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2024 Softball Roster

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31 Kara Taylor

  • Position Infielder
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Buford, Ga.
  • High School Buford
  • Major Early Childhood Education
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Honors and Awards:
- USA South All-Conference First Team (2022)
- USA South All-Tournament Team (2022)
- USA South All-Conference West Division First Team (2021)
- USA South Rookie of the Week (2/22/21)
- CCS All-Academic Team 2x (2023, 2024)

2024:
- Appeared in 39 contests starting all 39 at first base
- Posted a .331 batting average while slugging .500
- Led team in home runs (3) and tied for team lead in RBIs with 25
- Ranked 3rd on the team in runs scored (22) and hits (42)

2023:
- Appeared in 35 games starting 35
- Hit .355 with 38 hits and 13 doubles
- Launched 2 home runs in route to posting 40+ RBIs for the second season in a row
- Slugged .551 while only striking out 6 times across 6 at-bats 
- 4th on the team in batting average (.355) and OPS (.949)
- 2nd on team in home runs, T1 in double (13) and 2nd in total bags
- Recorded 236 putouts and 7 assists with just 3 errors committed 

2022:
- Started all 42 games at first base for Piedmont
- Only player on the team to appear in each game in 2022
- Led the USA South with 49 RBIs and ranked tied for fourth with seven home runs
    -- 49 RBIs are the second-most in a season in Piedmont’s Division III era
    -- 7 homers are tied for fourth-most in a season in Piedmont’s Division III era
- Recorded at least one hit in 32 of 42 games played
- Led the team in doubles (13), total bases, (87), and slugging percentage (.617)
- Tallied 14 multi-hit games
- Secured a 12-game hitting streak between April 7 and April 28
- Hit a game-tying three-run homer on Senior Day versus Berea on April 23
- Homered in three straight games between April 19 and April 23
 
2021:
- Started all 35 games she appeared in
- Placed second on the team in doubles (8) and RBIs (21) and was third on the team in total bases (41)
- Hit first career home run versus Belhaven on Feb. 21 as part of a four-RBI performance
- Amassed eight hits across her first six career games
- Totaled eight multi-hit games, including a stretch of three consecutive from April 27-May 1
- Led the USA South with 257 putouts and committed just four errors in 268 total chances

Prep and Personal:
- Native of Buford, Georgia
- Graduated from Buford High School in 2020
- Majoring in early childhood education

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2021Freshman

    First Baseman / Outfielder
    5'8"
    31
  • 31

    2022Sophomore

    First Baseman / Outfielder
    5'8"
    31
  • 31

    2023Junior

    First Baseman / Outfielder
    5'8"
    31
  • 31

    2024Senior

    Infielder
    5'8"
    31