Nadia Taylor

Personal: Taylor was named assistant softball coach at Houston on May 29, 2023, after spending the 2023 season at Michigan State. She majored in physical culture and sports with a minor in business at Texas. Taylor owns NT88 Sports Performance and 88’s Nutrition and Recovery, training Major League Baseball, college baseball, and college softball players. Her brother is a running back for the Green Bay Packers, and her sister is a high school volleyball coach. If she was not playing softball, Taylor would be a lawyer or basketball player. She enjoys spending time with family, playing golf, and watching sports. Her walk-up song is “Last Last” by Burna Boy.

2023 AUX Season: Taylor secured 836 leaderboard points, earning her 18th place in the league standings. She accumulated 630 win points and 146 stat points throughout the season. On June 15, she was awarded MVP 1 honors after Team Zerkle's 7-6 victory over Team Garcia. Taylor started in 8 out of 9 games and maintained a batting average of .214. She hit two home runs and drove in nine runs. Additionally, she recorded one double and scored five runs. At the beginning of the season, she had a four-game hitting streak, going 5-for-15 with seven runs batted in during that time. On June 14, she went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs batted in against Team Mulipola. In a game against Team Garcia on June 15, she hit a grand slam to left field during the first inning.

2022 Championship Season: Taylor finished 29th in the league standings with 1,152 leaderboard points. She started in 9-of-14 games, recorded four hits, including a double, and scored twice while drawing four walks. In the Week One finale against Team Chidester, she went 2-for-4 with a run scored. In Week Two against Team Harshman, she logged a double.

2022 AUX Season: Taylor finished 25th with 832 leaderboard points. She tied for fourth in the league with five multi-hit games and posted a five-game hitting streak from June 13-19, going 9-for-17 during the streak. She hit her lone home run of the season during the hitting streak with a solo shot against Team Eberle on June 15. Taylor closed the season with at least one hit in the final four games.

2021 Championship Season: Taylor accumulated 1,194 leaderboard points to finish in 26th place. She tied for third in the league by being hit by a pitch two times.

2020 Championship Season: Taylor posted 1,080 leaderboard points. She hit .273 in 15 games, including 14 starts, and tied for fifth in the league with three doubles. She also shared eighth place with four home runs while driving in 12 runs.

Other Professional Experience: Taylor is a two-time All-NPF selection who earned the Jennie Finch Award in 2018. She appeared in 194 games over five seasons from 2014-18, compiling 21 home runs with 81 runs batted in. During the 2017 season with Texas Charge, she hit .321 with 30 hits, including a career-best 10 home runs, in 50 games. She opened her career with Akron Racers in 2014 before spending three seasons with Dallas/Texas Charge. Taylor tallied five home runs with 24 runs batted in during the 2018 campaign with a .270 batting average. She also played in the Minamo Softball League in Japan.

At Texas: Taylor played for the University of Texas from 2009-12 and was a four-year letter winner. She was a four-time NFCA All-Region performer for the Longhorns, including First-Team honors as a freshman, sophomore, and junior. Taylor also earned All-Big 12 Conference distinction all four years, including a pair of First-Team accolades. She ranks fourth in program history with 234 career games played and shares second place on Longhorns’ career games started list. Taylor had a .337 batting average with 32 home runs and 131 runs batted in, collected 219 hits, including 40 doubles and two triples, with 120 runs scored. She led the Longhorns with 16 doubles as a senior and finished her career with 41 doubles, the fifth-highest mark in program history. Taylor drew 87 career walks to rank sixth all-time at Texas and owns the school record by being hit by a pitch 21 times in her career. She reached base safely in 21 consecutive games during her freshman season and registered a school-record 162 assists as a freshman. Taylor hit three doubles against New Mexico on Apr. 1, 2012, to match the single-game record and set a school record with five walks against Kansas on Apr. 14, 2012. She is also a two-sport athlete who played for the Longhorns’ basketball team during the 2013-14 season. Taylor appeared in 14 games and made one start while shooting 35.7 percent (5-for-14) from the field.