Kayli Moniz
Graduating class: 2012
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 2025
Hall of Fame Category: Athlete
Growing up as a soccer player and having never played volleyball before high school, Kayli went on to be one of the strongest volleyball players in her high school era. Coach Karen Arsenault describes Kayli as a “gritty, fierce competitor who would do anything to win and who never went down without a fight”.
Kayli was enticed to play volleyball by coach Arsenault, and she started on the JV team but quickly moved up to varsity. She was the team’s libero for all 4 years and is described as coach Arsenault’s “best libero I ever coached”. Kayli finished her high school career by setting a school record with the most digs (1,542) and in 2011, she was ranked third as a dig leader in Massachusetts Division 2. Kayli also had 77 aces, 243 service attempts and 159 points, and in her senior season, her team finished with an impressive record of 20-5.
Kayli also excelled at softball and declared it her “best sport”, starting all four seasons as the team’s shortstop. In her freshman season she batted leadoff and over her four seasons, her batting averages were .458 (freshman), .430 (sophomore) and .474 (junior) and .488 (senior). In her junior year, she led the team with the highest batting average and had 37 hits and 15 RBI.
She was a softball two-time SCC Conference all-star in 2011 and 2012, and her softball team claimed the 2012 SCC Championship and advanced to the D-2 South Sectional Final. She was also a two-time selection to the Standard-Times softball “Super Team” in 2011 and 2012.
Kayli played varsity basketball for three years and she was described as a “very unselfish player, a skilled passer and an outstanding defender who could guard multiple positions”. In her senior year, her team went 18-0 and claimed the 2012 SCC Championship South Sectional championship in an epic win over then powerhouse Archbishop Williams.
After graduating high school, Kayli went on to play softball at Assumption College in Worcester. She was the starting shortstop all four years of college and was team captain for her senior year. She also was named to the All-Conference team.
Kayli currently resides in California and works as a behavior analyst working with autistic children ages 3-18. She stays active by playing in a slow pitch softball league and by playing beach volleyball when she can.