WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
RS SENIOR (2001-02): Competed in 10 tournaments for the Cougars...tallied six top 25 finishes, including one top 10...tied for fourth place at the Inland Collegiate...put forth 11th place efforts in both the Vandal Fall Classic and the Bearkat Classic...shot his season-low single-round mark of 69 four different times...his career scoring average of 74.82 landed him at 10th on the school's all-time list when he left WSU...finished his WSU career with 14 top-25 finishes and five top-10s.
RS JUNIOR (2000-2001): Fired a then career-best 70 at the Northwest Classic in September...tied for 20th at the Wolf Pack Classic...fired a 73 and tied for fourth at the Inland Collegiate Challenge, helping WSU capture its third-straight team medal at the event...torched the Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kan., for a career-best 68 and finished ninth at the Diet Pepsi/Shocker Classic in April...tied for 29th at the Pac-10 Championship by shooting a four-over par 288...was third on the team with a 74.6 scoring average.
RS SOPHOMORE (1999-2000): Placed fourth at the Washington State Amateur in August of 1999, firing a two-under par 282...fired a career best round of 71 to open the season at the Rocky Mountain Invitational...fired a three round 222 and tied for 16th at the Fairway Club Invitational...rebounded from a first round 81 to land in the top 25 the next week at the Husky Invitational, tying for 21st...shot a career-best, five-over par 221 and placed sixth at the 2000 Border Olympics, the first top 10 performance of his career...helped WSU win back-to-back titles at the Inland Collegiate Challenge with an even-par 72 and tied for seventh...fired a career-low 70 in the first round of the Pac-10 Championship, and finished one-over par for the four-round tournament to finish in a tie for 25th...led the Cougars in 1999-2000 with a 74.5 average.
SOPHOMORE (1998-1999): Redshirt season.
FRESHMAN (1997-1998): Made his collegiate debut at the Pacific Invitational in 1997...played in eight of nine tournaments his freshman season...carded a low round of 73 on three different occasions during the fall of 1997...had a 76.7 average.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned six varsity letters, four in golf and two in tennis...State AA individual champion as a junior and third his senior year in golf...three-time team MVP...league MVP and district champion as a senior...posted a 21-3 record in tennis as a sophomore and finished sixth in the state.
PERSONAL
Born July 28, 1978 in Longview, Wash....parents Dale and Laurie Taylor...one sister, Jamie...enjoys jet skiing and music...business major at WSU.
CAREER TOTALS
YEAR EVENTS ROUNDS STROKES AVG LOW TOP 10 TOP25
1997-98 9 26 1996 76.7 73 0 0
1999-00 11 32 2383 74.5 71 2 5
2000-01 12 33 2463 74.6 68 2 3
2001-02 10 28 2055 73.7 69 1 6
Totals 42 119 8897 74.82 68 5 14
