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Kiyra Moody Season 2022

#26
PositionUTIL
Height5-9
ClassFreshman
HometownChula Vista, Calif.
B/TR/R
Exp.HS

Entering 2022 season

CLUB BALL
Played her club ball for head coach Kiyoshi Moody at Excel Preps Academy.

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, California ... Named a second-team all-league selection as a senior (2021) and sophomore (2019) ... Was the player of the week by the San Diego Union-Tribune … Mater Dei finished as the 2019 and 2021 CIF Open Division Champions, and 2019 Mesa League Champions while ranked fourth in the state in 2019, 2020 and 2021 … Batted .323 in her career with 49 RBIs and five home runs … As a senior, hit .310 with 20 RBIs in 28 games … Drove in 22 runs while batting .352 and hitting three homers in 35 games as a sophomore … Excelled in the classroom as a member of the National Honor Society and won a student-athlete scholarship … Also played on Mater Dei’s volleyball team.

PERSONAL
Kiyra Isabella Moody was born May 26, 2003, in San Diego ... Daughter of Kiyoshi Moody and Adrianna Ceja Melvin … Father played football at Wayne State College … Is majoring in psychology with plans to be a clinical or school psychologist.