Biography
Career
Has a .264 average (78 for 295) with 53 runs, 17 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 55 RBI and six stolen bases in 108 games with 95 starts ... has no record and a 13.50 ERA in two appearances ... three strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings.
GAC Rankings
5th in GAC - 31, Walks, 2017
8th in GAC, 55th in NCAA II - 5, Sacrifice Flies, 2017
2017
Hit .279 (46 for 165) with 32 runs, nine doubles, one triple, five home runs, 35 RBI and four stolen bases in 51 games, all starts ... started 41 games at RF and 10 at DH ... led Harding in runs (32), home runs (5), slugging percentage (.436), walks (31) and on-base percentage (.412) ... went 3 for 8 with the bases loaded ... led Harding with 14 two-out RBI ... 12 multi-hit games and tied for the team lead with nine multi-RBI games ... longest hitting streak was six games and longest on-base streak was 12 games.
2016
Hit .274 (31-for-113) with 18 runs, eight doubles, two home runs and 17 RBI ... started 39 games, all in RF ... hit .311 vs. right-handed pitchers ... had seven multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games ... had a seven-game hitting streak and a 14-game on-base streak ... went 2-for-5 with two runs and three RBI and a home run at East Central (3/26) ... went 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBI and a double at Ark.-Monticello (4/8) ... went 3-for-4 with a run at Ark.-Monticello (4/9).
2015
Played in 13 games with five starts, scoring three runs and adding a triple and three RBI ... started three games in RF and two at DH ... tripled and drove in two runs vs. Ouachita Baptist (3/31).
Career 3+ Hit Games
3 at Ark.-Monticello, Apr. 8, 2016 (4-2-3-2, 2B)
3 at Ark.-Monticello, Apr. 9, 2016 (4-1-3-0)
3 vs. Southwestern Okla., Feb. 24, 2017 (4-0-3-0, 2B)
3 vs. Southern Nazarene, Mar. 26, 2017 (4-0-3-2, 2B)
Career 3+ RBI Games
4 vs. East Central, Apr. 7, 2017 (2-1-2-4, 2B, HR)
4 at Arkansas Tech, May 6, 2017 (4-2-2-4, HR)
3 at East Central, Mar. 26, 2016 (5-2-2-3, HR)
3 vs. Northwestern Okla., Apr. 15, 2016 (4-0-1-3)
3 vs. Hendrix, Apr. 11, 2017 (4-1-1-3, HR)
3 at Ouachita Baptist, Apr. 18, 2017 (4-0-1-3)
Career Home Runs
at Delta St., Feb. 6, 2016
at East Central, Mar. 26, 2016
at Okla. Baptist, Mar. 18, 2017
vs. East Central, Apr. 7, 2017
vs. Hendrix, Apr. 11, 2017
at Arkansas Tech-1, May 6, 2017
at Arkansas Tech-2, May 6, 2017
Previous School
A 2014 graduate of Lewisburg High School in Olive Branch, Mississippi ... named honorable mention All-Southeast Region by Perfect Game.
Personal
Born: Feb. 17, 1996
Major: Finance
Parents: Martin Taylor and Debbie Messer
Career Highs
Hits: 3, 4 times
Doubles: 1, 15 times
Triples: 1Â [t-3rd], at Hendrix, Mar 08, 2017 ; Ouachita Baptist, Mar 31, 2015
Home runs: 1, 5 times
Total bases: 6, East Central, Apr 07, 2017
RBI: 4, East Central, Apr 07, 2017 ; at Arkansas Tech, May 06, 2017
Runs scored: 3, at St. Edward's, Feb 10, 2017
Walks: 3, at Southwestern Okla., Apr 22, 2016 ; vs Ouachita Baptist, Mar 13, 2017 ; Southern Nazarene, Mar 26, 2017
Hit by pitch: 2Â [t-3rd], at Arkansas Tech, Mar 10, 2015
Sac flies: 1, 5 times
Sac bunts: 1, at East Central, Mar 25, 2016
At bats: 5, at Hendrix, Mar 08, 2017 ; at East Central, Mar 26, 2016 ; Arkansas Tech, May 02, 2016
Stolen bases: 2, Southern Nazarene, Mar 25, 2017
Innings pitched: 1.0, at St. Edward's, Feb 11, 2017
Strikeouts: 2, at St. Edward's, Feb 11, 2017
Batters faced: 6, at St. Edward's, Feb 11, 2017
Field chances: 6, at East Central, Mar 26, 2016 ; Arkansas Tech, Mar 29, 2017
Putouts: 6, at East Central, Mar 26, 2016
Assists: 1, 6 times
