marusak in the Trans-America Athletic Conference in 1993 and 1994 … Played in all 15 games with 14 starts … Led the team and Finished third in the conference in goals (14) and ranked second in the SCAC and 25th in the nation in goals per game (1.00) … Had five assists (tied for most on team) for a total of 33 points … Took 44 shots with 30 on goal … Led the conference and ranked 15th nationally with six game-winning goals … Recorded a pair of hat tricks during the season (vs. Schreiner – Sept. 9 and at Louisiana College – Oct. 2), becoming the first Centenary player in 18 years to record multiple hat tricks in a single season … Selected as the SCAC Character and Community Female Student-Athlete of the Week on January 7, 2019 …  Named First Team All-Louisiana by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, becoming the first Centenary player in eight years to earn that honor … Scored two goals at Johnson & Wales on Oct. 21 … Had three games with at least one goal and one assist during the season, Sept. 1 versus Belhaven, Sept. 7 versus Texas Lutheran, and Sept. 11 versus Dallas.

2017 Sophomore Season: Became only the second player in the Ladies NCAA Division III history to be named First Team All-Conference… Led the team in both goals (three) and game-winning goals (two) … Played in 14 games with 13 starts … Scored the golden goal in overtime of the Ladies 1-0 win against Southwestern September 17… Also found the net twice, including the game winner, in the Ladies 4-0 win against Dallas October 13… Finish tied for second on the team with two assists, including helping on the game-winning goal in the Ladies 2-1 win against Austin College September 8… Led the team in both shots (34) and shots on goal (18).

Prior to Centenary: Saw action in 18 games, starting in 14 at Mississippi College ... Accumulated 15 points and accounted for seven assists, stats that both ranked second for the Choctaws ... Scored four goals, with two game-winners ... Academically, was named to the Gulf South Conference FireSeeds Academic Honor Roll and to the Mississippi College Dean’s List ... Prior to college, played forward for head coach Lisa Levermann at CE Byrd High School, serving as team captain for two years ... Selected as All-District MVP, All-District Offensive MVP and a Wendy's High School Heisman State Finalist for her efforts during her senior season ... Named All-District 1st Team in all four years of high school ... Played for the Mississippi Rush club team.

Personal: Full name is Kyra Ivania Montes and was born in San Diego, Calif. ... Birthday is April 21 ... The daughter of Julio and Kerensa Montes, she has two brothers, Elijah and Joseph ... Majoring in pre-medicine.

Recent Games
Oct 25 at Dallas W, 3-2
Oct 27 at Austin W, 4-0
Nov 1 Texas Lutheran W, 2-1
Nov 3 Southwestern (Tex.) L, 2-1
Nov 8 vs. Schreiner W, 1-0
Nov 9 vs. Southwestern (Tex.) L, 1-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 14 7
Games started 14 7
Goals 11 3
Assists 10 7
Points 32 13
Shots 46 18
Shot Pct .239 .167
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 4 0
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Aug 30 vs. LaGrange W, 1-0 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at Belhaven W, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Sep 4 at Millsaps W, 5-2 1 1 2 4 4 .250 0-0 1
Sep 10 LeTourneau W, 2-1 1 1 0 2 4 .250 0-0 1
Sep 15 at JWU (Denver) W, 4-1 1 1 1 3 2 .500 0-0 0
Sep 24 Hendrix W, 3-1 1 2 0 4 4 .500 0-0 1
Sep 27 Austin W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 Dallas W, 2-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 JWU (Denver) W, 1-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Schreiner W, 4-1 1 0 3 3 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 13 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 4-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 18 St. Thomas (Tex.) W, 2-1 1 0 1 1 3 .000 0-0 0
Oct 21 Louisiana Christian W, 6-1 1 3 0 6 6 .500 0-0 1
Oct 25 at Dallas W, 3-2 1 0 2 2 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 27 at Austin W, 4-0 1 1 1 3 4 .250 0-0 0
Nov 1 Texas Lutheran W, 2-1 1 1 0 2 4 .250 0-0 0
Nov 3 Southwestern (Tex.) L, 2-1 1 1 0 2 5 .200 0-0 0
Nov 8 vs. Schreiner W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 0-0 0
Nov 9 vs. Southwestern (Tex.) L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2017-18 14 13 .21 .14 .57 2.43 .088 1.29 .529
2018-19 15 14 .93 .33 2.20 2.93 .318 2.00 .682
2019-20 14 14 .79 .71 2.29 3.29 .239 1.64 .500
Total 43 41 .65 .40 1.70 2.88 .226 1.65 .573
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2017-18 14 13 3 2 8 34 .088 18 .529 1 0 1-1 2
2018-19 15 14 14 5 33 44 .318 30 .682 1 0 2-2 6
2019-20 14 14 11 10 32 46 .239 23 .500 0 0 0-0 4
Total 43 41 28 17 73 124 .226 71 .573 2 0 3-3 12
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Total 14 14 .79 .71 2.29 3.29 .239 1.64 .500
Conference 7 7 .43 1.00 1.86 2.57 .167 1.29 .500
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
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Home 6 6 1.33 .17 2.83 4.33 .308 2.17 .500
Away 6 6 .50 1.50 2.50 2.00 .250 1.33 .667
Neutral 2 2 .00 .00 .00 4.00 .000 1.00 .250
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Wins 11 11 .91 .91 2.73 3.45 .263 2.00 .579
Losses 3 3 .33 .00 .67 2.67 .125 .33 .125
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September 4 4 1.25 .75 3.25 3.50 .357 2.00 .571
October 6 6 .67 1.17 2.50 2.50 .267 1.50 .600
November 4 4 .50 .00 1.00 4.25 .118 1.50 .353
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Total 14 14 11 10 32 46 .239 23 .500 0 0 0-0 4
Conference 7 7 3 7 13 18 .167 9 .500 0 0 0-0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
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Home 6 6 8 1 17 26 .308 13 .500 0 0 0-0 3
Away 6 6 3 9 15 12 .250 8 .667 0 0 0-0 1
Neutral 2 2 0 0 0 8 .000 2 .250 0 0 0-0 0
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Wins 11 11 10 10 30 38 .263 22 .579 0 0 0-0 4
Losses 3 3 1 0 2 8 .125 1 .125 0 0 0-0 0
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September 4 4 5 3 13 14 .357 8 .571 0 0 0-0 3
October 6 6 4 7 15 15 .267 9 .600 0 0 0-0 1
November 4 4 2 0 4 17 .118 6 .353 0 0 0-0 0