RECORDS: Set the school record with 25 digs during a three-set match against UNLV (10/28/17)... No. 4 in a single season with 525 digs during the 2017 campaign.
HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2016, 2017, 2018)... Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2016, 2017, 2018).
2018 SEASON (SR): Appeared in all 29 matches and 108 setsâĤ Led the Aggies with 465 digs, the eighth-most in a single season in USU historyâĤ Averaged 4.15 digs per set, fourth-best in the Mountain WestâĤ Tallied 20 or more digs 10 times and finished with double-digit digs in all but five matchesâĤ Recorded a career-high 28 digs at Boise State (11/13)âĤ Led the team with 26 service aces, including a career-high five vs Loyola Chicago (9/7)âĤ Finished second on the team in assists with 87âĤ Recorded a career-high tying eight assists vs Milwaukee (9/8)âĤ Earned Kalamazoo Conference Center Tournament all-tournament honors... Academic all-Mountain West... Named a Joe E. & Elma Whitesides Scholar Athlete.
SUMMER 2018: Member of the Mountain West All-Star team that competed in the World Volleyball Challenge in Pula, Croatia, finishing second.
2017 SEASON (JR): Appeared in all 30 matches, playing in 108 sets and starting at libero in every match... Led the Aggies with 525 digs, the fourth-most in a single season in USU history... Ranked second in the Mountain West averaging 4.86 digs per set... Recorded a career-high 28 digs at Southern Utah (9/15)... Tallied a school-record 25 digs in a three-set match against UNLV (10/28)... Logged 20 or more digs 11 times during the year and double-digit digs in all but two matches... Finished second on the team with 25 service aces... Recorded a career-high-tying three aces at Fresno State (10/19)... Totaled 77 assists, recording a career-high eight at Northern Arizona (9/8)... Joe E. & Elma Whitesides Scholar Athlete... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.
2016 SEASON (SO): Appeared in all 30 matches with 23 starts, playing in 112 setsâĤ Finished third on the team in service aces with 22âĤ Recorded a career-high three service aces against Air Force (11/5), against Southeastern Louisiana (9/9) and at Denver (9/3)âĤ Finished fourth on the team with 18 assistsâĤ Recorded a season-high four assists against UC Riverside (9/8)âĤ Finished fifth on the team with 182 digs, averaging 1.62 per setâĤ Had a season high in digs with 13 at Wyoming (10/27)âĤ Recorded one kill vs. Loyola Marymount (9/3)... Joe E. & Elma Whitesides Scholar Athlete... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.
2015 SEASON (FR): Appeared in 32 matches, playing in 114 sets with six startsâĤ One of only two Aggies to appear in every set during the yearâĤ Finished the season third on the team with 223 digs, averaging 1.96 per setâĤ Recorded a season-high 13 digs against Middle Tennessee (9/4) and vs. Eastern Kentucky (9/19)âĤ Logged six double-digit dig performances during the yearâĤ Was fourth on the team with 21 assists, averaging 0.18 per set, including a season-high three against Colorado State (10/24)âĤ Finished fourth on the team with 11 service acesâĤ Also recorded one kill at Colorado State (9/24).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Was a four-year letterwinner at Taylorsville (Utah) High School... Three-time Team MVP on the volleyball court... Three-time all-state honoree, earning first-team, second-team and honorable mention accolades... Two-time first-team all-region selection... Two-time Region MVP... Helped the Warriors to a third-place finish at state... Played club for Aces Athletics, helping the team to six national appearances... Also lettered four years in softball where she carried a .500 average from the plate and helped Taylorsville HS to a runner-up finish at state in 2014.
PERSONAL: Youngest of four children of Wendell and Rhonda Taylor... Majoring in exercise scienc
