Lara Kiss Season 2021-22

Graduate (2024)

• Started all 30 games she appeared in, tallying 13 goals and a career-high 43 assists for 56 points in 2024. She swiped 32 steals and had 33 field-blocks.
• Leaves the Sun Devils as the program's all-time assist leader at 141.
• Registered a goal, assist, two steals and a field-block in the win against No. 12 Indiana in the MPSF Tournament.
• Against No. 14 Indiana, she recorded two goals and three assists for five points. She also recorded four saves and two field-blocks in the win.
• In the Stanford match on Mar. 24, she recorded three points (one goal and two assists) and two steals.
• Earned three assists and three steals in the victory against San Jose State on Mar. 23. 
• Scored one goal against Harvard on Mar. 9, also tallied one assist. 
• Had four assists in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational (Feb. 24-26) and scored a goal against Long Beach State and Michigan. 
• Accounted for five assists against No. 1 UCLA. the fifth time this season she's had 3+ assists in a single game. She scored against Cal State Fullerton in the 15-10 victory (Feb. 17).
• Against San Jose State the graduate became the all-time record holder with 122 career assists, passing Ashley Bower. She also registered four steals against San Jose State on Feb. 10. Registered three assists against Ottawa-AZ on Feb.11.
• Accomplished a career high of five assists against No. 18 LMU and also achieving a hat trick for a career high eight points against the Lions (1/21).
• Appeared in four games this weekend at the Cross Conference challenge. She scored 11 points consisting of three goals and eight assists in the span of those four games.
• Competed in four matches at the Triton Invite. Notched two goals, including one against No. 16 UC David and No. 10 Michigan.

Kiss's Career Statistics
Year	Goals	Assists	Points	Steals
2020	17	18	35	23
2021	20	26	46	28
2022	13	41	51	37
2023	4	13	17	22
2024	13	43	56	32
Total	68	141	209	142

Senior (2023)

• Named one of three captains on the team
• Appeared in the first eight games of the season for the Sun Devils
• Recorded 22 steals in 8 games, reached 100 career steals
• Had to medically redshirt to close out the season
• Returning for a fifth year in 2024

Junior (2022): 

• Had the second most points (54) on the team behind Vanda Baksa.
• Picked up her first all conference honor after being named All-MPSF Honorable Mention.
• She appeared in every game for the Sun Devils this season.
• Named to the MPSF All-Academic team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
• Had the second most assists in the MPSF (41) in the regular season. 
• Led the MPSF in field blocks (23) in the regular season. 
• Had a career-high six points (1G-5A) and a career-high five assists against SDSU on Febuary 6, 2022. 

Sophomore (2021):

• Tallied four multi goal games on the season.
• Had a season-high four assists in the games against CBU and Indiana. 
• Was third overall in the NCAA in field blocks with 21; was second in the MPSF in field blocks behind teammate Bente Rogge (26)
• Her 28 steals were eighth most in the MPSF and third on the team behind Bente Rogge (40) and and Blaire McDowell (37).
• She had the fourth most points on the team with 46 (20G-26A). 
• Named an MPSF Academic All-Academic team with a 3.60 GPA.

Freshman (2020):

• Had an impressive freshman campaign in Tempe, finishing fourth in the MPSF in steals (23) and seventh in assists (18).
• Earned MPSF Newcomer of the Week honors on Feb. 11, the first Sun Devil to do so since 2016.
• Recorded her first career hat trick in a 10-9 upset win over No. 5 UC Irvine (2/8).
• Recorded five steals in a 6-3 win over No. 9 UC Santa Barbara (2/22).
• Recorded a career-high five assists in a 12-7 loss at No. 6 UC Irvine (2/23).

Single Game Career-Highs for Lara Kiss
Goals: 4 vs. California (4/30/21)
Assists: 5 vs. LMU (1/21/24)
Points: 8 vs. LMU (1/21/24)
Steals: 6 vs. Michigan (1/15/23)

Previous:

• In 2015, began playing with the senior team and has won four Hungarian Championships, three Hungarian Cups, and two Hungarian Super Cups.
• With UVSE, she participated in the European Championships, finishing second in 2016.
• In 2017, her team won the Len Cup and in 2018, they finished fourth in the Euro-League.
• Since 2016, competing with the National Hungarian Team, finished fifth in her first international competition with the team at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
• In 2016, the team finished eighth at the Auckland, New Zealand World Championships; in 2017, placed sixth at the Volos, Greece World Championships; and in 2018, finished fourth at the Madeira, Portugal European Championships.