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2021 Softball Roster

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  • INF/C
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Waco, Texas
    Hometown
  • 5'8
    Height
  • Midway
    High School
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Taylor Ellis
#10
Taylor Ellis
INF/C
Position
Senior
Class
Waco, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2020 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall & Spring)
2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2019 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall & Spring)
2019 Baylor Dean’s List (Spring)
2019 Getterman Classic All-Tournament Team
2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2018 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall & Spring)
2017 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2017 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
2017 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall & Spring)
2017 Baylor Dean’s List (Fall)

2021
Started 46 of 48 games for Baylor … Was the everyday third baseman for the Lady Bears after splitting time between shortstop and catcher the rest of her BU career … Had a team-high and career-best 12-game hitting streak toward the end of the season … Hit a career-best .308 on the year with six doubles, two triples and four homers … Led the team with seven multi-RBI games … Was a home run short of the cycle against Kansas (5/2) … Tied a career-high with three hits in three different games … Finished with seven assists against NIU (3/13) and is No. 8 in program history with 307 career assists … Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2020 (SENIOR)
Used primarily behind the plate but made seven appearances at shortstop … Recorded two hits and two RBI in back-to-back games to start the season … Came back into the game at Arkansas after suffering an injury to knock in the game-tying RBI in the seventh inning … Hit her first homer of the season against Louisville … Has 27 multi-hit games with 20 multi-RBI games.

2019 (JUNIOR)
One of three Lady Bears to play and start in all 49 games ... Split time between shortstop and catcher ... Hit .261 at the plate wtih 35 hits, five doubles and four home runs, driving in 14 runs ... Posted a .388 slugging mark and .338 on base percentage ... Became one of only five players in the history of Oklahoma softball to hit two home runs in a single game vs. the Sooners (4/5) and was the first to do so since March 2016 ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team … Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall & Spring) … Baylor Dean’s List (Spring).

2018 (SOPHOMORE):
Played in and started 55 games, splitting time between shortstop and catcher ... Hit .260 at the plate with 40 hits, eight doubles and two home runs, driving in 26 runs ... Posted a .351 slugging mark and .293 on base percentage ... Had a career outing vs. Miss. Valley State (2/17), going 3-for-4 with four RBIs and her first collegiate home run ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team ... Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters.

2017 (FRESHMAN):
Played in 56 games and started 52 as a true freshman, splitting time at shortstop and catcher ... Recorded 148 putouts and 44 assists, good for a .965 fielding percentage ... Hit .256, scoring 19 runs with four doubles and 14 RBI ... Posted five multi-hit games and three games with multiple RBI ... Recorded her first collegiate hit vs. Northwestern (2/10), going 2-for-4 with a RBI ... First extra-base hit was a double vs. Grand Canyon (2/17) ... Crucial two-RBI go-ahead double in game two of the Tucson Super Regional to force a game three at No. 2 Arizona (5/28) ... One of a Big 12-best three BU selections to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team ... Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team honoree ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters ... Baylor Dean’s List in the fall semester.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Played four years for the Midway High School Pantherettes in Waco, Texas ... Took District 12-6A Defensive MVP in 2016, Co-MVP in 2015, second team infield in 2014, and Offensive MVP in 2013 ... Collected Waco Tribune Herald’s Super Centex first team infield in 2016, Player of the Year in 2015 and the Newcomer of the Year in 2013 ... Named to the TGCA All-State (2013, 2015, 2016), All Legacy, and All-Academic Teams in 2016 ... Earned Texas Sports Writers Association’s All-State first team shortstop in 2016 and All-State honorable mention in 2013 ... Two-time participant in the Colorado Sparkler All-American game ... Selected to play in the Inaugural PGF All-American game with the Top 36 players in the country ... Four-time Academic All-District ... Played club ball for the Texas Rapid Fire/Texas Glory organization.

PERSONAL:
Parents are Curtis Ellis and Jamie Villarrial ... Has two brothers, Cole and Cooper, and three stepsisters, Emma, Meredith, and Madison ... Health, Kinesiology, and Leisure Studies major.