Kyla Hall Holas

Sport: Softball

Induction Year: 2011

University: UL-Lafayette

Induction Year: 2011

A three-time All-American — twice a first-team selection — Kyla Hall Holas was a record-setting pitcher for Louisiana-Lafayette and led the Ragin’ Cajuns to their first Women’s College World Series in 1993. Former ULL and current LSU 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. Kyla 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.

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 is the first female softball player enshrined in the Hall.