Taylor Yancey

Position:
Third Base
Class:
Senior
High School:
Avon
Hometown:
Brownsburg, Ind.

2006 (Junior)
Started all 43 games at third base . . . selected to the 2006 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team . . . hit .224 with 26 hits . . . led the team and ranked among MAC leaders with two triples . . . led the team in stolen bases with six . . . scored 16 runs and hit two homeruns to tie for second on the team . . . fourth on the team with four multiple hit outings . . . registered a career-high .931 fielding percentage.

2005 (Sophomore)
Started 53 games -- 36 at third base, 15 at shortstop and two as the designated player . . . logged a .231 batting average with 36 hits . . . her 15 RBI and 17 runs scored tied for second on the team . . . stole six bases . . . posted seven multiple hit games and three multiple RBI outings . . . went a career-best 4-of-4 versus Indiana State . . . plated a career-best four runners against Valparaiso . . . selected to the Ole Miss Rebel All-Tournament Team . . . earned MAC West Division Player of the Week honors Feb. 22 . . . tied for third in the final MAC stats in triples.

2004 (Freshman)
Played in 50 games with 49 starts -- 46 at shortstop . . . missed four of the last five games due to injury . . . second on the team with a .290 batting average . . . second with 18 RBI and tied for second with 20 runs scored . . . fourth with 40 hits, including 11 extra-base blasts . . . third in stolen bases . . . notched her first collegiate hit in BSU's opener versus Youngstown State Feb. 28 . . . scored her first collegiate run versus Maryland March 5 . . . had a career-high three hits in three games . . . accumulated 10 multiple hit games and four multiple RBI games . . . knocked in a career-best five runners March 14 versus Middle Tennessee, helped, in part, by her first collegiate home run -- a three-run bomb . . . logged her second homer -- a solo shot --in the bottom of the ninth at home against Central Michigan April 30 . . . hit .255 in 20 Mid-American Conference games . . . tied for third in the final league stats in triples.

High School
Coached by Jenny Shayotovich at Avon . . . earned three letters at Avon and one -- as a freshman -- at Brownsburg . . . helped her 2003 team to a sectional title, regional championship appearance and a 25-7 overall record . . .tallied a .459 batting average with 35 runs scored, 18 RBI and 212 stolen bases on the way to earning Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Second Team All-State honors . . . 2003 Indianapolis Star StarWest Player of the Year and member of the Indianapolis Star Super Team . . . selected to play in the ICGSA North/South Senior All-Star Game. . . a three-time all-conference selection and a two-time member of the All-Metro West Team . . . two-time team Most Valuable Player . . . played for the ASA Stealers and, most recently, Indiana Twisters along with current BSU teammate Kelli Jeziorski . . . three-year letterwinner in volleyball . . . earned all-conference and All-Metro West honors in the sport after helping her team to a 33-7 mark as a senior . . . Honor’s Diploma recipient . . . graduated with a 3.2 GPA.

Personal
Daughter of Steve and Tracey Yancey . . . an only child . . . born Sept. 9, 1985, in Cincinnati, Ohio . . . full name is Taylor Laine Yancey . . . majoring in speech pathology.