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TEXAS SOFTBALL CAREER
Played four seasons (2009-2012) at third base for Texas Softball under head coach Connie Clark ... started 231 of 234 career games for the Longhorns ... ranks third in RBI (132) and doubles (41), fourth in on-base percentage (.427) and in hits (219) on the Texas Softball career lists ... is also tied for fifth in walks (87), ranked sixth in batting average (.337) and slugging percentage (.554) and tied for sixth in home runs (32) ... batted .355 with 11 home runs and added a UT single-season record of 16 doubles during her senior campaign in 2012 ... tied an NCAA record with three doubles in a game on April 1, 2012, against New Mexico ... three-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Central Region First Team selection (2009-11) and Second Team pick in 2012 ... two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2011, 2012) ... named to the 2010 All-Big 12 First Team ... three-time All-Big 12 Second Team (2009, 2011, 2012) ... three-time Big 12 Player of the Week (March 2, 2010, March 26, 2012, April 17, 2012).
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Played four seasons at Humble (05-06) and Atascocita High Schools (07-08) while earning three letters ... twice named to All-District Team (2007, 2008) ... led her squad in scoring and rebounding her junior and senior seasons ... member of National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nadia Jaranique Taylor ... daughter of Patrick and Katie Taylor ... born July 11, 1990 in New Orleans, La. ... has one younger sister, Nakia (15), and one younger brother, Patrick, Jr. (14) ... graduated from Texas in May 2012 with a B.S. in Kinesiology ... father played football at Nicholls State from 1987-1992 ... six-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection.
