2018-19 USC Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Overbeck, Kayla

Jersey Number 1
Kayla Overbeck
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Newbury Park HS
- Hometown:
- Newbury Park, Calif.
Bio
THIS SEASON
A powerhouse at the post and fierce leader, Kayla Overbeck enters her second and final season of competition at USC, having joined the Trojans as a transfer from Vanderbilt last season.
2018-19 SEASON AT USC
Overbeck was granted immediate eligibility to compete in her first season at USC... Started 26 games and appeared in 29 as a junior with the Trojans... Averaged 6.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game... Hit double digits in seven games... Set her USC career high with 17 points scored vs. Washington on Feb. 1, 2019... Also set USC career best with eight rebounds vs. Washington State on Feb. 3.
2017-18 SEASON AT VANDERBILT
Overbeck averaged 9.9 ppg and 5.0 rpg in 30 appearances with 14 starts as a sophomore at Vanderbilt… Tallied a career-high 14 rebounds against Arkansas in SEC Tournament for ninth career double-double (16 points, 14 rebounds)… Scored a career-high 24 points in win over Arkansas for her second career 20-point outing… With 12 points vs. Mississippi State, scored her 500th point… Reached double figures in 10 of the last 14 games… Averaged 13.6 ppg the last 10 games…. Over the final 10 games of the season, shot .635 percent (54-of-85) from the floor…. Averaged 12.7 ppg in Vanderbilt wins and shot .600 percent in Commodores wins (30-of-50)… Overbeck’s .601 FG percentage (113-of-188) ranked No. 4 in the SEC… Grabbed a rebound in each of the last 27 games…. Posted 17 games in double figures this and has 31 career games in double figures… Tied her career best with three steals vs. Belmont…. Tallied 15 games of five or more rebounds this season…. Recorded a career-best four assists vs. Memphis.
2016-17 SEASON AT VANDERBILT
Overbeck earned SEC All-Freshman honors after finishing the regular season as the conference’s leading rebounder among freshmen (7.2 per game) and ranked third in scoring (9.5 ppg) among freshman… Posted a team-leading seven double-doubles… Scored in double-figures in 15 games… Produced her team-leading seventh double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds vs. Ole Miss on Feb. 19... Compiled a career-high 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, team-highs in both categories, vs. Kentucky on Feb. 5. ... Scored 14 points and matched her career-high with 13 rebounds vs. Florida on Jan. 29... Played a career-high 34 minutes and notched her fourth double-double of the season with a team-high 14 points and 10 rebounds vs. Missouri on Jan. 15... Posted the third double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the loss on Auburn on Jan. 12... Had 10 points and matched her season high with 13 rebounds in the loss to No. 8-ranked Louisville on Dec. 21… Set new career highs with 18 points and 13 rebounds vs. ETSU on Dec. 8… Was named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 13.
NATIONAL TEAMS
Overbeck was a member of the USA U19 team won a silver medal at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Udine, Italy.
HIGH SCHOOL
Overbeck was named the CIF Division 2A Player of the Year as a senior out of Newbury Park High... Also selected Ventura County Star’s Girls Basketball Player of the Year... Was ranked No. 20 by ESPN HoopGurlz and No. 19 by Prospects Nation at her position on Signing Day... Marmonte League MVP... Was a four-year starter, ending her career as the program’s all-time leader in career points (1,988) and rebounds (1,355)... Broke school record in rebounds in a game, rebounds in a season, points in a season, and points in a career... Also was a four-year volleyball player at Newbury Park High... Played AAU for the Cal Sparks under Elbert and Karen Kinnebrew.
PERSONAL
Kayla Overbeck was born August 8, 1998... Parents are Sean and Shanon Overbeck... Has three siblings: Simone, Keira, and Scarlett... Majoring in history.
A powerhouse at the post and fierce leader, Kayla Overbeck enters her second and final season of competition at USC, having joined the Trojans as a transfer from Vanderbilt last season.
2018-19 SEASON AT USC
Overbeck was granted immediate eligibility to compete in her first season at USC... Started 26 games and appeared in 29 as a junior with the Trojans... Averaged 6.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game... Hit double digits in seven games... Set her USC career high with 17 points scored vs. Washington on Feb. 1, 2019... Also set USC career best with eight rebounds vs. Washington State on Feb. 3.
2017-18 SEASON AT VANDERBILT
Overbeck averaged 9.9 ppg and 5.0 rpg in 30 appearances with 14 starts as a sophomore at Vanderbilt… Tallied a career-high 14 rebounds against Arkansas in SEC Tournament for ninth career double-double (16 points, 14 rebounds)… Scored a career-high 24 points in win over Arkansas for her second career 20-point outing… With 12 points vs. Mississippi State, scored her 500th point… Reached double figures in 10 of the last 14 games… Averaged 13.6 ppg the last 10 games…. Over the final 10 games of the season, shot .635 percent (54-of-85) from the floor…. Averaged 12.7 ppg in Vanderbilt wins and shot .600 percent in Commodores wins (30-of-50)… Overbeck’s .601 FG percentage (113-of-188) ranked No. 4 in the SEC… Grabbed a rebound in each of the last 27 games…. Posted 17 games in double figures this and has 31 career games in double figures… Tied her career best with three steals vs. Belmont…. Tallied 15 games of five or more rebounds this season…. Recorded a career-best four assists vs. Memphis.
2016-17 SEASON AT VANDERBILT
Overbeck earned SEC All-Freshman honors after finishing the regular season as the conference’s leading rebounder among freshmen (7.2 per game) and ranked third in scoring (9.5 ppg) among freshman… Posted a team-leading seven double-doubles… Scored in double-figures in 15 games… Produced her team-leading seventh double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds vs. Ole Miss on Feb. 19... Compiled a career-high 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, team-highs in both categories, vs. Kentucky on Feb. 5. ... Scored 14 points and matched her career-high with 13 rebounds vs. Florida on Jan. 29... Played a career-high 34 minutes and notched her fourth double-double of the season with a team-high 14 points and 10 rebounds vs. Missouri on Jan. 15... Posted the third double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the loss on Auburn on Jan. 12... Had 10 points and matched her season high with 13 rebounds in the loss to No. 8-ranked Louisville on Dec. 21… Set new career highs with 18 points and 13 rebounds vs. ETSU on Dec. 8… Was named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 13.
NATIONAL TEAMS
Overbeck was a member of the USA U19 team won a silver medal at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Udine, Italy.
HIGH SCHOOL
Overbeck was named the CIF Division 2A Player of the Year as a senior out of Newbury Park High... Also selected Ventura County Star’s Girls Basketball Player of the Year... Was ranked No. 20 by ESPN HoopGurlz and No. 19 by Prospects Nation at her position on Signing Day... Marmonte League MVP... Was a four-year starter, ending her career as the program’s all-time leader in career points (1,988) and rebounds (1,355)... Broke school record in rebounds in a game, rebounds in a season, points in a season, and points in a career... Also was a four-year volleyball player at Newbury Park High... Played AAU for the Cal Sparks under Elbert and Karen Kinnebrew.
PERSONAL
Kayla Overbeck was born August 8, 1998... Parents are Sean and Shanon Overbeck... Has three siblings: Simone, Keira, and Scarlett... Majoring in history.
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