Taylor Leath

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Taylor Leath #43 OH 6’3″

“Coach Rose, Bryanna Weiskircher and Taylor Leath Weigh-in on Taylor Leath,” DigNittanyVolleyball, Aug. 28, 2018 DigNittanyVolleyball, Aug. 28, 2018

Russ Rose Then (2018): “We’re excited about Taylor’s decision to come to Penn State and take her fifth year with us after graduating from North Carolina. She’s an experienced player. Her strength will be her maturity. She has a calm presence on the floor, and possesses a good awareness of the game. Taylor is a valued addition to the program, as a player, a leader, and certainly, as a native of the State College community.”

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2018 Cumulative Team Stats

2018 Season (Graduate Student) Highlights and Awards: Preseason All-Big Ten … Penn State Classic MVP … American Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team …

Season Recap: played in all 118 sets and all 34 matches, joining Kendall White as the only players on the team to do so … recorded 292 kills, 3rd on the team, hitting .208 … ranked 3rd on the team in digs, with 256 for 2.17 per set … added 54 blocks, 15 aces, and 29 assists … recorded 13 matches with double figure kills, including a season-high 21 kills against Purdue (10/27) … recorded five double-doubles on the year, giving her 22 for her career.

NCAA Tournament: appeared in all 4 of Penn State’s NCAA Tournament matches, posting 12 kills on .478 hitting in the 3-0 win over Washington (12/7) in the Regional Semifinal match.

2018 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 21 10/27/2018 Purdue
Assists 2 12/07/2018 Washington
Points 23 10/27/2018 Purdue
Aces 3 11/10/2018 Illinois
Digs 15 11/02/2018 Nebraska
Total Blocks 6 08/25/2018 UMBC
Career Offensive Statistics
Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2018-19 Penn St. 118 34 292 2.475 106 895 0.208 29 0.246 15 0.127 26
Totals: 118 34 292 2.475 106 895 0.208 29 0.246 15 0.127 26
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2018-19 Penn St. 256 2.169 40 16 38 54 0.458 7 0 342 2.898
Totals: 256 2.169 40 16 38 54 0.458 7 0 342 2.898
2018 Match Stats Attack Set Serve Defense Block
Date Opponent Score K E TA % AST E SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE TB BHE PTS
08/24/2018 vs Eastern Ky. W 3 – 0 9 3 26 0.231 0 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 9
08/25/2018 vs UMBC W 3 – 0 7 1 20 0.3 2 1 1 1 1 6 2 4 0 6 0 12
08/25/2018 vs Navy W 3 – 0 15 3 31 0.387 1 3 0 2 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
08/31/2018 vs Temple W 3 – 0 7 2 22 0.227 1 2 0 1 1 7 0 2 0 2 0 8
09/01/2018 vs Texas A&M W 3 – 0 4 2 19 0.105 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 3 0 6
09/07/2018 at Stanford L 0 – 3 10 4 33 0.182 1 4 0 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 11
09/08/2018 vs Oregon W 3 – 0 7 3 24 0.167 1 3 0 1 1 5 1 2 1 3 0 9
09/14/2018 at Howard W 3 – 0 6 3 17 0.176 0 3 0 1 1 8 0 4 0 4 0 8
09/15/2018 vs Buffalo W 3 – 0 4 2 17 0.118 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
09/15/2018 at American W 3 – 1 11 3 37 0.216 0 3 0 0 1 8 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
09/19/2018 at Minnesota L 0 – 3 8 6 34 0.059 2 6 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 8
09/23/2018 at Ohio St. L 1 – 3 16 9 40 0.175 1 9 0 2 4 13 1 2 0 3 0 18
09/28/2018 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 9 3 27 0.222 0 3 3 3 1 3 1 2 0 3 0 14
09/30/2018 at Michigan W 3 – 0 7 4 26 0.115 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 3 0 10
10/05/2018 vs Maryland W 3 – 0 8 1 25 0.28 0 1 0 0 1 12 1 0 0 1 0 9
10/06/2018 vs Ohio St. W 3 – 0 9 2 18 0.389 0 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 11.5
10/10/2018 at Purdue W 3 – 1 13 4 41 0.22 1 4 0 1 2 11 1 1 0 2 0 14.5
10/13/2018 vs Nebraska W 3 – 2 10 6 46 0.087 2 6 0 1 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 10
10/17/2018 vs Rutgers W 3 – 0 6 2 21 0.19 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 7.5
10/20/2018 at Rutgers W 3 – 0 10 1 18 0.5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
10/26/2018 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 6 1 18 0.278 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 7
10/27/2018 vs Purdue L 2 – 3 21 6 45 0.333 2 6 0 0 1 12 1 2 0 3 0 23
11/02/2018 at Nebraska L 2 – 3 16 9 55 0.127 1 9 0 1 0 15 1 0 1 1 0 17
11/03/2018 at Iowa W 3 – 0 3 4 17 -0.059 2 4 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 4
11/09/2018 at Northwestern W 3 – 0 7 1 21 0.286 2 1 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 8
11/10/2018 at Illinois L 2 – 3 13 7 51 0.118 0 7 3 1 1 9 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
11/14/2018 vs Michigan W 3 – 0 0 2 10 -0.2 1 2 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/17/2018 vs Northwestern W 3 – 0 4 1 12 0.25 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
11/23/2018 vs Minnesota W 3 – 2 4 3 20 0.05 1 3 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 4
11/24/2018 vs Wisconsin L 2 – 3 3 0 14 0.214 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 3
11/30/2018 vs Howard W 3 – 0 7 0 15 0.467 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 8
12/01/2018 vs Syracuse W 3 – 0 10 2 23 0.348 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 11
12/07/2018 vs Washington W 3 – 0 12 1 23 0.478 2 1 1 0 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 14
12/08/2018 at Stanford L 1 – 3 10 5 29 0.172 0 5 0 1 4 8 1 0 2 1 0 11
Totals: 292 106 895 0.208 29 106 15 26 40 256 16 38 7 54 0 342
Before Penn State: 2017 Season (Redshirt Junior at UNC ): Started all 28 matches and 106 sets as a 6-rotation outside hitter … shouldered an immense amount of responsibility as team captain, due especially to injuries to Julia Scoles and Taylor Borup … led Carolina with 337 kills (3.17/s), ranking 2nd with 228 digs and 20 aces to go with 57 blocks … recorded 17 double-digit kill matches, 9 double-digit dig matches, and 6 double-doubles … named ACC Player of the Week on Sept. 11 after hitting .404 with 27 kills and 12 digs against LSU and tallying 16 kills vs. LIU Brooklyn … her 27 kills were the most for a Tar Heel since 2005, setting a new 25-point rally-scoring record … hit .442 with 25 kills against NC State (10/18), also in 4 sets, to cap a 6-match double-digit kills streak … recorded 10+ kills in 14 of 16 matches from Sept. 2 to Oct. 18 … tallied a season-high 16 digs to go with 15 kills against Georgia Tech (11/9) … served up 3 aces against Wake Forest (10/8), then followed with a career-high 5 aces against Virginia Tech, which tied for 5th-most in a match during the rally-scoring era … All-ACC Second Team … AVCA All-East Coast Region Honorable Mention.

2016 Season (Redshirt Sophomore at UNC): Had a breakout sophomore campaign as a 6-rotation outside hitter, earning AVCA Second-Team All-America and ACC Player of the Year … named ACC Player of the Week 3 times and earned National Player of the Week honors from 3 different outlets … led the team with 374 kills, hitting .252 with 299 digs, 70 blocks, 20 assists and 19 service aces … named to every all-tournament team, including MVP of the TCU Horned Frog Challenge and the sole Tar Heel on the NCAA Minneapolis Regional All-Tournament Team … recorded 10 double-doubles, a 20-dig performance … had 20-kill matches against 3 top-10 teams … named ACC and FloVolleyball Player of the Week on Sept. 12 after leading UNC to its highest-ranked victory in school history, with 23 kills and 19 digs against No. 2 Wisconsin … one of 3 Tar Heels with 20 digs against Notre Dame, tallying 23 to go with 15 kills and 2 aces against the Fighting Irish … named ACC, AVCA/Sports Imports and espnW Player of the Week the week of Nov. 7 after hitting .360 with 26 kills and 13 digs in Carolina’s comeback win at No. 10 Florida State … earned ACC Player of the Week for the 3rd time on Nov. 28 thanks to a 17-kill, 17-dig, 6-block performance against Duke that sealed the ACC title … influential in Carolina’s memorable victory at No. 9 Penn State, registering 18 kills, 16 digs, 4 blocks and 2 aces in front of a hometown crowd … went out with a bang, recording 20 kills and 16 digs, hitting .333, in Carolina’s 4-set loss to No. 8 UCLA at NCAA Regionals.

2015 Season (Redshirt Freshman at  UNC): Appeared in all-but-one match, playing in 98 sets, with 10 starts … primarily a front row outside hitter but did see time in all 6 rotations … totaled 218 kills, 97 digs, and 56 blocks … registered 8 double-digit kill matches, including a streak of 6 straight from Oct. 23-Nov. 8 … posted her first career double-double at Boston College on Nov. 8 with 14 kills and 10 digs … registered a personal-best 15 kills in 4 sets against Notre Dame on Nov. 1 … had a career day at Clemson, connecting for kills on each of her first 10 swings and finishing the 3-set match with 14 kills and a .684 hitting percentage, with 3 blocks and 3 digs … had a personal-best 13 digs to go with 7 kills against UNCW on Sept. 11 … named UNC’s Rookie of the Year as well as earning the Jean E. Kindy Award for perseverance and inspiration.

2014 (Freshman at UNC): Redshirt season.  Did not play in any matches.

High School: Ranked as the No. 90 overall recruit by PrepVolleyball.com … Under Armour All-America nominee … named Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year … named to the “Next 35” on PrepVolleyball.com’s Top 50 Juniors List … did not play junior year due to injury, but was named State College Area High School team captain as a senior and posted 331 kills and 43 aces with a .380 hitting percentage in 72 sets … named to the PrepVolleyball.com Soph 79 List … helped lead team to the District 6 title and to the Class 3A State Championship tournament … named Class 3A All-State as a sophomore … as a freshman helped her team to the District 6 runner-up and was named District 6 All-Independent … selected to the Revolution 18s AAU All-Star team as a freshman.

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