Austin Peay State University Athletics

Honors & Awards
2022 First Team All-OVC (with Brooke Moore)
OVC Pair of the Week: March 29, 2022 (with Brooke Moore)
OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll: 2021-22
Dean's List: F21
Athletic Director's Honor Roll: S22, F22, F23
KJCCC All-Academic Team, 2019

2024 Season (Graduate Student)

• Went 14-15 on the season, with a 9-2 mark from the No. 2 court.
• Went 8-1 alongside Kelsey Mead while exclusively playing in the No. 2 position. 
• Went 1-1 from the No. 1 position, with both matches coming alongside Riley Marshall.

2023 Season (Senior)

• Appeared in all 29 matches and posted a 17-12 record while playing exclusively with Chloee McDaniel.
• Her 17 wins were tied for the third most by a Governor in 2023 and are tied for the ninth-best season total in program history.
• Her and McDaniel’s 17 wins were the second most by a Govs duo during the 2023 season.
• Recorded a 16-12 record in the No. 2 position and a 1-0 record in the No. 1 position.
• At the end of the season, her .650 winning percentage ranks third in Austin Peay history and her 39 wins rank seventh in program history.

2022 Season (Junior)

• Earned First Team All-OVC honors after going 22-9 while playing exclusively with Brooke Moore, the duo set the Austin Peay single-season records for wins and winning percentage (.710).
• Won 22 matches on the No. 2 line and dropped her lone match in the No. 1 position.
• Posted a 7-1 mark in conference matches, with all the wins coming from the No. 2 line.
• Went on a team-best nine-match winning streak from March 11 to April 1 and only dropped two sets during that stretch.
• Went 3-0 at the OVC Tournament, Moore and her were the only APSU duo to not drop a match in the conference tournament.

Career Recap: Johnson County Junior College

2020-21 Season (Sophomore)

• Named First Team NJCAA Division II All-American, National Player of the Year, and Most Valuable Player of the NJCAA D-II National Tournament.
• Also earned first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk D-II Conference and First Team NJCAA All-Region VI/Plains District A honors.
• Played in 27 matches and 101 sets.
• Ranked third in KJCCC D-II and fourth in the NJCAA with 363 kills, and her 3.59 kills per set were fifth in the conference and 20th in the NJCAA.
• Led the conference and ranked 15th in the NJCAA with a .361 attack percentage.
• Topped double figures in kills in 24 of 27 matches this season.
• Hit over .400 in 15 matches, including a season-best .700 in the Region VI Championship Match.
• Had a string of seven straight matches of hitting over .400.

2019 Season (Freshman)

• Played in 30 matches and 103 sets.
• Earned first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College D-II and All-District A honors.
• Led the team and ranked 15th in the Kansas Jayhawk Conference with 348 kills.
• Averaged 3.38 kills-per-set and hit a team-best .306, which also ranked tied for 13th in the conference.
• Also tallied 77 blocks and 70 digs.
• Topped double figures in kills in 22 matches.
• Earned KJCCC student-athlete academic honors in the fall 2019 semester.

Career Recap: Raymore-Peculiar HS

• Was a two-year starter for coach Aubri Janes at Raymore-Peculiar High School.
• Earned All-Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference honorable mention honors as a senior.
• Tallied 131 kills (1.68 per set), a .175 attack percentage, 43 blocks, and 55 digs over 78 sets her senior year.
• Played one season of club volleyball for Performance Volleyball Academy coached by Justin Franklin and helped that team qualify for nationals. Also played one season for Mavs Extreme coached by Bob Ehler, Southland Aces coached by Dana Sutcliffe, and the Mavs KC 18-2 team coached by Tom Symons.

Personal

• Mikayla Laine Powell is the daughter of Ravenell and Melissa Powell.
• Born April 26.
• Has one sister, Gabby.