10 Taylor Sanders
10 - Taylor Sanders
Height: 5-5
Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Position: L/DS
Year: Sr.
High School: Jacksonville / Siegel HS
Major: Biology / Pre-Medicine
m 20
k/s 0.03
h % .250
a/s 0.51
b/s 0.00
sa/s 0.23
d/s 2.81

2024: Played in 97 sets across 25 matches... Recorded five kills, 38 assists, 22 service aces, 277 digs, and two block assists... Landed an ace in five-straight matches to begin the season... Reached double-digit digs 12 times... Credited with at least one assist in 18 contests... Match highs include: four kills (at Anderson on 10/5), six assists (vs. Clark Atlanta on 9/6), three aces (vs. Emmanuel on 9/14), 21 digs (vs. North Greenville on 9/7), and two block assists against the Trojans.

2023: Played in 45 sets across 20 matches... Recorded five kills, three assists, five service aces, 39 digs, and one block assist... Match highs include: two kills (vs. UVA Wise on 9/5), two aces vs. the Cavaliers, seven digs (at Carson-Newman on 9/15), and one block against the Eagles... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award.

2022: Did not play due to injury.

Jacksonville University: Attended the Division I institution for one season... Coached by Maggie (Johnson) Couture... Saw action in 30 sets across 16 matches... Recorded one assist, five aces, and eight digs... Career-best three aces vs. Bellarmine (Sept. 26)... Credited with two digs twice... Dean's List.

High School: Graduated from Siegel HS in Murfreesboro, Tenn... Coached by Shawn Robinson and Patricia Flowers... On varsity for final three seasons... Four-time district and three-time region champion... Two-time state runner-up (2018 & 2020)... 2020 district tournament MVP, all-region, honorable mention, Daily News Journal all-area... 2021 JVA watch list... 2018 and 2019 highest vertical... 2020 most improved... 2020 MaxPreps player of the match... 2020 stats: 126 sets played, 318 kills, .265 hitting percentage, 36 total blocks, and seven aces... Also played for TPV, coached by Shawn Robinson.

Personal: Nickname "Tay"... Born Jan. 18, 2003 in Atlanta, Ga... Daughter of Ann and Skip Sanders... Sibling: Tristen and Paige Sanders... Majoring in biology with a pre-medicine concentration and a psychology minor... SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Plans after graduation: Graduate school for a career in women's health... Community service at TU: Nettie Day... Favorite class at TU: Abnormal psychology... Favorite midnight snack: Sour gummy worms... Favorite movie: "ATL"... Favorite musical artist: Rodarius Wave... Favorite sports team: Minnesota Timberwolves... Favorite athlete: Rashee Rice... Advice to kids: "Don't run in flip flops"... Favorite food: Pasta... Most famous person ever met: Natalie Nunn... What people don't know about her: She used to do gymnastics and can tumble.

Recent Games
Oct 30 Coker W, 3-2
Oct 31 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 3-0
Nov 7 #17 Wingate L, 3-0
Nov 11 at Emory & Henry W, 3-0
Nov 14 at Mars Hill L, 3-1
Nov 18 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 20 13
Sets 73 45
Kills 2 2
Kills per set 0.03 0.04
Errors 0 0
Total Attacks 8 5
Total Attacks per set 0.11 0.11
Hitting Percentage .250 .400
Assists 37 23
Assists per set 0.51 0.51
Service Total Attempts 248 143
Service Aces 17 10
Service Errors 20 11
Service Aces per set 0.23 0.22
Receptions 90 31
Reception Errors 7 2
Digs 205 136
Digs per set 2.81 3.02
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 19.0 12.0
Points per set 0.3 0.3
Matches started - -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 4 Aub.-Montgomery W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 5 Converse L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 3 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 6 Lee L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 1 2 20 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 6 Edinboro W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 2 .000 4 1 1 26 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 9 at Lincoln Memorial L, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 2 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 12 Montevallo L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 10 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 12 Southern Wesleyan L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 3 1 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 16 Emory & Henry W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 19 at #20 Wingate L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 23 Carson-Newman L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 30 at UVA Wise W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 3 at Coker W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 1 2 1 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 7 Mars Hill W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 6 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 10 Catawba W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 14 at Carson-Newman L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 17 Anderson L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 7 0 2 26 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 18 at Catawba L, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 24 Newberry L, 3-2 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 28 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 30 Coker W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 #17 Wingate L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Emory & Henry W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Mars Hill L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 20 45 5 0.11 1 14 .286 3 0.07 5 0.11 83 5 39 0.87 0 1 1 0.02 10.5 0.2
2024-25 25 97 5 0.05 4 35 .029 38 0.39 22 0.23 483 41 277 2.86 0 2 2 0.02 28.0 0.3
2025-26 20 73 2 0.03 0 8 .250 37 0.51 17 0.23 90 7 205 2.81 0 0 0 0.00 19.0 0.3
Total 65 215 12 0.06 5 57 .123 78 0.36 44 0.20 656 53 521 2.42 0 3 3 0.01 57.5 0.3
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 20 73 2 0.03 0 8 .250 37 0.51 17 0.23 90 7 205 2.81 0 0 0 0.00 19.0 0.3
Conference 13 45 2 0.04 0 5 .400 23 0.51 10 0.22 31 2 136 3.02 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 12 50 0 0.00 0 5 .000 30 0.60 12 0.24 82 6 145 2.90 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.2
Away 8 23 2 0.09 0 3 .667 7 0.30 5 0.22 8 1 60 2.61 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.3
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 7 31 0 0.00 0 2 .000 17 0.55 9 0.29 26 2 111 3.58 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.3
Losses 13 42 2 0.05 0 6 .333 20 0.48 8 0.19 64 5 94 2.24 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 0.2
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September 11 43 1 0.02 0 5 .200 19 0.44 13 0.30 58 5 115 2.67 0 0 0 0.00 14.0 0.3
October 8 28 1 0.04 0 3 .333 18 0.64 4 0.14 29 2 87 3.11 0 0 0 0.00 5.0 0.2
November 1 2 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 0 3 1.50 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0