Beach Volleyball Bio
2016 (Senior): Started in 26 matches at opposite… led the league and Hawai'i with career-highs averaging 4.54 kills per set, 0.61 service aces per set and 5.76 points (kills + blocks + aces) per set…finished the season ranked No. 2 in the NCAA DI in aces per set; No. 5 in points per set; and No. 14 in kills per set…led Hawai'i with 386 kills, 52 total aces, 490.0 total points, was second on the team with 97 blocks, and third on the squad with 196 digs…averaged career-highs of 2.33 digs per set and 1.15 blocks per set… finished her stellar four-year career ranked in UH's career record books at No. 12 with 1,377 kills and No. 8 with 117 service aces…for her career, she amassed 665 digs, 373 blocks, and 1,694.5 career points…she notched 19 double-digit kill games, including eight with 20+ kills with seven double-doubles…recorded a career-high .733 attack percentage (11-0-15) at UC Irvine (11/10/16)…posted a career-high 29 kills and 33.5 points (29-1-3.5) against Washington in a five-set thriller (9/11/16)…racked up a career-high seven service aces against Pepperdine (9/16/16)… was selected to the AVCA All-America second team for the second straight season…is just the 17th Rainbow Wahine to earn multiple AVCA All-America awards and just the fourth to do so in the last 10 years, joining Jamie Houston (2006, '08), Kanani Danielson (2008-11), and Emily Hartong (2011-13…was the only player from the Big West on the first, second or third team this season…was named Big West Player of the Year for the second straight season and is a four-time all-Big West first teamer…was voted Big West Player of the Week four times this season, bringing her career total to 10 tying only Kanani Danielson as the only other Rainbow Wahine to earn 10 conference Player of the Week awards…became just the second Rainbow Wahine to ever be named AVCA National Player of the Week twice in her career joining just Kim Willoughby who garnered the award three times during her standout career…earned Big West Academic All-Conference honors and was named a UH Manoa Scholar-Athlete.
2015 (Junior): Started and played in 30 matches at opposite hitter...earned second team American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Honors and AVCA Pacific North All-Region honors…selected Big West Player of the Year (the 24th overall Rainbow Wahine to earn conference Player of the Year honors)…earned third-straight all-Big West first team honors…received AVCA/Sports Imports and ESPNW National Player of the Week awards (Sept. 14) following an impressive performance at the Outrigger Resort Volleyball Challenge that included a career-best 27-kill performance against then-No. 2 Florida…became just the third player in UH history to be voted Big West Player of the Week five times in one season…named the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational Most Outstanding Player; the Outrigger Resorts Volleyball Challenge’s Most Outstanding Player; and to the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic All-Tournament team…finished the season ranked No. 5 in the NCAA and No. 1 in the league after averaging 5.48 points per set (kills + blocks + aces)…finished the season ranked in eight other NCAA categories: No. 16 with 4.46 kills per set (No. 1 in Big West); No. 20 with 575.5 total points (No. 1 in Big West); No. 27 with 0.42 aces per set (No. 1 in Big West); No. 38 with 44 service aces (No. 1 in Big West); No. 46 with 468 total kills (No. 1 in Big West); No. 104 with 1.10 blocks per set (No. 4 in Big West), No. 109 with 10.16 attacks per set; and No. 148 with 116 total blocks (No. 2 in Big West)…pounded a career-high 27 kills with a career-high 63 attacks against then-No. 2 Florida (Sept. 11)…also tallied a season-high 17 digs against the Gators in that match…led UH with six double-doubles for the season (Wichita State, Aug. 29 – 25K/11D; UCLA, Sept. 6 – 16K, 15D; Florida, Sept. 11 – 27K/17D; CSU Bakersfield, Sept. 20 – 20K/11D; at Long Beach State, Nov. 6 – 20K/14D; vs. TCU, Dec. 4 – 21K/12D…recorded double-digit kills in 26 matches—including 20 or more kills in nine matches…led UH in kills in 25 matches this season…had at least six kills and at least one block in every match she played this season…was second on the team with 220 digs, averaging 2.10 per set.
2014 (Sophomore): Saw action in 22 matches with 21 starts at outside hitter after missing the early part of the season with an elbow injury…earned first team all-Big West honors for the second time…named the Big West’s Defensive Player of the Week (11/24)…against Cal Poly, became the first UH player in the rally scoring era to record a triple-double (10 kills, 10 digs, 11 blocks)…her 11 blocks was also a career high…had a total of 239 kills with a 2.99 k/s average…also added 12 assists and 13 service aces, in addition to 159 digs and 79 blocks…had a career-high 22 kills vs UC Santa Barbara (10/26) and a hitting percentage of .474 vs UC Davis (9/26)…had a career-high 21 digs at UC Santa Barbara (11/21)…posted double figures in kills in 13 matches with three double-doubles.
2013 (Freshman): Saw action in all 30 matches with 26 starts at outside hitter...named first team all-Big West and to the Big West all-freshman team...also earned honorable mention all-region honors...was second on the team with 284 kills for a .287 attack percentage...averaged 2.70 kills per set and recorded 81 total blocks...had 10 kills, six blocks, and two digs against No. 1 Texas, her first collegiate match...posted a season-high 20 kills vs. Cal State Fullerton (9/27)...had a season-high seven blocks vs. Long Beach State (11/2) to go along with 12 kills and eight digs...posted 15 kills, nine digs, and five blocks at UC Santa Barbara (11/9)...had 14 kills, six digs, and four blocks at Cal State Northridge (10/24)...belted 11 kills to along with eight digs and four blocks in UH's NCAA opening round match vs. Idaho State (12/6).
Prep: A 2013 graduate of Kaiser High School in Honolulu, O‘ahu...lettered three seasons in volleyball...named to Volleyball Magazine’s 2013 Girls’ Fab 50...led Kaiser to a league title as a freshman.
Personal: Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu...is majoring in communicology..played five seasons with ‘Imi ‘Ike Volleyball Club...has an older brother and a younger sister...bother Josh played volleyball at Pepperdine from 2012-15, earning AVCA second team All-America honors as a senior and all-conference honors in his final two seasons...parents are Graham and Kimberly Taylor of Honolulu, O‘ahu...father Graham played basketball for the University of the Pacific from 1981-84.
Career Highs
Hitting percentage: ..733 (11-0-15), at UC Irvine (11/10/16)
Kills: 29, Washington (9/11/16)
Attempts: 63, Florida (9/11/15)
Assists: 3 (2x), last UC Riverside (10/30/15)
Service aces: 7, Pepperdine (9/16/16)
Block solos: 1 (25x), last vs. USC (12/2/16)
Block assists: 10 at Cal Poly, 11/22/14
Total blocks: 11 at Cal Poly, 11/22/14
Digs: 21 at UCSB, 11/21/14
Points: 33.5, Washington (9/11/16)
2016 Match-By-Match Statistics
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2014 Match-By-Match Statistics
2013 Match-By-Match Statistics
