Omaha Athletics

Honors and Awards
•Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2016-17)
•Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2017-18) 

As a Sophomore (2017) 
Appeared in three matches… Tallied a season-high two kills and three digs and one block against Montana (Sept. 8, 2017)... Named to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence. 

As a Freshman (2016)
Appeared in nine matches in her inaugural campaign, starting five...Averaged 0.59 blocks and 0.91 kills per set...Made her career debut vs. UC Davis (Aug. 27)...Earned her first career start at Saint Louis (Sept. 17), where she had three blocks and two kills...Followed with season highs of seven blocks and five kills with a dig vs. Murray State (Sept. 17)...Posted two stops, three kills and a dig at South Dakota (Oct. 28)...Added three more kills at North Dakota State (Oct. 29)...Named to the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll.

Rock Island High School
Lettered three years at Rock Island High School for coaches Bill Churchill and Kelly Young...Two-time all-conference selection...Helped the Rocks to two Big Six conference championships, as well as a regional title...As a senior, earned first-team all-area, all-region, all-metro and all-conference while leading her team with 67 blocks alongside 125 kills...Also lettered three years in basketball, two years in track & field and one year in soccer...Played club volleyball for Coach Dawn Kerr at Platform Elite...In 2015, helped her team to a second-place finish in the American division at the Colorado Crossroads tournament and first place in the American division at the Minneapolis qualifier.

Personal
Born May 26, 1998 to Darryl and Venessa Taylor in Rock Island, Ill....Has three sisters -- Danyale, Jazmin and Taneisha...Father played basketball and mother was a swimmer at Augustana College...Jazmin was a track & field athlete at Valparaiso...Hobbies include playing the violin, sports and traveling...Majoring in elementary education.