MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Three student-athletes have enrolled at West Virginia University and will join the Big 12 champion women’s soccer team this spring.

 

Kayla Saager, a freshman forward, transferred from NC State and is available immediately with three years of eligibility remaining. She is joined by freshman defender Easther Mayi Kith and freshman forward Hannah Abraham. The duo are early enrollees and have four years of eligibility.

 

“I’m looking forward to working with Kayla to further her career as a true goal scorer,” said Mountaineer coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “She gained great experience playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference as a freshman, and she impacted the NC State program in just one season with her scoring ability.

 

“Easther and Hannah are two players who are committed to winning at the highest level. Their early enrollment shows their commitment to making sure they are in top form for the 2015 season. Both have accomplished so much throughout their youth careers, including a World Cup appearance for Easther and regional experience for Hannah.”

 

Saager, a native of East Islip, New York, played in 13 matches with the Wolfpack in 2014 and earned 12 starts. She led the squad in goals (5) and points (11), with her first career score coming against Portland on August 24. Saager recorded a three-point game against Coastal Carolina on September 4, scoring one goal and adding an assist. She placed 13 of her 32 shots on-goal.

 

A six-year member of the New York East ODP and a four-year member of USYSA Region I ODP, Saager played club soccer for Albertson SC, ISA and East Islip Soccer Club. She claimed Gold with her ODP squad at the 2013 International Kuban Spring Champions in Sochi, Russia, and won the 2012 NEWSS Championship and 2013 Region 1 Championship with her ISA Club team. During Saager’s three years with the East Islip High squad, the team posted a 34-7-2 record and was the 2013 outright league champion and the 2011 co-champion. She scored 27 goals and added 12 assists at East Islip and earned 2013 all-county, all-conference and all-league honors, and 2012 all-state, all-Long Island, all-county and all-league honors.

 

Saager will major in communications studies.

 

Mayi Kith, a native of Quebec City, Quebec, is a member of the Canada U17 National Team. She has made seven appearances with the squad and played the full 90 minutes in six. Mayi Kith represented Canada at the 2014 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica, and she won Silver with the squad at the 2013 CONCACAF Women’s U17 Championship in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

 

Mayi Kith made her Canadian youth debut at the age of 15 and has trained at the National Training Centre in Quebec. Additionally, she has been invited to multiple Women’s Excel Identification Camps. Fluent in French, Mayi Kith attended from Ecole Secondaire George-Vanier Laval. Her major at WVU is undecided.

 

Abraham, a native of Fairchance, Pennsylvania, is a six-year member of the ODP Region 1 Pool and the U14 National Pool. She claimed the Bronze medal with the US Junior National Soccer Team at the 2014 Kuban Spring Tournament in Sochi, Russia.

 

A member of the Mountaineer United Soccer Club, Abraham played for the Shox U18 Team under former WVU assistant coach Nikki Goodenow. Additionally, she was a member of the Region I Interregional Team in 2010, 2012 and 2013. Abraham is an early graduate from Albert Gallatin High, and her major at WVU is undecided.