Honors
• Two-time Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Defender of the Week (Sept. 9-15, 2019, and Sept. 23-29, 2019)
Briefly
• Second year at XULA
• Returning starter
2019 (Freshman)
• Produced 71 kills, 37 aces, 312 digs and 15 blocks while appearing in all 40 matches . . .
Third on the team in digs and sixth in aces
• Led team with 135 sets played to set XULA season record
• Set XULA season record of 40 matches played . . . Eva Le Guillou and Vivica Price-Spraggins also reached this mark
• Produced eight matches with 10-or-more digs and led the team in digs seven times
• Ranked second among Gulf Coast Athletic Conference freshmen in digs
• Primarily a defensive specialist but also had eight kills, a season high, and hit .500 vs. NAIA top-10 Missouri Baptist
• Additional match highs included five aces, 24 digs and three blocks
• Helped Gold Nuggets win a school-record 31 matches (31-9 overall) and
become the first XULA team to reach the NAIA National Championship Final Site
• Helped XULA repeat as GCAC regular-season and tournament champion
• Helped XULA attain its highest-ever national ranking: among "others receiving
votes" (29th place) in the NAIA postseason coaches poll (Dec. 12, 2019)
• Helped defense limit opponents to .111 hitting — six points lower than in 2018
• Had seven kills, 10 digs and two blocks against eighth-ranked Jamestown at the NAIA Final Site
and eight kills, nine digs and two blocks the next day against ninth-ranked against Columbia (Mo.)
High School
• Four-year varsity starter
• Helped team qualify for playoffs all four seasons
• Hit .296 in her career
• As a senior in 2018 she hit .337 with 170 kills, 24 aces, 34 blocks and 181 digs
• All-league twice and was co-MVP of her league as a junior in 2017
• Her 2017 team (junior season) finished 25-8
• Team captain her final two seasons
• Three-year member of platinum honor roll (minimum 3.8 GPA)
• Member of National Honor Society
• Two-year member of Link Crew, a mentoring program for incoming freshmen
Club
• Played six years of club volleyball, most recently with Synergy Force
• Helped her teams qualify for nationals in 2017 and 2018
Personal
• Took mission trips to Mexico and Zambia
• Compiled 60 hours of community service
Favorites
Food: Tacos
Candy: Mike and Ike
Pizza toppings: Pepperoni
Ice cream flavor: Caramel cone
Cake: Red velvet
Flower: Rose and sunflower
Color: Yellow
Vacation destination: Santorini, Greece
Taylor McGee in 2019
