taylor
edwards
senior l catcher l 5-7
murrieta, calif. l vista murrieta hs
edwards’ career highs
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» Hits: 3 (nine times)
» Runs: 4 (tied school record)
» Doubles: 2
» Walks: 3 (twice)
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Career honors & awards
» Hitting Streak: 11 games
» RBIs: 8 (school record)
» Home Runs: 2
» Stolen Bases: 1 (nine times)
Edwards led Nebraska with 17 multi-hit games and nine game-winning RBIs in 2013, while
ranking second with 16 multi-RBI efforts. She ranked in a tie for 22nd nationally in hit-by-pitches
and was second among all Big Ten hitters in hit-by-pitches, fourth in home runs, fifth in RBIs, sixth in
doubles, eighth in total bases (112) and 10th in runs scored.
With 14 doubles and 13 homers, Edwards became just the seventh player in school history to
hit 10 doubles and 10 home runs in the same season. She also surpassed 30 career doubles and 30
career home runs during her junior campaign, becoming only the fifth player in school history to reach
both milestones and joining three-time All-American Ali Viola as the only Huskers to reach those
marks as a junior. With her 54 RBIs, Edwards also joined Viola as the only players in school history to
produce more than one 50-RBI season, as Edwards produced 67 RBIs as a freshman in 2011.
Edwards drew 32 walks in 2013, becoming the first player in school history to draw 30 walks
in three separate seasons. The 32 walks increased Edwards’ career total to 109, the highest threeyear total in school history. With her 16 hit-by-pitches, Edwards drew 48 combined free passes, the
second-highest total in school history, trailing only Gabby Banda’s 50 in 2013.
Overall, the big junior season helped Edwards become only the third player in school history to
produce 100 career hits, runs and RBIs prior to her senior season. She is just the 10th member of the
100-100-100 club overall.
Edwards began her junior campaign in grand fashion. She was named the first Big Ten Player
of the Week of 2013 following an outstanding opening weekend. Edwards produced four multi-hit
efforts in five games, finishing 10-for-18 (.556) on the weekend with two doubles, three home runs,
four walks, six runs scored and 15 RBIs. She produced three hits, a double, a home run and five RBIs
in the final game of the weekend against New Mexico, but the highlight of the weekend came on the
second day of the season against Illinois-Chicago. Against the Flames, Edwards hit two grand slams
to mark the only multi-homer game of her career. She tied an NCAA record by becoming just the
fourth player to hit two grand slams in a game, while her eight RBIs were a school record, eclipsing
the previous record of seven set by her twin sister Tatum in 2012.
Taylor excelled during the Big Ten Conference portion of Nebraska’s 2013 schedule, batting .373
with nine doubles, five home runs, 22 RBIs, 18 runs scored, 14 walks, a .780 slugging percentage and
a .553 on-base percentage. Her nine doubles in league play led all Big Ten hitters, while she produced
more hits and doubles during the 2013 conference slate than she did in her first two conference
seasons combined. Overall, Edwards set conference career highs in every category in 2013, with the
exception of walks.
Edwards’ big conference season got off to a strong start in a doubleheader at Illinois in the final
weekend of March. She went 1-for-1 with a double, a walk, three hit-by-pitches and four RBIs in
game one, before homering and driving in three runs in game two. Edwards produced a career-high
two doubles and recorded one of her four three-hit efforts on the season at Iowa in the first weekend
of April, producing two runs and two RBIs. Two weeks later, she went 3-for-5 with a double, a homer
and four RBIs at Purdue. Edwards was 0-for-3 in the series opener against No. 9 Michigan the final
weekend of April, snapping her streak of reaching base safely in 22 consecutive games.
Edwards excelled in the NCAA Tournament, helping her become Nebraska’s first Women’s College
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