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42 Whitney Taylor

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Melissa, Texas
  • Prev School Melissa HS

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Honors

All-Lone Star Conference (3)
2016 (HM), 2017 (HM), 2018 (HM)


Senior (2017-18)
Became MSU’s all-time 3-point leader on Feb. 20 against Cameron…Honorable Mention All-Conference accolades after making 27 starts…led the team in scoring with 9.8 points per game…shot 30.5 percent from beyond the arc…averaged 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game…scored in double-figures in 12 games…season-high of 18 points against Angelo State on Dec. 7, connecting on four shots from 3-point land…drilled five triples against Oklahoma Christian on Nov. 11, scoring 17 points…season-high of seven rebounds against Southern Nazarene on Dec. 30…dished out six assists to go along with 14 points and six rebounds at Tarleton State on Jan. 27.

Junior (2016-17)
earned All-Lone Star Conference Honorable Mention accolades after leading the Mustangs in scoring for the second-straight season with 13.4 points per game to rank 11th in the LSC … made 24 starts in 25 appearances at guard, averaging 30.7 minutes per contest … ranked third for MSU with 4.2 rebounds and fourth with 1.8 assists per game … finished with a 39.5 shooting percentage (107-for-271) from the floor … recorded 62 three pointers to tie for the third most in a single season in program history, connecting on 37.3 percent (62-for-166) from long range … ranked third in the LSC and 56th nationally with 2.5 three pointers per game … became the fourth-fastest player to reach 100 career three pointers with her 100th coming on Feb. 11 at West Texas A&M … shot 75.3 percent (58-for-77) from the charity stripe … notched 20 double-figure scoring performances with five 20-point games … netted a season-high 23 points with four triples against Cameron (1/17/17) … shot 6-of-11 for 22 points in the LSC opener at Tarleton State (12/1/16) … matched a career-high five three pointers on three occasions … tallied multiple three pointers in 17 games … led the Mustangs to their first LSC win of the season with 21 points on 5-of-10 shooting from behind the arc at Western New Mexico (1/12/17) … scored 21 points with a career-high six assists to lead MSU to an 86-73 win over Western New Mexico (2/18/17) … pulled down a career-best eight boards against UT Permian Basin (1/7/17) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (2/2/17) … registered a career-high four steals against Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (11/26/16) while adding 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

Sophomore (2015-16)
All-Lone Star Conference Honorable Mention selection after leading the Mustangs with 12.5 points per game in 24 appearances with 23 starts at guard and forward ... led the LSC with a 75.6 free-throw percentage (68-for-90) while ranking fifth in minutes played (30.6) and three-pointers per game (1.6) ... ranked sixth in the conference in scoring and was fourth in league play with 14.8 points per contest ... shot 37.3 percent (38-for-102) from beyond the arc, totaling 11 games with multiple three-pointers made ... registered five 20-point games, all coming on the road, with a career-high 26 in a win at Texas A&M-Kingsville (2/17/16), firing a career-best five three pointers on 5-for-9 shooting from behind the arc and 8-for-17 from the field ... scored in double figures 17 times and in 14 of 16 LSC games, recording nine-straight double-digit outings from Jan. 6-Jan. 31 ... totaled 23 points on 4-of-6 shooting from behind the arc and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe in the regular season finale at Cameron (2/27/16) ... posted 21-point outings at Angelo State (1/23/16) and Tarleton State (2/3/16), registering a career-best nine field goals made against Tarleton on 9-of-15 shooting ... scored 20 points with a career-high eight rebounds at Eastern New Mexico (2/13/16).

Freshman (2014-15)
saw action in 21 games as a reserve guard ... averaged 2.1 points and 0.6 rebounds in 6.3 minutes per game ... buried three 3-pointers to finish with a season-high nine points in a 78-63 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville (2/21/15) ... went a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor including a pair of triples to finish with eight points in a 72-46 win at Eastern New Mexico (1/11/15) ... made collegiate debut against Lubbock Christian (12/13/14).

At Melissa High School
four-year starter for coach Claude Webb at Melissa (Texas) High School ... helped Cardinals to four consecutive district championships while compiling an overall 98-22 record during her prep career ... earned TGCA and Texas Basketball Magazine (second team) All-State honors as a senior, boasting averages of 18 points and seven rebounds a game ... also tabbed District 12-3A Co-MVP while garnering TABC All-Region and Sherman Herald-Democrat All-Texomaland honors as a senior in 2013-14 ... a District 12-3A first team and TABC All-Region pick as a junior averaging 16.3 points and 5.1 rebounds a game as a All-Texomaland first team selection ... named District 12-2A MVP as a sophomore scoring 11.7 points while pulling down 6.8 rebounds a game to also earn All-Texomaland honorable mention ... named District 12-2A Newcomer of the Year averaging 8.7 points and 6.4 rebounds a game as a freshman in 2010-11 ... garnered academic all-district honors four times in basketball and three times for volleyball ... served as treasurer for the National Honor Society at MHS ... served on the Melissa High Student Council ... competed on the club level for coach Roger Weber of the North Texas Dreams.

Personal
daughter of Mike and Cindy Taylor ... born May 9, 1996.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2014-15Freshman

    Guard
    5'10"
    42
  • 42

    2015-16Sophomore

    Guard/Forward
    5'10"
    42
  • 42

    2016-17Junior

    Guard
    5'11"
    42
  • 42

    2017-18Senior

    Forward
    5'11"
    42