Kyla Hall Holas (1999) - Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame

Kyla Hall Holas

Induction:
1999
Class:
1994

A three-time All-American -- twice a first-team selection -- Kyla Hall Holas was a record-setting pitcher for Louisiana led the Ragin’ Cajuns to their first Women’s College World Series in 1993. Former UL coach Yvette Girouard, the winningest coach in state history and a member of the National Fast Pitch Coaches Hall of Fame, called her a “pioneer” in state collegiate softball.

In Hall’s four-year career from 1991-94, she compiled a 104-20 record (.839) for the best career winning percentage in state history and one of the nation's top 15 all-time marks. She compiled a career 0.50 ERA, including an 0.23 mark in 1992 which ranks in the NCAA’s all-time top 20, when she had a 30-4 record. She topped that with a 31-3 record as a senior in 1994, which also ranks in the NCAA’s top 20 all-time marks.

The Cajuns had a combined 155-24 record her final three years, and she had a win over top-ranked Arizona in the 1993 WCWS in leading the Cajuns to a third-place national finish. Hall also hit third in the batting order and ranked second on the team in hitting as a senior. She received WCWS All-Tournament Team honors and was a two-time finalist (1993-94) for the prestigious Honda Broderick Cup, a national award given to the top female student-athlete at the NCAA level.

More than half of her career wins (56 of 104) were shutouts, and she holds school records for no-hitters (17) and perfect games (five). She is now the successful head coach at the University of Houston and in 2011, was the first female softball player enshrined in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.