2019 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Taylor Borup
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Loudon County
- Hometown:
- Leesburg, Va.
SENIOR (SPRING 2021)
* Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Fourth on the team with 2.11 kills per set and third with 2.70 digs per set after not playing since 2018 due to injury … One of four Pac-12 players to average at least 2.00 kills and 2.70 digs per set in 2021 … Recorded three double-doubles, all with kills and digs … Tied for the team-lead with 18 service aces, averaging 0.30 per set … Finished the year with a passing score of 2.29 on 389 total serve receive attempts … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll ... at Washington State (Jan. 24): Posted a double-double in her second match back after going over two years without playing, recording 10 kills and 15 digs in a five-set win … vs. UCLA (Jan. 31): Hit .400 with 11 kills on 25 attempts while adding seven digs in a sweep … at USC (Feb. 5): Served up a career-high four aces to go with nine digs in a five-set victory … vs. Oregon State (Mar. 19): Second double-double of the season came in a five-set win, finishing with 11 kills and 12 digs … at Arizona State (Apr. 1): Set a career high with 19 digs to go along with 11 kills and three blocks.
SENIOR (2019)
Utilized a redshirt.
JUNIOR (2018)
* AVCA National Player of the Week (10/9/2018)
* Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (10/8/2018)
Appeared in 20 matches (60 sets) for the Ducks while battling through injuries, averaging 2.27 kills per set on .223 hitting with 2.08 digs per set ... Named both the AVCA National Player of the Week (10/9) and the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (10/8) after racking up a combined 23 kills on .311 hitting with 27 digs at the L.A. schools ... at Hawaii (Sept. 14): Put down 11 kills while hitting .385 in a win ... at UCLA (Oct. 5): Opened the L.A. trip with her first double-double as a Duck, putting down 13 kills on .310 hitting with a career-high 16 digs ... at USC (Oct. 7): Followed with 10 kills on .313 hitting with 11 digs in a sweep ... at Colorado (Oct. 12): Recorded a season-high 14 kills on a season-high 41 attempts to go with eight digs ... at California (Nov. 10): Notched 12 kills with a season-high .400 hitting percentage and 10 digs ... NCAA Tournament: Tallied seven kills in Oregon's NCAA Tournament second round win over Baylor and seven in the Sweet Sixteen victory at Minnesota before putting down eight in the Elite Eight against Nebraska.
AT NORTH CAROLINA
* 2016 ACC All-Freshman Team (with North Carolina)
* 2016 TCU Horned Frog Challenge All-Tournament Team (with North Carolina)
Sophomore (2017): Spent first two collegiate seasons at North Carolina ... Played in 20 matches (68 sets), making 12 starts ... Missed eight consecutive matches early in the season due to injury ... Totaled 143 kills (2.10 kps), 26 digs and 28 blocks, hitting .174 ... Recorded six double-digit kill matches ... Matched her career high with 17 kills (.273) in a five-set victory over Georgia Tech (11/9) ... Hit .429 with 15 kills in a five-set win against Wake Forest (10/8). Freshman (2016): Played in 29 matches as a true freshman (77 sets), making seven starts ... Posted a total of 164 kills, 51 digs, 45 blocks and five aces, hitting .247 ... Had a breakout performance off the bench against No. 5 Minnesota, tallying 17 kills and four blocks, two solo ... Earned a place on the TCU Horned Frog Challenge All-Tournament Team after hitting .455 with 11 kills and just one error against TCU (9/17) • Posted five double-digit kill matches ... Served up two aces, the first two of her career, in her first-ever start vs. Sam Houston State ... Hit .524 with 13 kills at Louisville ... Neared a double-double with 13 kills and a personal-best nine digs at Pitt ... Recorded the best hitting percentage of the season (10+ TA) against Clemson (11/11), hitting .700 with eight kills on 10 swings to help UNC register the second-highest team hitting percentage (.489) of the rally-scoring era ... Hit .438 with seven kills and no errors against Coastal Carolina to help the Heels set a new NCAA Tournament match record with a .310 team attack clip ... ACC All-Freshman Team.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year starting outside hitter for Loudoun County High School, she totaled 1,193 kills, 144 blocks and 55 service aces over a total of 310 high school sets played ... Led the Raiders to four consecutive state championships with a nearly flawless 112-5 record over her high school career ... The first player in the state of Virginia ever to win four state championships in any sport ... Ranked No. 17 on PrepVolleyball.com’s list of Senior Aces ... 2015 Under Armour All-America Second Team ... 2015 MaxPreps Medium Schools All-America Second Team ... 2015 PrepVolleyball.com All-America ... 2015 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 Recruit ... 2015 VHSL 4A State Player of the Year ... 2015 VHSL 4A West Region Player of the Year ... 2015 VHSL Conference 21B Player of the Year ... Two-time VHSL All-State, All-North Region and All-Conference First Team (2014, 2015) ... Two-time Washington Post First Team All-Met (2014, 2015) ... 2015 American Family Insurance All-USA Third Team ... Hit .449 with 401 kills, 220 digs and 42 blocks as a senior at LCHS ... The first Raider ever to record 1,000 career kills, she posted the three highest single-season kills marks in school history, while registering the highest-ever hitting percentage as a senior ... Voted most athletic female athlete at LCHS in 2015 ... Played final three seasons of club for Metro 18s under coach Silvia Johnson ... Led Metro to the 2015 USAV Junior Nationals 18 National Division title and was named tournament MVP ... Followed by winning the 2016 Sports Performance National Junior Classic 18 Open division and earning MVP.
Personal: Father Ray played football at American International College.
