At just thirteen, Kaya Kumar is putting up numbers that would make seasoned athletes pause. A student at Arndell Anglican College, she’s been quietly rewriting what’s possible for a teenager in sport. That said, “quietly” may no longer apply when you’re clearing 80-metre sixes and scoring 515 runs in 8 matches with an average of 257.8.
She’s not sticking to one game either. Cricket, basketball and shot put are all part of her weekly rhythm, with state-level representation and MVP trophies appearing in regular rotation.
Last year, she was named Western Sydney’s Female Sportsperson of the Year, selected from a pool of more than 60,000 students. And she achieved that before even turning 13.
Cricket is where the numbers start to feel surreal. Kaya racked up 1,617 runs last season alone, averaging 60 across formats. She became the youngest player to score back-to-back fifties in U18 Premier Women’s Cricket (Brewers) and was the first 12-year-old to play U19 Schoolgirls cricket alongside NSW-level players.
Over the past three seasons, she has scored over 4,000 runs. She also holds the record for the most number of sixes by a female player in senior formats, including two that sailed over the 80-metre mark.
Her dominance has a rhythm of its own. Three unbeaten centuries in record-breaking opening stands — 150 not out, 164 not out and 153 not out — came in matches where she and her partner posted 215 and 287 runs respectively.
Her performance in the senior women’s division has been equally striking. She scored 515 runs in just 8 games with an average of 257.8, a figure that belongs in record books, not teenage scrapbooks.
Trophies have followed, but so have acknowledgements that cross age and gender divisions. She was named Female Player of the Year for Parramatta, Player of the Year for Hills Barbarians, and also beat U15 boys in a mixed tournament to earn that title too.
If cricket is the showstopper, basketball has been just as solid a stage. Kaya has ranked among the top players in New South Wales for three years in a row. She’s helped her team clinch national titles and collected MVP honours across multiple competitions.
This season, playing for the Blacktown Storms, she helped deliver the team’s first-ever championship win. Trailing by 9 points with 10 minutes to go, the girls rallied. Kaya finished with 28 points in the final and was also named the top scorer across the competition.
Her leadership shows early signs of being another of her strengths. She has captained the NSW U12 side and led them to two national championships.
Away from sport, Kaya hasn’t slowed down. She’s a Grade 6 pianist and plays the euphonium at Grade 4 level. That she balances all this with school and a demanding travel and match schedule says as much about her focus as her talent.
Her achievements aren’t just a string of stats. There’s a quiet, self-assured rhythm to the way she plays, leads and performs. Her records speak loudly, but her presence, by all accounts, is calm and grounded.
What’s striking about Kaya isn’t just the early peak, but how effortless she makes it look. She hasn’t even begun Year 9, but she’s already setting benchmarks that older players are chasing.
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