2009 Softball Roster
Roster
Taylor Smith
- Position:
- Catcher/Outfield
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Olympia, Wash.
At Washington
2012 (Senior): Academic All Pac-12 First Team ... ranks fifth all time in school history with a .655 slugging percentage ... appeared in 30 games and started 11 ... went 3-for-6 in the Kajikawa Classic to start the season to help the Huskies get off to a 5-0 start ... along with fellow seniors Jenna Clifton, Kimi Pohlman and Nikia Williams, Smith was part of a group that left Washington with a .770 winning percentage.
2011 (Junior): WSAAC Rep. ... named First-Team All-Pacific Region and Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 ... started 24 of 27 games before missing rest of season after (4/2) with a back injury ... played in the outfield and at catcher ... when she left the team, was the leader in batting average, slugging percentage and home runs ... batted .444 collecting 32 hits in 72 at bats with 26 home runs, six doubles, 10 home runs, seven walks and 32 RBIs ... had a .944 slugging percentage, best on the team and a .494 on-base percentage ... successfully stole bases in all three attempts ... owned a .933 fielding percentage with 28 putouts ... set or tied single-game career highs in at-bats (five), runs (four), hits (four), home runs (three) and walks (three) ... had a six-game hitting streak (2/11-18) ... hit four home runs in one day in a doubleheader with UIC and UC Riverside (2/11) ... three of four home runs on (2/11) were in one game (UC Riverside), tying Kristen Rivera (2003) for the school record and tying for the second most in NCAA history ... also co-led team with four hits and led with five RBIs in UC Riverside game (2/11) ... hit a two-RBI bases-loaded single and co-led the team with two hits in the win over Mississippi State (2/12) ... hit a three-run home run, her fifth home run in two days in the team's 17-13 victory over UNLV (2/12) ... had two hits, two RBIs, and one run in two at bats in the win over UCR (2/13) ... went four-for-four on hits and was a triple shy of the cycle (2/24) ... hit a three-run home run and co-led the team with three hits in the victory over UMass (2/26) ... had the game-winning RBI versus New Mexico (3/6) ... hit a three-run home run, led the team with four RBIs, and co-led the team with two hits in the five-inning win over Seattle U (3/13) ... pinch hit with two outs and hit a solo home run to tie the game in a 7-4 victory over Notre Dame (3/18) ... scored the final run in game two of a two-game sweep of Cal State Bakersfield (3/22) ... despite playing half the season, still was fourth on the team in doubles (six) and RBI (32) and third in home runs (10).
2010 (Sophomore): Appeared in 35 games, making 24 starts ... batted .270, collecting 20 hits with eight home runs, one double and one triple ... scored 12 runs and walked six times ... fifth on team with 25 RBIs ... batted .350 in Pac-10 games ... recorded six multi-RBI games and two-multi run games ... hit a double against Oklahoma (5/28) and a triple against Arizona (6/5) ... earned career-highs in the 8-0 victory against Utah (3/20) finishing the game 3-3 with five RBIs and two, two-run home runs ... became the first player in UW history to hit two grand slams in a game and tied the school-record of eight RBIs in a single game against Purdue (3/21) ... in Husky year-by-year record books for slugging percentage (.635) ... Academic All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention ... earned Pac-10 Player of the Week (3/22) ... Husky Most Improved, Coaches Award, and Allison Mick Most Inspirational Player.
2009 (Freshman)
Provided some pop off the bench for the Huskies, knocking two home runs, both in a pinch-hitting role ... had a home run in her first collegiate at-bat in the first weekend of the season, coming off the bench in the top of the seventh to hit her first home run in UW's 4-0 victory over Utah (2/8) ... belted a pinch-hit two-run home run in UW's 9-2 win over New Mexico (3/22)... had a hit in her only at-bat in a 14-3 win over the Lobos (3/21) and scored a career-high two runs ... batted .238 overall with four runs and five RBIs ... appeared in 21 games, making two starts ... had a pinch-hit two-run single in UW's 14-1 win over Long Beach State (2/15) ... also had a single in UW's 3-0 win over UC Santa Barbara (2/13) ... earned her first career start against Oregon State on April 18 in left field ... started in UW's 3-0 win over UCLA (4/29).
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner at Timberline High School in Olympia, Wash. ... a First-Team All-State selection her senior year ... led Timberline to the league and district championships and a second-place finish at State her senior year ... named team MVP and won the Coaches Award her final season ... Western Cascade Conference Co-MVP as a junior ... First-Team WCC her last three years ... Second-Team WCC as a freshman ... Two-time All-Area pick by The Olympian ... honored with the Athletic Award of Excellence by The Olympian following her junior season ... played club ball for the Washington Ladyhawks Gold ... named to the NFPSA Summer Nationals All-World Team in 2005 and named the tournament MVP ... helped one of her previous club teams, the Olympia Panthers, to the 2004 Washington state championship ... lettered four years in volleyball at THS, earning honorable mention all-league as a senior ... won the Timberline High School Distinguished Scholar Award in 2006 and 2007.
Personal
Daughter of Kurt and Kyle Smith ... has one sister, Taryn who attends Central Washington University ... Carried a 3.95 cumulative grade point average at THS ... father played football at Oregon State and Portland State ... major is medical anthropology and global health and wants to be a wedding planner ... played club ball with current Husky teammate Kimi Pohlman ... born in Olympia, Wash.
UW head coach Heather Tarr on Smith:
"Taylor is a versatile athlete who will push for time behind the plate or in the outfield. Taylor knows how to compete both on and off the field. We are anxious to get her here in the fall and to see her make huge strides within our system."
