Taylor Pippen

Height:
5-11
Class:
Junior
High School:
Carmel Catholic
Hometown:
Mundelein, Ill.

2015
Preseason All-MVC
AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
AVCA All Region
CoSIDA Academic All-District
MVC First Team All-Conference
MVC Scholar Athlete
State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award
MVC Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 9 & 23)
Game-By-Game Stats
Played and started in 27 matches...Led the Salukis and ranked third in the MVC and 33rd in the nation with a .386 attack efficiency...Her .386 attack efficiency ranks second all-time in program history...Totaled 259 kills for an average of 2.47 per set...Had the second-most blocks per set on the team at 1.10 per set, which ranks third in the MVC and 114th in the nation...Finished with the most block solos with 15 total...Hit a season-high 22 kills at a .463 clip against Stephen F. Austin...Attacked at over .400 on at least 10 attempts in 12 matches... Knocked down a season-high nine blocks, including three solo, in SIU's five-set win over Wichita State...Holds SIU's all-time record for career attack percentage at .345...Is SIU's all-time record holder for block assists with 426...Ties for fifth all-time in SIU volleyball history for career matches played with 121...Ranks third all-time for career sets played with 452...Was a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award...Earned AVCA All-Region and All-American Honorable Mention...Named MVC Defensive Player of the Week twice...Selected as a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree...Honored as a State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award recipient...Named First Team MVC All-Conference for the third consecutive year...Helped the Salukis to the best season in program history with an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2014
Preseason All-MVC
First Team All-MVC
MVC Scholar Athlete
Game-By-Game Stats
Named First Team All-MVC and First Team Scholar Athlete ? Led the Salukis and the MVC with a .410 hitting efficiency ? Broke SIU's all-time record for highest hitting efficiency in a season ? Ranks 11th nationally for highest hitting efficiency ? Ranks 17th in the MVC with 2.57 kills per set ? Ranks 15th in the MVC for most points last season, with 3.15 per set ? Hit a season-high 22 kills against Southeast Missouri ? Hit 14 kills on 18 attacks with no errors for a season-high .778 hitting efficiency ? Led SIU and ranks sixth in the MVC for blocks with 99 block assists, eight solo blocks and an average of 0.95 blocks per set ? Played and started all 31 matches....Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2013
First-Team All-MVC
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete Game-By-Game Stats Named First-Team All-MVC and a First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete ? Was a part of SIU's first MVC tournament runner-up team since 2002 ? Played in all 33 of SIU's matches, starting in 11 of them ? Led the team and ranked seventh in the Valley in hitting percentage (.306) ? Second on the team in kills (333) and 13th in the MVC in kills per set (2.68) ? Led SIU with 142 blocks, the fourth-most in the MVC in 2013 ? Finished 10th in the conference in points per set (3.30).

2012
Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshmen Team
Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team
2x MVC Freshman of the Week (Sep. 4, Oct. 30)
Game-By-Game Stats
Played in 30 matches, starting 29 ? Saw action in 110 sets as a true freshman ? Second on the team in hitting percentage (.291) ? Ranked 8th in the Missouri Valley Conference in hitting percentage ? Tallied 236 kills to average 2.15 per set ? Recorded 111 total blocks for an average of 1.01 blocks per set to rank second on the team.

High School
Earned three varsity letters at Carmel Catholic ? Led Corsairs to a combined 52-25 record during junior and senior seasons, including an appearance in the IHSA Class 3A Elite 8 senior year ? Earned honorable mention All-State honors junior and senior seasons ? Named Lake County All-Area junior and senior seasons ? Named team MVP senior season ? Named to All-Tournament team at 2010 USA Volleyball Junior Nationals after helping club team to second-place finish ? Named one of the top 250 athletes in Illinois by PrepVolleyball.

Personal
Club Team ? Rolling Thunder
Majoring in marketing ? Born July 20, 1994 in Mundelein, Ill. ? Daughter of Sonya Martin ? Has two siblings, Brian and Brianna.