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Jersey Number 12
Taylor Austin
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- High School:
- Broad Run
- Major:
- Nursing
As a senior:
- Totaled 532 digs on the season, fourth most in program history
- Ranks second in program history for 2,083 career digs
- Named the MVP of the JMU Classic and Georgetown Classic
- CAA Defensive Player of the Week Sep. 4, Sep. 11 and Oct. 30
- Set a season high 35 digs against Drake (9/02)
- Recorded a season high 7 assists vs. Towson (11/6)
- AVCA All-Region Honors
- VaSID All-State Second Team
- First overall the conference for digs, averaging 5.72
- Named to the 2017 CAA All-Tournament Team and the CAA Championship Most Outstanding Performer
- Second Team All-CAA
- Recorded a season high 7 assists vs. Hofstra (11/12)
- 25 matches with double-digit digs
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2017)
As a junior:
- 2016 CAA Defensive Specialist of the Year and 2016 ECAC Defensive Player of the Year
- First Team All-CAA, All-ECAC and VaSID All-State selection
- AVCA East Coast Honorable Mention
- Named CAA Defensive Player of the Week on two occasions (10/24) (11/7)
- Starting libero in 31 of JMU's 32 matches
- Garnered 20 or more digs in 17 contests with six performances with 30 or more digs.
- Led the conference and ranks second in the nation with 684 digs for a 5.85 digs per set average, both are the second-highest marks ever to be recorded over a single-season by the Dukes
- Currently ranks third on JMU's all-time digs chart with 1,551 and second in digs per set average with a career mark of 4.86
- Tallied 131 assists and two kills
- One of three Dukes to every surpass the 1,500 career digs mark
- Dished out a career-best 39 digs in JMU's five-set triumph at UNCW (11/5)
- Recorded a season-high three service aces at William & Mary (10/28)
- Tallied career-best nine assists twice – vs. Colgate (9/3) and at Northeastern (10/20)
- Tallied her 1,000th career dig at Fairfield (9/9)
- Named to the Cornell Invitational All-Tournament Team after leading the Dukes to an undefeated weekend, while tallying a team-leading 73 digs (7.30 per set)
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2016)
As a sophomore:
- Two-time CAA Defensive Player of the Week (9/21/15) (10/19/15)
- Named MVP of the JMU Classic
- Named to the Dog Pound Challenge All-Tournament team
- All-Tournament selection in the Villanova Classic
- All-Tournament honoree in the JMU Invitational
- Tallied a career-high 31 digs vs. Northern Arizona
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2016)
As a freshman:
- Played in 25 matches and 90 sets as a defensive specialist and libero for JMU
- Marquette Invitational All-Tournament Team
- Led team with 3.80 digs/set, the ninth-highest single-season average in JMU history
- Posted double-digit dig efforts in 17 matches, including six contests with 20 or more digs
- Picked up career-high 24 digs in five-set win at Elon
- Started career with seven consecutive double-digit performances on the backline
Before JMU:
- Three-year starting libero at Broad Run HS
- 2013 VHSCA State Player of the Year, 5A North Region POY and Conference 14 POY
- 2012 Cedar Run District Player of the Year
- Named First Team All-Region and All-District as a junior
- Tallied more than 2,000 digs in her career
Personal:
- Born Aug. 19, 1996
- Daughter of Madelene and James Austin
- Twin brother, William, who will also attend JMU
- Father, James, played baseball at VCU, eventually reaching the majors with the Milwaukee Brewers
- Also competed in track at Broad Run HS
- Named to the Sigma Tau Sigma Honor Roll all four years
- Majoring in nursing
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