Biography
As a Junior (2017)
NBCWA Honorable Mention All-America ... ABCA Third-Team All-America ... First-Team All-Midwest Region ... First-Team All-GLVC ... Appeared and started in all 54 games ... Led UIS in average (.395), runs (63), hits (85), doubles (25), triples (4), on-base percentage (.461) ... Hit 12 home runs and drove in 47 runs ... Had .716 slugging percentage ... Had 26 multi-hit games including nine three-hit games, one four-hit game, and one five-hit game ... Had 12 multi-RBI games, including three three-RBI games, one four-RBI game, and one five-RBI game ... Went 5-for-5 with a walk, four runs, six RBI, two doubles, two home runs vs. RMU-Springfield (3/17/17) ... Went 3-for-6 with a walk, three runs, three RBI, double, triple, home run vs. McKendree (3/24/17) ... Went 4-for-5 with two runs, three RBI, and two doubles vs. Saint Joseph's (5/1/17) ... Went 3-for-3 with two runs, RBI, double, and home run vs. Saint Joseph's (5/1/17) ... Led entire GLVC in runs (63), hits (85), and doubles (25) ... Ranked in top-10 in GLVC in average, slugging, on-base, runs, hits, RBI, doubles, triples, home runs ... Ranked 9th in NCAA in hits, 3rd in doubles, 18th in runs
HIGH SCHOOL: Made All-County and All-Conference his sophomore, junior and senior year … Made All-Area and All-State his junior and senior year … Lettered in basketball and football as well … Made the high honor roll all four years … Member of the National Honor Society for three years …
PRIOR TO UIS: Played two seasons at Parkland College … Made the Academic All-Conference list his freshman year … Made the Dean’s list both years
PERSONAL: Son of Ron and Kim Taylor … Majoring in BBA Comprehensive … Chose UIS because it gave him an opportunity to continue his baseball career while getting a degree from a great academic institution.
