Completed Event: Volleyball at Florida Gulf Coast on August 30, 2025 , Loss , 1, to, 3 , (19-25, 11-25, 25-16, 20-25)
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Jersey Number 6
Taylor Gail
- Year:
- Junior
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Chesapeake, Va.
- High School:
- Deep Creek
- Major:
- Psychology
Bio
As a Senior:
As a Junior:
As a Sophomore:
As a Freshman:
Before JMU:
Personal
- Appeared in 29 matches on the season, seeing action in 108 sets
- Season-high 11 kills against Abilene Christian (9/01)
- Garnered 110 total blocks on the season
- Season-high 10 blocks against William & Mary (11/02)
- Notched 163 total kills and 11 digs on the season
As a Junior:
- Garnered a season high 10 blocks against College of Charleston (10/01)
- Recorded her first career double-double with a career high 14 kills against College of Charleston (10/01)
- Season high of six digs against Elon on 11/16
- Hit .786 on 11 kills in win over Cornell (9/1)
- Started in all 29 matches
- Notched 154 kills on the season
- Second most total blocks for the Dukes with 116, averaging 1.07 per set
As a Sophomore:
- VaSID All-State Second Team
- CAA All-Academic Team
- Started 31 of JMU's 32 matches
- Led JMU and the conference with 149.0 total blocks and a 1.31 blocks per set
- Tallied six or more blocks in 13 matches this season
- Finished the season with the fourth-most block assists (132) and blocks per set average (1.31) and the fifth most total blocks over a single-season (149.0)
- Added 30 digs and four assists
- Racked up 134 kills (1.18 per set) while attacking on a .208 clip (134-62-346)
- Finished third on the team with 15 service aces
- Tallied a season-high nine kills against Coastal Carolina in JMU's NCAA Tournament match (12/2)
- Recorded a career-high 10 kills versus Hofstra (10/23)
- Garnered career-best five digs in JMU’s five-set victory at UNCW (11/5)
- Named to the JMU Invitational All-Tournament Team after posting nine blocks and nine kills on a .333 hitting percentage as the Dukes opened the season 3-0
As a Freshman:
- CAA Co-Rookie of the Week 11/9/15, earning the only Rookie of the Week honor for the Dukes in the 2015 season
- Appeared in 25 matches for the Dukes in her rookie campaign
- Posted a career-high seven kills in back-to back appearances vs. Charleston (11/1/15) and at Northeastern (11/5/15)
- Recorded a career-high 10 blocks at Hofstra 11/7/15
- Dean's List (Fall 2015)
- Dean's List (Spring 2016)
- CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient
Before JMU:
- Three-year varsity letterwinner and two-time Player of the Year
- Named MVP, First-Team All Conference and Second Team All-Region during her junior season
- Helped lead team to 2014-2015 Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships
- Also played for Coastal Virginia Volleyball Club
Personal
- Member of the National Honor Society and the National Society of High School Scholars
- Named to Honor Roll and Superintendent’s Honor Roll
- Daughter of Emmett Jefferson and Danielle Gail
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