Statistics: Career |
20142014 (JUNIOR): Started all 45 games...Primarily was the designated hitter, but did start six games at first base...Batted .318 with 55 hits...Tied for the team-lead with 18 doubles...Hit one triple and a team-high 10 home runs...Drove in a team-high 55 runs and led the club with a .607 slugging percentage...Scored 40 runs...Led team with 15 multi-RBI games and also had 17 multi-hit games...Had a 12-game hitting streak and a 20-game streak of reaching base safely...Went 4-for-5 with three doubles, drove in two runs and scored another vs. Columbus State (March 31)...Went 2-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored vs. Montevallo (March 9)...Had two hits, including a home run and drove in four runs at UNC Pembroke (March 23).
BEFORE FLAGLER: Attended Montgomery College in Germantown, Md. (2012-13) and played one season at Radford (Va.) University (2011).
2013 (SOPHOMORE): A first-team NJCAA Division III All-American...Led the Raptors with a .384 batting average, a .443 on-base percentage and a .773 slugging percentage...Collected a team-high 66 hits including a team-best 15 doubles and 16 home runs...Also hit two triples...Led club with 64 runs batted in and 48 runs scored...Hit one home run in five consecutive games...Knocked in a season-high four runs vs. CCBC Dundalk (March 10).Collected a season-high three hits in a game four times...Scored three runs in the season opener vs. CCBC Essex (March 2)...Also made 15 appearances on the hill...Went 8-2 with one save and tossed three complete games...Pitched 63.2 innings and fanned a staff-best 57 batters...Struck out a season-high 11 batters vs. Lackawanna College (April 4)...Received the Gold Glove Award as a pitcher.
2012 (SOPHOMORE): Redshirted at Radford.
2011 (FRESHMAN): Started in 23 games at designated hitter for Radford...Had 19 hits, including seven doubles...Collected nine RBI and scored 11 runs...One of the “stars” of Radford’s viral video in May, “College Baseball Rain Delay Jousting”...Hit a first inning two-out RBI double in his first career plate appearance, finishing 2-for-3 vs. Army (Feb. 18)...Squeeze bunt scored a 13th-inning insurance run in the first game of the Auburn series (Feb. 25)... Had his first career triple in the series finale against Hartford in a pinch-hit role (March 13)...Stole his first career base against Appalachian State (April 26)...Went 2-for-5 vs. Gardner-Webb (April 29)...Had hits in both of his starts in the Coastal Carolina series (May 7-8)... Doubled home the go-ahead run in the fourth inning of the Big South Tournament win over VMI (May 24).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, Md...Lettered in baseball, basketball and football...The
Montgomery County Gazette Player of the Year as a senior......Hit seven home runs and drove in 50 runs in 2010...An All-Met first-team selection as a pitcher in 2010...A three-time All-WCAC first baseman...A four-time first-team All-Gazette selection...Captained team as a senior.
PERSONAL: Son of Todd and Nannette Taylor...A business administration major...Has three sisters...His grandfather, Mel, played in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization...Chipper Jones is his favorite athlete..."Modern Family" is his favorite television show..."Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is his favorite movie...Imagine Dragons is his favorite music group.
