Anna Taylor

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
Nerinx Hall

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2025 Stacheville Challenge MVP
2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2024 - CSC Academic All-District Team
2024 Billiken Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 - CSC Academic All-District Team
2022 - CSC Academic All-District Team

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024)
Played in all 28 matches and 102 sets… led the team with 292 kills… opened the season on Aug. 30 vs. App State with 13 kills on .357 clip… hit a career-high 20 kills on .545 hitting vs Kent St. on Sept. 13… had a career-high nine digs at Marquette on Oct. 20… hit .462 with seven kills and a career-high four blocks at St. John’s on Nov. 9… matched her career-best four blocks at UConn on Nov. 16… hit .455 on 12 kills with two blocks vs Marquette on Nov. 22… averaged 2.86 kills per set, 3.15 points per set and 0.50 blocks per set while hitting .250 on the season.

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023)
Played in 30 matches and 103 sets... saw 16 starts... accumulated 228 kills, 43 total blocks, 35 digs, and 250.5 points... boasted a career-high four total blocks on Sept. 23 vs then-No. 11 Creighton... registered a season-high of 13 kills in three matches... posted double-digit kills in 11 matches... recorded a career-high hitting percentage of .750 (9-0-12) on Sept. 16 vs Kennesaw State... was a 2023 CSC Academic All-District selection.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022)
Played in 31 matches and 116 sets... started in 16 matches... made debut on Aug. 26 versus Cleveland State with 13 kills... accumulated 243 kills... had a career-high 15 kills on Oct. 2 against Butler... tallied 33 digs... posted two block solos and 39 block assists... totaled 264.5 points in the 31 matches... earned the second highest attack percentage (min. 12 kills) in the BIG EAST through all matches with .632 (12-0-19) on Dec. 1 versus Central Michigan... was named to the College Sport Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team... selected to the 2022-23 All-BIG EAST Academic Team.

FRESHMAN (FALL 2021)
Did not appear in a match... was named to the All-BIG EAST Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year varsity letterwinner... led her team to the 2020 Missouri State HS Class 4A Championship Tournament for the first time in program history... helped the team place fourth at the 2020 state championships... earned first-team all-state honors as a senior... also earned first-team all-conference and first-team all-district honors in 2020... led the team in total kills in three of four seasons... played for the High Performance St. Louis Club Team (2013-17) and the Rockwood Thunder VBC (2017-21)... helped her club team to a third-place finish at the 2017 Girls' Junior National Championships.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Mike and Cara Taylor... majoring in computer science.