Omaha Athletics

Honors and Awards 
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20) 
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2018-19, 2019-20)

As a Junior (2019)
Appeared in 28 with eight matches played and eight starts at setter… Averaged 0.46 kills per set on .191 hitting… Recorded 268 total assists with 9.57 assists per set… Also averaged 0.43 blocks per set and totaled 2.04 digs per set on 57 total digs… Had two double-doubles on the year with 36 assists and 12 digs Sept. 6 against Clemson, and 45 assists and 11 digs at Kansas State… Had a career-high of 52 assists in the win over UAlbany Aug. 31 at the Omaha Challenge… Totaled 41 sets, 14 matches, 17 kills, 300 assists, nine aces, 67 digs and 18.0 total blocks for her career... Named to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence. 

As a Sophomore (2018)
Played in 13 sets in six total matches with two starts… Recorded 32 assists on the season and 10 digs… Averaged 2.46 assists per set and 0.77 digs per set as a setter… Tallied a season-best of 21 assists and five digs in the season opener at New Orleans (Aug. 24)... Recorded three blocks and two kills against Eastern Illinois (Sept. 15)... Helped her team achieve the best regular season finish in three years... Named to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence. 

At Creighton
Played as a setter, right side and serving specialist for the Bluejays… Totaled 32 sets with six kills (.312), 24 assists, eight digs, six blocks and one ace… Earned her first-career start in 2017 against No. 19 Iowa where she totaled 10 assists, three kills, two blocks and a dig… Two-time Big East Regular Season and Tournament Champion (2016, 2017)… Member of the Bluejays’ 2016 Elite Eight team… Member of the 2017 Creighton team that advanced to the Second Round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed… Named to the Dean’s List and a two-time Academic All-Big East recipient. 

Club Volleyball
Played for Club Fusion under head coach Eric Schulze… Earned third place at the JVA World Challenge in 2014, 13th in the 18-Open AAU National Championships in 2015 and fifth at the AAU National Championships in 2016… Played in the European Global Challenge in Croatia in July of 2017, helping her BIP Midwest Team to a runner-up finish… Andi Collins Award Finalist and a top-250 Senior Ace by PrepVolleyball. 

St. Charles North High School 
Four-year letterwinner in high school… As a senior, she helped her team to a regional championship, conference championship and a 34-4 record… Team Captain, team Most Valuable Player, Second Team All-State, Tri-Cities Girls’ Volleyball All-Area Team… Upstate Eight All-Conference, Daily Herald, Elgin Courier and Kane County Chronicle First Team All-Area… Illinois All-Star game participant and Daily Herald Prep Excellent award winner… As a junior she was team captain, Tri-Cities Girls’ Volleyball All-Area and All-Conference Honorable Mention… Earned team’s Most Improved Player as a sophomore, helping her team to a Regional Championship, Sectional Semifinal and Conference Championship. 

Personal
Born Nov. 20, 1997… Parents are Timothy and Nancy Taylor… Has two sisters Lindsey and Dana), and a brother, Ryan… Majoring in biomechanics… Hobbies include reading and running.