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Drafted in 45th Round by St. Louis Cardinals 2008 Louisville Slugger/Collegiate BaseballThird Team All-American
At Charlotte -2008: Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Year and first-team all-league selection, he led the A-10 and set personal a best with 19 home runs. Also drove in a career-high 70 RBI in his senior season. He was one of two Niners on the All-Raleigh Regional team this season. With three hits in his final game of his career, he finished with 264 for his career, the fifth-most career total in team history. His 65 doubles and 208 RBI rank third and 35 home runs are fifth for a Charlotte career. Taylor's last home game was a memorable one, as he hit a walkoff home run in the bottom of the tenth in Charlotte's 2-1 win over Rhode Island to clinch the conference championship.
2007: Earned All-Atlantic 10 Tournament Honors... Named second-team All-Atlantic 10... One of four Niners to start all 61 contests in 2007... Belted a pair of home runs and drove in three runs to eliminate N.C. State from the Columbia, S.C. regional in Charlotte's 12-10 win on 6/3... Drove in career-best five runs (three-run homer and two-run double) in final two at-bats in opening A-10 Tournament game, 11-1 over Rhode Island... Had season best four hits and four runs in 24-0 win over Radford on Feb. 18... Dean's List (Spring and Fall).
2006: Named Second-Team All-Atlantic 10, one of a record nine Niners named All-Conference... Saw dramatic increases in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage... Was one of three hitters with a team-leading 16 doubles... Began the season with a 17-game hitting streak, putting his batting average at .429 (27-for-63) and combined with hits in final two games of 2005, had a 19-game hitting streak alive until Mar. 3, hitting .414 over that span... Scored 15 runs and knocked in 21 runs over that streak... Recorded an RBI in 15 of first 19 contests of the season... Had 17 multi-hit games, including four three-hit performances... Was held hitless in consecutive games only twice during the season... Put together a second hitting streak of 12 games from April 8-28, going 19-for-44 (.432), recording 13 RBI and scoring 10 runs over that span... Stole his first career base, in the first inning on March 9 vs. North Carolina A&T... Was successful one other time in stealing a base, in a six-run eighth inning to win against George Washington 11-5 on March 25... Hit a career-best two doubles, in Charlotte's 14-7 win over Fordham in a game two of a doubleheader sweep on May 19... Hit all three home runs in conference play... Found most success in the fifth spot of the batting order with a .357 average (46-for129), including nine doubles, two triples and two homers (.559 slugging percentage)... Dean's List and A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall, 2005)...
2005: 28 of 39 starts came as catcher ... C-USA Hitter of the Week (4/4/05) after homering in three of four games, including two of three at Saint Louis ... Improved average to .271 in 21 C-USA games ... Hit .340 with .620 slugging in 14 road games ... Nine multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games ... Four walks vs. Winthrop (4/6/05) was team's season high ... Caught nine baserunners trying to steal ... Dean's List and C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall, 2004).
At Mt. Pleasant - Named "Mr. Offense" in 2003 and 2004 ... All-Conference selection each of those years ... Played in N.C. state games both years ... Fall team finished third at the Perfect Game tournament held in Jupiter, Florida ... played wide receiver as a junior.
Personal - Parents are Barbara and Danny Taylor. Major is criminal justice. Birthdate is July 11, 1986.
