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Jersey Number 2
Taylor Gress
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Westminster, Md.
- High School:
- Manchester Valley
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Management
2016 as a Senior:
•  First Team All-CAA
•  VaSID Second Team All-State
•  Started all 20 games in the midfield
•  Scored 23 goals and six assists for 29 points
•  Produced game-winning goal in CAA opener versus William & Mary (April 2)
•  Also had four free-position goals, a team-best 57 draw controls, 25 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers
•  Ranked second in CAA in draw controls per game (2.85)
•  Had seven games with two or more goals, including a pair of hat tricks
•  Career-high five draw controls at Elon (April 15) and had six games with at least four draws
•  Tied career high with four ground balls twice, at High Point (Feb. 28) and in CAA tournament semifinals at Drexel (May 6)
•  CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
2015 as a Junior:
•  Second Team All-CAA
•  VaSID Second Team All-State
•  Started all 20 games in the midfield
•  Scored single-season, career-high 28 goals and six assists for 34 points
•  Also had nine free-position goals, 26 draw controls, 18 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers
•  Season-high three goals on two occasions, at Richmond (March 6) and versus Towson (April 17), and a pair of assists against Delaware (April 19)
•  Career-high four ground balls against Rutgers (March 14)
•  Accrued nine games with two or more goals and five games with three points
2014 as a Sophomore:
•  Saw action in 18 games, starting in 17 of them in the midfield
•  Scored 21 goals and nine assists for 30 points
•  Produced game-winning goal versus Drexel (April 18)
•  Also had two free-position goals, 24 ground balls, 18 caused turnovers and 17 draw controls
•  Tallied a career-high four goals against Drexel and career-best four assists versus Richmond (March 26)
•  Had six games with two or more goals and two games with multiple assists.
2013 as a Freshman:
•  Saw action in 14 games
•  Scored four goals and two assists for six points
•  Also had three free-position goals, nine ground balls, four caused turnovers and four draw controls
•  Notched first career goal at Penn State (March 6) and first career point on an assist versus Fairfield (March 2)
•  Season-high two points off a goal and assist in Penn State game
•  Also had season-high two ground balls twice and two caused turnovers once
High School and Club:
•  US Lacrosse All-America First Team as a senior
•  All-Moncacy Valley Athletic League First Team as a sophomore and senior and Second Team as a junior
•  All-Carroll County First Team as a junior and senior, Second Team as a sophomore and Honorable Mention as a freshman
•  Baltimore Sun All-Metro Second Team as a junior
•  Played in Senior All-Star Game
•  Team captain as a senior
•  Four-year starter
•  Played for Check-Hers Elite that won under-15 national championship
•  Also played soccer for the Mavericks, who won the state 1A championship her senior season
•  All-Carroll County First Team in soccer as a junior and senior and soccer team's MVP as a junior
•  Honor Roll student
Personal:
•  Full name is Taylor Kristen Gress
•  Sport recreation and management major
•  Her grandfather, Ferdinand Ruppel, played basketball for Loyola (Md.)
•  First Team All-CAA
•  VaSID Second Team All-State
•  Started all 20 games in the midfield
•  Scored 23 goals and six assists for 29 points
•  Produced game-winning goal in CAA opener versus William & Mary (April 2)
•  Also had four free-position goals, a team-best 57 draw controls, 25 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers
•  Ranked second in CAA in draw controls per game (2.85)
•  Had seven games with two or more goals, including a pair of hat tricks
•  Career-high five draw controls at Elon (April 15) and had six games with at least four draws
•  Tied career high with four ground balls twice, at High Point (Feb. 28) and in CAA tournament semifinals at Drexel (May 6)
•  CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
2015 as a Junior:
•  Second Team All-CAA
•  VaSID Second Team All-State
•  Started all 20 games in the midfield
•  Scored single-season, career-high 28 goals and six assists for 34 points
•  Also had nine free-position goals, 26 draw controls, 18 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers
•  Season-high three goals on two occasions, at Richmond (March 6) and versus Towson (April 17), and a pair of assists against Delaware (April 19)
•  Career-high four ground balls against Rutgers (March 14)
•  Accrued nine games with two or more goals and five games with three points
2014 as a Sophomore:
•  Saw action in 18 games, starting in 17 of them in the midfield
•  Scored 21 goals and nine assists for 30 points
•  Produced game-winning goal versus Drexel (April 18)
•  Also had two free-position goals, 24 ground balls, 18 caused turnovers and 17 draw controls
•  Tallied a career-high four goals against Drexel and career-best four assists versus Richmond (March 26)
•  Had six games with two or more goals and two games with multiple assists.
2013 as a Freshman:
•  Saw action in 14 games
•  Scored four goals and two assists for six points
•  Also had three free-position goals, nine ground balls, four caused turnovers and four draw controls
•  Notched first career goal at Penn State (March 6) and first career point on an assist versus Fairfield (March 2)
•  Season-high two points off a goal and assist in Penn State game
•  Also had season-high two ground balls twice and two caused turnovers once
High School and Club:
•  US Lacrosse All-America First Team as a senior
•  All-Moncacy Valley Athletic League First Team as a sophomore and senior and Second Team as a junior
•  All-Carroll County First Team as a junior and senior, Second Team as a sophomore and Honorable Mention as a freshman
•  Baltimore Sun All-Metro Second Team as a junior
•  Played in Senior All-Star Game
•  Team captain as a senior
•  Four-year starter
•  Played for Check-Hers Elite that won under-15 national championship
•  Also played soccer for the Mavericks, who won the state 1A championship her senior season
•  All-Carroll County First Team in soccer as a junior and senior and soccer team's MVP as a junior
•  Honor Roll student
Personal:
•  Full name is Taylor Kristen Gress
•  Sport recreation and management major
•  Her grandfather, Ferdinand Ruppel, played basketball for Loyola (Md.)
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