Kristen Taylor
Kristen Taylor

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Manlius, N.Y.

High School:
Fayetteville-Manlius

Height:
5-4

Position:
Attacker

General - Carolina's top returning scorer for 2008 ... Named to the 2007-08 United States Developmental women's lacrosse team, one of just three sophomores on the squad (joining Penn's Ali Deluca and Maryland's Caitlyn McFadden).

Freshman (2007) - One of the ACC's top attackers as a freshman ... One of the nation's top freshmen overall ... Named to womenslacrosse.com's Rookie Team ... UNC's Rookie of the Year ... A member of the 2007 All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse Team ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Led the Tar Heels with 43 goals scored ... Ranked second on the team in scoring with 50 points (43 goals, seven assists) ... Led Carolina in goals and points against ACC competition ... Named second-team All-South Region by the IWLCA ... Appeared in all 21 games, starting 11 ... In the starting lineup for the final nine contests of the season ... Named to the All-ACC Tournament team after she scored 10 goals and had two assists for 12 points in three Tournament games. She had five goals and an assist in the opening round against Virginia Tech ... Two-time winner of the ACC Player of the Week award ... Had five goals and an assist versus Virginia in the regular season, earning ACC Player-of-the-Week honors ... Also won the award two weeks later after leading UNC to wins over Georgetown and Boston College ... Scored three goals in the win over No. 7 Georgetown, including the game-tying goal in the second half ... Carolina trailed 5-1 midway through the first half before she scored three goals in a 4-0 scoring run to tie the game at 5-5 ... Came off the bench and scored four goals in the win over BC, tallying two goals from the field and going two-for-three in free position opportunities ... Had multiple goals in 14 of 21 games ... Had a season-high five goals and six points against Virginia (regular season) and Virginia Tech (ACC Tournament) ... Had three goals and one assist against Duke in the ACC Tournament ... Scored three goals against Georgetown and Oregon ... Dean's List in Fall 2006 and Spring 2007.

High School - Three-sport star at Fayetteville-Manlius High School ... A three-time All-America on the lacrosse field ... Two-time MVP of the New York state lacrosse tournament, leading her team to back-to-back state titles ... Team captain and All-Central New York Player of the Year s a senior ... Two-time member of the N.Y. Team 1 at the national club tournament ... Participated in the first Under Armour All-America Game as a senior ... Also ran three years of cross country, serving as team captain her last two seasons ... First-team All Central New York, first-team all-state and first-team all conference selection as a harrier ... Two-time captain of the cross country and indoor track teams ... Ran four years of indoor track in the 800m and 1500m events ... Member of the National Honor Society ... A two-time Academic All-America ... High Honor Roll student ... Played violin in the symphony orchestra.

Personal - Kristen Frances Taylor is the daughter of Kathy and Joe Taylor ... Both of her parents played lacrosse at Cornell University ... Born on November 1, 1988, in Syracuse, N.Y. ... Is the younger sister of teammate Kelly Taylor ... Business major.

Kristen Taylor's Career Statistics
Year GP/GS Sh G A Pts GB CT DC 2007 21/11 102 43 7 50 13 9 3