AUSL

Kayla Wedl

University of Illinois at Chicago '21

Hometown: Wauconda, Illinois

Two-time Horizon League Player of the Year

Playing for Players for Pits, NFP

Wedl signed with Athletes Unlimited after attending the first-ever Open Tryouts in June. She graduated in 2020 with a degree in kinesiology, and returned to UIC to get her Master’s in marketing. She was a pitcher in high school, but moved to infield when she started college.

Athletes Unlimited will be Wedl’s first professional softball opportunity.

  • 2021 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
  • 2021 Senior CLASS Award candidate
  • 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-50 Watch List
  • 2021 Horizon League Player of the Year
  • 2021 All-Horizon League First Team
  • 2021 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team
  • 2021 Horizon League All-Tournament Team
  • 2021 Horizon League All-Academic Team
  • 2020 Senior CLASS Award candidate
  • 2020 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-50 Watch List
  • 2020 Horizon League All-Academic Team
  • 2019 Horizon League Player of the Year
  • 2019 All-Horizon League First Team
  • 2019 Horizon League All-Tournament Team
  • 2019 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team
  • 2018 All-Horizon League First Team
  • 2018 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team
  • 2017 All-Horizon League Second Team
  • 2017 Horizon League All-Freshman Team
  • 2017 Horizon League All-Tournament Team
  • Two-time Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete
  • Three-time Horizon League Honor Roll
  • Two-time Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the week 
  • Ten-time Horizon League Player of the Week
Headshot of Kayla Wedl

Career Stats

YEAR
G
GS
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
2021 Championship*
12
-
10
9
.111
.200
.111
.311
3
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
5
1
-
-
2
-
Career Totals
12
-
10
9
.111
.200
.111
.311
3
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
5
1
-
-
2
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
9/27/2021
Team OcasioTeam Chidester
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/26/2021
Team ChidesterTeam Jaquish
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/25/2021
Team ChidesterTeam Eberle
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/20/2021
Team OstermanTeam Ocasio
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
9/19/2021
Team ChidesterTeam Osterman
1
1
1.000
1.000
1.000
2.000
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
9/18/2021
Team JaquishTeam Osterman
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
9/13/2021
Team JaquishTeam Ocasio
2
1
-
.500
-
.500
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
9/12/2021
Team OstermanTeam Jaquish
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/11/2021
Team McCleneyTeam Jaquish
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/5/2021
Team OstermanTeam Piper
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/4/2021
Team PiperTeam Jaquish
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/30/2021
Team OstermanTeam Warren
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
8/29/2021
Team PiancastelliTeam Warren
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
8/28/2021
Team WarrenTeam Hayward
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Awards & Honors

Two-time Horizon League Player of the Year

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eight athletes left to be protected... should the teams announce the rest tomorrow? we vote yes.
8 revealed. 12 to go. who’s next?!
…more announcing tomorrow 🔜 

(you were so good at guessing the silhouettes yesterday so we are making it harder today)
ICYMI: The Oklahoma City Spark are joining the AUSL ahead of the 2026 season. 

The reaction to last week’s news was incredible 🥹🫂
the post has gotten over 100 shares 👀 

should the teams reveal some protected players tomorrow?
seems like some of you want to know which athletes are protected? 👀 

we hear you all! boss said for every 100 shares this post gets, the teams can release the names of more protected players ahead of the draft 🤭

SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!!!!
hope this helped! 

(fr tho, AUSL Draft is Dec 1 @ 7pm ET on ESPNU… be there)
bookmark this video as your go to explanation about the upcoming AUSL Draft! 📝 

tune in Dec 1 at 7pm ET on ESPNU to see how the rosters stack up 📺
ICYMI: The AUSL announced the addition of two expansion teams last week. The Spark and Cascade will join the defending AUSL Champion Talons, along with the Bandits, Blaze and Volts, to form a six-team league to compete next summer. 

Tune into the AUSL Draft on Dec 1 at 7pm ET on ESPNU to see how the teams shake out 📺
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tune in at 9pm ET on MLB Network to watch these AUSL athletes receive their awards 🏆
thanks for having us today, @mlbnetwork 🤩

MVP, Erin Coffel and Commissioner, Kim Ng joined Harold Reynolds this morning to talk about Erin’s historic season and the league’s expansion news! 📺
tune into MLB Network tonight at 9pm EST to watch AUSL’s Georgina Corrick, Ana Gold, Hannah Flippen and Erin Coffel be honored during the MLB Awards 🏆
athletes such as Jocelyn Alo, Dejah Mulipola, and Keilani Ricketts have competed for both the Spark and Athletes Unlimited 🥎 

while the two entities were familiar before the acquisition, the league and team didn’t enter formal conversations about the possibility of unification until nine months ago. 

read the full story on theausl.com/spark! ✍️
now that you know the new teams, here is how they will build their rosters 📝 

tune in to ESPNU live at 7pm ET on Dec 1 for the two-part AUSL Draft! 📺
BREAKING NEWS: @ausl_cascade is revealed as the newest AUSL team. 🥎
BREAKING NEWS: Oklahoma City Spark joins the AUSL ahead of the 2026 season 🥎
we have a sneaking suspicion that AUSL fans are going to have a great day today ☀️
in the works 🙂‍↕️

during the espnW summit, @sportscenter talked about the upcoming AUSL expansion for the 2026 season!
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