Kayla Peña
2021 Scholarship Recipient
High School: Rio Grande City High School
College to Attend: Concordia University of Texas
Kayla participated in tennis for four years, was a team captain for two years, and was a regional qualifier twice. She was the lone girls’ tennis player from the Valley to advance to the state meet. Kayla built a 34-2 record this season, was the District 30-5A girls singles champion, was MVP in District 31-5A Team Tennis in 2017 and 2019 and received all-district honors twice. Kayla also was USTA Super Girls Champion three times.
She is ranked No. 2 in a class of 404 students at RGCHS. Kayla was on the “A” Honor Roll for four years, a member of the National Honor Society, and top student in Algebra 1 Pre-AP, Geometry Pre-AP and College Algebra at her school.
Kayla volunteered in three activities with Beta Theta Iota, and helped at the Relay for Life Run/Walk.
She plans to attend Concordia University of Texas and major in Kinesiology.