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88 - Nadia Taylor
NADIA TAYLOR
POSITION: Corner Infield HEIGHT: 5-8 BATS/THROWS: R/R HOMETOWN: Humble, Texas COLLEGE: Texas nadiataylor88
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ATHLETE CAUSE: RBI Austin
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Championship Season: Third-year performer who accumulated 1,152 leaderboard points to finish 29th in the league standings … starter in 9-of-14 games who tallied four hits, including a double … also scored twice while drawing four walks … went 2-for-4 with a run scored in Week One finale against Team Chidester … also logged a double in Week Two against Team Harshman. 2022 AUX Season: Finished in 25th place during inaugural AUX Softball campaign after compiling 832 leaderboard points … tied for fourth in the league with five multihit games … posted five-game hitting streak from June 13-19, going 9-for-17 during the streak … also hit lone home run of the season during the hitting streak with a solo shot against Team Eberle on June 15 … closed season with at least one hit in final four games. 2021 Championship Season: Accumulated 1,194 leaderboard points to finish in 26th place … tied for third in the league by being hit by a pitch two times. 2020 Championship Season: Posted 1,080 leaderboard points in first Athletes Unlimited season … hit .273 in 15 games, including 14 starts … tied for fifth in the league with three doubles … also shared eighth place with four home runs while driving in 12 runs.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Two-time All-NPF selection who earned Jennie Finch Award in 2018 … appeared in 194 games over five seasons from 2014-18, compiling 21 home runs with 81 runs batted in … hit .321 during 2017 season with 30 hits, including career-best 10 home runs, in 50 games for Texas Charge … opened career with Akron Racers in 2014 before spending three seasons with Dallas/Texas Charge … tallied five home runs with 24 runs batted in during 2018 campaign with a .270 batting average … also played in Minamo Softball League in Japan.
AT TEXAS
Four-year letter winner for the Longhorns from 2009-12 … four-time NFCA All-Region performer, including First-Team honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior … also earned All-Big 12 Conference distinction all four years, including pair of First-Team accolades … ranks fourth in program history with 234 career games played … also shares second place on Longhorns’ career games started list (234) … authored .337 batting average with 32 home runs and 131 runs batted in … collected 219 hits, including 40 doubles and two triples, with 120 runs scored … led Longhorns with 16 doubles as a senior … finished career with 41 doubles, the fifth-highest mark in program history … stands eighth on Texas’ career list with 32 home runs … drew 87 career walks to rank sixth all-time at Texas … owns school record by being hit by a pitch 21 times in her career … reached base safely in 21 consecutive games during freshman season … registered school-record 162 assists as a freshman … hit three doubles against New Mexico on Apr. 1, 2012, to match single-game record … set a school record with five walks against Kansas on Apr. 14, 2012 … two-sport athlete who also played for Longhorns’ basketball team during 2013-14 season … appeared in 14 games and made one start while shooting 35.7 percent (5-for-14) from the field.
PERSONAL
Named assistant softball coach at Michigan State on July 26, 2022 … majored in physical culture and sports with a minor in business at Texas … owns NT88 Sports Performance and 88’s Nutrition and Recovery, training Major League Baseball, college baseball and college softball players … brother is a running back for the Green Bay Packers … sister is a high school volleyball coach.
TAYLOR’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
AUX
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2022 832 12 11 0.378 0.452 0.486 37 4 14 1 0 1 5 1 4 4 18 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 832 12 11 0.378 0.452 0.486 37 4 14 1 0 1 5 1 4 4 18 0 0 0 0
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2020 1080 15 14 0.273 0.333 0.614 44 6 12 3 0 4 12 4 0 6 27 0 0 0 0 2021 1194 13 10 0.214 0.290 0.393 28 2 6 2 0 1 5 1 2 4 11 0 0 0 0 2022 1152 14 9 0.143 0.242 0.179 28 2 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 7 5 1 0 0 0
