2018 Women's Volleyball Roster

10 Taylor Mims

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Billings, Mont.
  • Highschool Billings Senior HS

Biography

MIMS’ WSU CAREER. SENIOR (2018): Nominee for Seattle Sports Star of the Year…Selected to the U.S. Collegiate National Team-Europe for the second consecutive year...All-Pac-12 First Team selection...AVCA Pacific North All-Region First Team selection...AVCA Third Team All-American selection...Second overall on WSU in total kills (411), and first in kills per set (3.81)...Posted 80 total blocks, 68 block assists, and 12 solo blocks...Finished her career ranked seventh all-time in WSU Volleyball history in overall kills (1,310), ninth in kills per set (2.91), ninth in attack attempts (3,562), 10th in attack percentage (.214), sixth in solo blocks (63), fourth in block assists (374), ninth in sets played (450), and third overall in total points (1,639.0)...Set a career-high in total kills in a match with 26 against No. 17 Northern Iowa, posted a career-high in digs as well with 21 against No. 12 Oregon...Finished the year ranked sixth overall in the Pac-12 in points per set with 4.4, and was 10th overall in total kills in the conference...Named to the NCAA Stanford Regional All-Tournament team as well during the Cougars Sweet Sixteen appearance...Selected to the WKU Tournament All-Tournament Team.
 
JUNIOR (2017): Selected to the U.S. Collegiate National Team - Europe…named to All-Tournament team at 13th Annual Global Challenge Tournament in Pula, Croatia in summer 2017 where CNT-Europe team won gold medal for second consecutive year…ALL-PAC-12 FIRST TEAM...PrepVolleyball.com and VolleyballMag.com All-America Honorable Mention teams...moved from middle blocker to outside hitter this season...named to Cougar Challenge All-Tournament Team and MVP of Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invite...in 3-2 win at Missouri State had then-career-highs in kills (20), digs (15) and equaled then career-high in points (21.0)...in 3-1 win over No. 25 Colorado 10/6/17 upped career-high to 24 kills...vs. Oregon State had career-high 25 kills, 18 digs and 31.0 points and season-best 8 blocks...another 25 kills, 14 digs, 4 blocks vs. No. 2 Stanford 11/11/17...career-high 26 kills (.292) in win at No. 20 Oregon 11/17/17...career-high 28 kills, 79 attacks vs. Florida State led ALL players in 2017 NCAA Championship Tournament...also career-best 22 digs and 31.5 points in NCAA First Round win over Florida State...in other NCAA 2017 Tournament stats Mims had: 17.86 attacks per set (1st), 5.29 kps (4th), 5.79 pps (5th), 125 total attacks (18th)...team leader, sixth in Pac-12 with 4.17 kps/30th in NCAA...4.75 pps was sixth in Pac-12/26th in NCAA...599 points was 12th-best in NCAA...in Pac-12 only stats led team with 4.38 kps and 4.95 pps, both were second-best in Pac-12...28 kills in a match tied for third-best in Pac-12...31.5 points in a match was third-best in Pac-12...nine double-doubles this season…SINGLE SEASON STATS: 2017 - 525 kills (3rd), 1533 attack attempts (1st), 4.17 kps (7th), 599.0 points.
 
SOPHOMORE (2016): PrepVolleyball.com All-America Honorable Mention team...ALL-PAC-12 HONORABLE MENTION TEAM...named to Purdue Mortar Board Premier All-Tournament team...tallied 19 kills, hit .302 with three aces and 15 blocks in tournament...named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26-Oct. 2) after 21 kills, .425 hpct., 13 blocks in upset win over No. 9 Stanford and sweep of Cal...in upset wins at No. 4 UW and at No. 9 UCLA tallied 21 kills, hit .319 with 11 digs and 11 blocks...at Baylor had then-career high 13 kills and added six blocks...eight blocks in 3-0 win over Northeastern, part of team’s 16 blocks, tied for fifth-best in WSU all-time match records...career-high 11 blocks at OSU and again vs. Arizona State, both tied Claire Martin at 4th-best for blocks in a four-set match in WSU records...hit .750 (13k-1e-16ta) vs. Oregon State...career-high 4 aces vs. No. 20 Oregon is tied for third-best in WSU all-time...Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 7-13) after career-high 14 kills (.265) with 11 blocks vs. Arizona State (11/11/16)...in 2016 stats: 1.49 blocks per set average is second-best in Pac-12, and eighth-best in NCAA...191 total blocks is fourth-best in NCAA and 19th-best in NCAA all-time single season records for total blocks with 25-point scoring format 2008-16...her .303 hpct leads team...in Pac-12 only stats, 30 solo blocks and 1.52 bps LEADS Pac-12 and .267 hpct leads team...second on team in points at 2.98 pps...Single Season Stats: 161 block assists is third and 191 total blocks is third...CAREER STATS (WSU rankings): 42 solo blocks (14th), 239 block assists (16th), 281 total blocks (16th), 1.30 bps (5th).
 
FRESHMAN (2015): Starter in 22 of 29 matches played...named to Lone Star Showdown All-Tournament and to Cougar Challenge All-Tournament teams...tallied nine blocks vs. Utah 9/26...seven kills, hit .600 and four blocks vs. Elon 8/28...vs. Utah Valley had 11 kills, hit .381 and two blocks...vs. No. 6 UW had 11 kills, hit .409, and five blocks...1.02 blocks per set was tied for second on team...fourth on team with 1.50 kills per set and third on team with  2.12 points per set...in Pac-12 only matches had 0.98 bps (49 total blocks).
 
MIMS’ HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Earned ten varsity letters at Billings Senior High…four in volleyball under coach Jeff Carroll, two in basketball under coach Drew Haws and four in track under coach Jerry Weik…Montana’s 2014 Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year…selected to the 2014-15 PrepVolleyball.com Under Armour High School Volleyball All-America second team…led Billings team to three consecutive championship titles after a runner-up finish freshman year…three-time all-state player with an honorable mention and back-to-back first team selections…named No. 80 on 2015 PrepVolleyball.com’s Senior Aces Top 100 Players in America…three all-conference honors with a second team nod as well as two consecutive first team honors…led Class AA in attack efficiency (.310) and kills per set (4.53) and fourth in blocks per set (1.11)…during basketball named to 2014 Montana Class AA state all-tournament basketball team as well as the Broncs placed third at state in 2014…in track, two-time state high jump champ…earned sixth place for the long jump for both her sophomore and junior year…helped Broncs earn three consecutive state track titles…only third volleyball player from state of Montana to play at a Pac-12 school.
 
PERSONAL. Born in August 1997, in Billings, Montana…father Jason is a physical fitness trainer…mother Nicole is a counselor…has one younger brother, Gregory, and younger sister, Rosa…enjoys scrap booking, training horses and babysitting…major in Sport Management at WSU.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2015Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    10
  • 10

    2016Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    10
  • 10

    2017Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'3"
    10
  • 10

    2018Senior

    Outside Hitter
    6'3"
    10