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2025 Soccer Roster

Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks

27 Kaya Durkee

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Carondelet HS
  • Hometown Danville, Calif.

Biography

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2025 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team
  • 2025 CSC Academic All-District

2025: Started all 22 contests for the Redbirds with 1,996 minutes played, the third most in a single season in program history. Tallied three assists in 2025, including a pair in the Redbirds' 5-0 victory over Western Illinois on Aug. 28.

2024: Made 17 appearances as a rookie for Illinois State in 2024, making one start on Oct. 27 vs UNI.

Previous: ECNL First-Team All-Conference Award for the 2021 Season with Mustang SC 06 ECNL… Helped her team to the ECNL Playoffs 2023 Final Round of 16...Prep Soccer’s ECNL National Playoffs: 06 Best XI in July of 2023… 2022-23 and 2023-24 EBAL All-League Team selection for Carondelet HS… Helped her team to the EBAL League Championship, NCS - Division I Championship, and CIF Northern CA Regional Final… 2023-24 Team Captain for Carondelet.

Personal: Competed in basketball, lacrosse, and swimming during her prep career… Father, Justis, played basketball at UC Davis… Great-grandfather, Walter Heinecke, played football at Stanford… Aunt, Ronnie Komisarek, played volleyball at Rutgers… Garrett Komisarek, played volleyball at Hawaii. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2024Freshman

    Defender
    5'9"
    27
  • 27

    2025Sophomore

    Defender
    5'9"
    27