Kayla Burton
Kayla Burton is a graduate student at the Newhouse school where she studies Broadcast & Digital Journalism, with a Sports Communication Emphasis. Burton is from Boston where she attended Newton South High School, 2008-2013. She was an all-scholastic basketball player and an All-American in track. Burton continued her education and athletic career at Lehigh University from 2013- 2017. Burton earned a full-scholarship to play for the Lehigh Women’s Basketball team. She received a bachelor's degree in Journalism, with a minor in Africana Studies. Burton comes from a family of six. Her parents, Steve Burton and Virginia Burton played sports at Northwestern University. She has an older sister, Kendall Burton, who played basketball at Villanova University; a younger brother, Austin Burton, who plays football at UCLA; and a younger sister, Veronica Burton, who plays basketball at Northwestern University.