Kayla Grossett: Female athlete of the week
November 17, 2009
KAYLA GROSSETT
SCHOOL: Thomson
LEAGUE/CITY: TDSSAA/Toronto
GRADE: 12
AGE: 17
- Scored 20 points in a 60-44 Toronto District School Board basketball semi-final win over the defending Ontario champs from Eastern Commerce.
- Had a game-high 21 points in an 80-23 citywide basketball quarterfinal win over Victoria Park.
- Guard on the senior basketball team that won the Toronto Triple-A championship last year.
- Led her team in scoring in 14 of 24 school basketball games.
- Chosen to the all-star teams at the Queen's, Centennial and Seneca tournaments.
- Power hitter on the senior volleyball team and top scorer on the school's soccer team last year.
- School grade 9 and 10 female athlete of the year.
- Former volleyball and soccer school MVP.
- Tutors grade 9 students in French.
- Member of the Thomson Athletic Council.
- Has an 83 per cent academic average and is interested in a career in law.
- Accepted a scholarship to Mount St. Mary's University of Maryland, an NCAA Division I school.
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