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TAYLOR MCQUILLIN
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POSITION: Pitcher HEIGHT: 5-8 BATS/THROWS: L/L HOMETOWN: Mission Viejo, Calif. COLLEGE: Arizona taybeezzyy
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Mia Stokes Foundation
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Championship Season: Third-year performer who ended campaign with career-best 1,074 leaderboard points, including 790 win points … set league single-season record by making 14 appearances in the circle with three starts … compiled 4-3 record with a save … fourth in the circuit with 35.1 innings pitched … ranked second in the league with 46 strikeouts, including three games with five strikeouts … threw season-high 4.0 innings in three consecutive outings from Aug. 20-26 … did not allow a run in four straight appearances from Aug. 14-21, pitching 10.0 innings with three hits and 11 strikeouts … accumulated season-high 228 leaderboard points after throwing 4.0 scoreless innings and allowing just one hit against Team McCleney on Aug. 21. 2021 Championship Season: Compiled 962 leaderboard points … tied for ninth in the league with 120 MVP points … made eight appearances in the circle, including five starts … authored 3-3 record with a 3.92 earned run average … one of five pitchers to hurl a complete game … sixth in the league with 30.0 innings pitched … tied for third with 23 strikeouts … allowed 17 earned runs on 29 hits.
2020 Championship Season: Accumulated 784 leaderboard points during inaugural season … made 12 appearances in the circle, including two starts … posted 1-2 record with 8.61 earned run average … recorded lone save of the season … authored 19 strikeouts in 20.0 innings.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Helped Team Mexico qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics … made one appearance at the Tokyo Olympics, throwing 1.2 innings against Canada with two strikeouts and two hits.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
No. 6 overall selection in the 2019 NPF Draft by the Cleveland Comets … threw 53.2 innings during her rookie season while compiling a 5-3 record with a 2.87 earned run average … played for the Hitachi Sundivas of the Japan Diamond League in 2022.
AT ARIZONA
Four-year letter winner for the Wildcats who made 134 appearances, including 106 starts, from 2016-19 … accrued 80-32 career record with five saves, a 1.95 earned run average and 815 strikeouts over 697.1 innings … finished career with 77 complete games and 33 shutouts … First-Team NFCA All-America selection as a senior … also earned Second-Team All-America notice from Fastpitch News and Third-Team honors from Softball America … four-time All-Pac-12 Conference selection, including First-Team commendations as junior and senior … three-time NFCA All-Region pick … led NCAA Division I with 15 shutouts in 2018, becoming first Arizona pitcher to accomplish the feat … one of 34 finalists for USA Softball Player of the Year in 2017 … ranks 10th in career earned run average … stands ninth in Wildcat softball history in career victories … holds seventh place on career strikeouts list … threw five-inning no-hitter against New Mexico on Feb. 11, 2018.
PERSONAL
Proudest moment was representing her family as a member of Team Mexico and qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics … says “Be where your feet are” is her favorite piece of advice … hobbies include reading, watching Netflix, listening to music and spending time outside … has been legally blind in her left eye since she was born … uncle, Tim Quintanilla, played baseball at USC.
MCQUILLIN’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS ERA APP GS W L SV CG SHO IP R ER H BB SO HR B/AVG WP HP
2020 784 8.75 12 2 1 2 1 0 0 20.0 31 25 34 15 19 6 0.374 2 2 2021 962 3.97 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 30.0 17 17 29 15 23 5 0.257 1 3 2022 1074 5.15 14 3 4 3 1 0 0 35.1 26 26 40 16 46 7 0.276 3 6
