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University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2016 Women's Volleyball

3 Taylor Stratton

  • Position OH
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.
  • Prev School Ocean Lakes H.S.

Biography

2016: Played in 32 matches for 116 sets … Led the PBC with 468 kills … Second in the league with 4.03 kills per set … Had the fifth-most kills in USC Aiken single-season history and had the fourth-most kills per set in school history … Finished her career sixth on the all-time list for kills in the program’s history … NCAA Southeast Region all-tournament team selection … AVCA first-team all-region selection … D2CCA first-team all-region honoree … First-team all-conference selection … PBC all-tournament team selection … PBC Player of the Week on Oct. 11 and Oct. 18 … PBC all-academic team selection … Tallied a double-double with a team-best 17 kills and 20 digs, to go along with two blocks in the win over Catawba … Garnered 15 kills, 10 digs and an ace in the victory over Queens … Slammed home 15 kills while hitting .394 in the win over Lenoir-Rhyne … Hammered home a team-high 17 kills against Wingate … Posted 11 digs and eight kills in the sweep of Mount Olive … Powered home 15 kills, including the last two, in the victory over Eckerd … Totaled 13 kills while hitting .458 and notched four digs  in the win over Belmont Abbey … Notched a career-high 20 kills and added three blocks in the victory over Lenoir-Rhyne … Had eight kills, three digs and a block in the win over UNC Pembroke … Tallied nine kills in the victory over Francis Marion … Posted 11 kills, three digs and a block in the sweep at Augusta … Had a match-high nine kills to go along with seven digs at Armstrong State …  Tallied 17 kills and added five digs at Flagler … Recorded her 1,000th career kill, notched a double-double by tallying 12 kills and 14 digs in the sweep at Lander … Recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 16 digs to go along with two aces and an assist in the win over Columbus State … Narrowly missed a double-double with 18 kills and nine digs to go along with two block assists in the victory over Montevallo … Established a career high with 22 kills to go along with 15 digs in the win at Tusculum … Tallied a career-high 23 kills, which were the sixth most in school history in a four-set match, to go along with 13 digs in the victory over Mars Hill … Led the way with 16 kills and seven digs in the win at Carson-Newman … Posted a double-double with 17 kills and 10 digs in the victory over Lincoln Memorial … Notched a double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs in the sweep at Georgia College … Had a double-double with a match-best 21 kills and 17 digs in the win over Flagler … Hammered home 12 kills while hitting .212 to go along with four digs in the victory at Montevallo … Notched a double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs in the win at UNC Pembroke … Posted a double-double with 16 kills and 15 digs in the win over Georgia College … Tallied nine kills and nine digs to go along with three aces in the sweep of Augusta … Registered a match-high 17 kills to go along with 11 digs for a double-double in the PBC Quarterfinal win over Georgia College … Had a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs against Armstrong State … Hammered home 11 kills in the NCAA Tournament first-round sweep of Barton … Registered a double-double with 17 kills and 12 digs to go along with four total blocks and an assist in the NCAA second-round victory over Armstrong State … Established career highs with 23 kills and 25 digs to go along with two aces and two blocks in the Southeast Region Championship victory over Queens … Posted 13 kills and 11 digs against Palm Beach Atlantic in the Elite Eight.                              

2015: Honorable mention AVCA all-region honoree … Recorded a career-high 277 kills on the year … Posted 101 digs and was in on 32 blocks … Posted five kills in the sweep of Lincoln Memorial … Slammed home seven kills to go along with three digs in the sweep of Tusculum … Tallied eight kills and hit .368 in the sweep of Brevard … Hammered home seven kills and added a block in the sweep of Nova Southeastern … Added 10 kills and five digs in the victory over No. 12 Palm Beach Atlantic … Totaled nine kills, four digs and two blocks in the sweep of King … Posted six kills and three digs in the sweep of Belmont Abbey … Posted seven kills and eight digs in the sweep of UNC Pembroke … Tallied eight kills and a block at Francis Marion … Accounted for eight kills, seven digs and three blocks against GRU Augusta … Recorded four kills and a block in the sweep of Georgia College … Tallied 10 kills and a pair of blocks at Montevallo … Had five kills and a block in the sweep of Columbus State … Posted 12 kills in the sweep of Francis Marion … Hit .462 with eight kills in the sweep of Mars Hill … Accounted for 10 kills and five digs in the sweep of Carson-Newman … Posted seven kills and four digs in the win over Tusculum …  Smashed nine kills in the sweep of Lincoln Memorial … Added eight kills and two blocks in the sweep of Armstrong State … Posted 11 kills and a block in the win over Flagler … Garnered a match-high 13 kills in the sweep of Lander … Slammed home 14 kills, hit .379 and added a pair of blocks in the win over Georgia College … Had eight kills and three digs in the win at Augusta … Tallied nine kills, six digs and a block in the victory over UNC Pembroke … Posted 14 kills, four digs and a block in the win over Montevallo … Posted five kills, five digs and two blocks in the sweep over Lander ... Slammed home 17 kills and added a pair of blocks at Flagler … Garnered 10 kills and two blocks in the win at Armstrong State … Tallied 10 kills in the PBC Quarterfinal win over Georgia College … Garnered eight kills and four digs in the PBC Semifinal win over Lander … Posted seven kills and seven digs in the PBC Championship against Flagler … Had three kills and a block in the NCAA Tournament against Erskine.                 
                               
2014: Played in all 30 matches, totaling 107 sets … Accounted for 274 kills … Tallied 10 digs, seven kills and three block assists in the sweep of Belmont Abbey … Notched six kills against No. 15 Wingate … Accounted for eight kills and six digs in the win at Newberry … Totaled six kills in the victory over King … Posted seven kills and a block assist in the win over Limestone … Recorded 10 kills and two block assists in the win over Anderson … Amassed six kills, four digs and a block assist against Palm Beach Atlantic … Accounted for nine kills and a block assist in the victory over Newberry … Had eight kills and two digs in the sweep at Francis Marion … Tallied 16 kills and seven digs in the sweep at Francis Marion … Hammered home a match-high 14 kills to go along with a block assist in the victory at Lander … Had nine kills and two block assists in the win over GRU Augusta … Notched 11 kills and seven digs at Montevallo … Accounted for two blocks in the sweep of Francis Marion … Totaled seven kills and a block at Armstrong State … Posted 10 kills and a dig in the win at Flagler … Registered a match-high 11 kills to go along with two digs, two assists and a block assist in the sweep of Johnson C. Smith … Chipped in seven kills and two block assists in the sweep of UNC Pembroke … Hit .412 with eight kills and a block assist in the sweep at Georgia College … Had 10 kills and five digs against GRU Augusta … Hit .600 with 10 kills in the sweep of Claflin … Pounded home 10 kills while hitting .421 in the sweep of Montevallo … Totaled 13 kills and three blocks 27 digs in the win over Columbus State … Registered a match-high 15 kills in the sweep of Lander … Posted 11 kills and hit .455 in the sweep of No. 15 Armstrong State … Tallied 10 kills and four digs against Flagler … Accounted for 12 kills in the PBC Quarterfinals against the Saints … Garnered 10 kills and a block in the NCAA Tournament match against Carson-Newman.                                                 

2013: Earned all-tournament team honors at the Peach Belt Conference Championship … Played in 31 matches … Led the team with 268 kills … Added 151 digs … Chipped in 46 total blocks … Notched six kills, three digs and a block assist in the win over Mount Olive … Had two digs against Newberry … Garnered eight kills, five digs and two block assists in the win over Mars Hill … Totaled five kills, four block assists and two digs in the win over Lees-McRae … Posted a match-high 14 kills and tallied 10 digs in the win over Lander … Garnered four kills and eight digs in the sweep of Converse … Tallied five kills in the win over Limestone … Had a team-high 13 kills against Lincoln Memorial … Registered 10 kills and five digs against Valdosta State … Slammed home 15 kills and had eight digs against Francis Marion … Notched 19 kills and 11 digs in the win over UNC Pembroke … Totaled 13 kills, five digs and three blocks in the win at Georgia College … Produced 13 kills, seven digs and two blocks in the win over Lees-McRae … Pounded home seven kills and hit .538 in the win over Erskine … Tallied 13 kills against Columbus State … Registered nine kills to go along with five digs and three blocks in the win over Montevallo … Notched eight kills and three block assists in the win over GRU-Augusta … Narrowly missed a double-double with nine kills and nine digs against Armstrong … Had a team-high 16 kills and added seven digs in the win at Lander … Garnered six kills, three digs and two blocks at Francis Marion … Amassed five kills, five digs and a block in the win over St. Augustine’s … Posted nine kills, seven digs and seven block assists in the win over GRU Augusta … Totaled eight kills, five digs and three blocks at Montevallo … Had nine kills and five digs against Columbus State … Recorded five kills and three digs at Flagler … Tallied seven kills and four digs at Armstrong … Slammed home 17 kills to go along with six digs and three blocks in the win over Francis Marion in the PBC quarterfinals … Added four kills and five digs in the win over Flagler in the PBC semifinals … Recorded nine kills and a block in the PBC Championship against Armstrong.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Ocean Lakes High School … Three-time all-Beach selection … Three-time all-Eastern Region honoree … Two-time all-Tidewater selection … Tabbed the MVP after guiding her AAU team to the 2011 National Championship … Member of the Technology Student Association and Math and Science Academy.

Personal: Daughter of Joe and Karen Stratton … Has five siblings, Mallory, Rachel, Joseph, Bailey and Natalie … Majoring in exercise and sports science.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2013Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2014Sophomore

    OH
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2015Junior

    OH
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2016Senior

    OH
    5'10"
    3