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2019 Softball

16 Taylor Arends

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Oak Park and River Forest
  • Hometown River Forest, Ill.

Biography

CAREER: Four-time all-UAA and Three-time All-Midwest Region ... Three-time Google Cloud Academic All-American ... Started all 151 games in her career ... Fifth in WashU school history in hits (190) and sixth in runs scored (127) and batting average (.393).

2019: NFCA Third-Team All-Midwest Region and First-team all-UAA ... Started all 33 games at third base and hit a team-best .408 with seven doubles, three triples and 20 RBIs ... Second in the UAA batting average (.408), on-base percentage (.483) and triples (3), and eighth in stolen bases (9) and walks (14) ... Hit safely in 26 of 33 games played ... Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in 7-0 win vs. No. 17 Rhodes (3/9) ... UAA Hitter of the Week on March 11 ... Tied for team lead in multiple-RBI (4) and multiple-hit (13) games ... Google Cloud First-Team Academic All-American ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Award ... Google Cloud Academic All-District ... Academic all-UAA.

2018: First-Team all-UAA ... Started all 30 games at shortstop and hit .366 with one homerun and 21 RBIs ... Ranked in top-10 in the UAA in six categories: fourth in triples (2), sixth in on-base percentage (.438), seventh in runs (27), eighth in walks (9) and batting average, and 10th in RBIs ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and three RBIs in 9-0 win vs. Chicago (3/30) ... Was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, a homerun and four RBIs in 9-7 win vs. New York (5/4) ... Hit safely in 10 of the last 11 games ... Google Cloud First-Team Academic All-American ... Google Cloud Academic All-District ... UAA Hitter of the Week on April 2 and May 7 ... UAA President's Scholar-Athlete ... Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award ... Academic all-UAA.

2017: Second-team NFCA all-Midwest Region and First-team all-UAA ... Started all 41 games at shortstop and hit a team-high .418 with one homerun and 31 RBIs ... First in the UAA in triples (3) and third in RBIs (31) and hits (58) ... Second on the squad in multiple-hit (18) and third in multiple-RBI games (8) ... Batted .500 (4-for-8) with a walk and three stolen bases to earn Pella, Iowa Regional All-Tournament Team honors ... Went 4-for-5 with career-high four RBIs vs. Emory & Henry (3/14) ... Went 2-for-3 with a homerun and three RBIs vs. Chicago (4/8) ... UAA Hitter of the Week on April 3, April 24 and May 15 ... CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-American ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District Five ... UAA Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete ... Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award ... Academic all-UAA.

2016: Second-team all-UAA and Third-team NFCA all-Midwest Region ... Had a .377 batting average with two home runs and 41 RBIs in 47 starts at shortstop ... Reached base in 42 of 47 games played, and was second on the squad with 13 multiple-RBI games ... Ranked third in the UAA in runs scored (46), fourth in RBIs, triples (3) and doubles (12), sixth in assists (85), seventh in hits (58) and ninth in total bases (82) ... Second on the team with 13 multiple-RBI games and fourth with 15 multiple-hit games ... Went 4-for-5 with career-high four RBIs in first game of doubleheader at Central (Iowa) on April 2 ... Was 3-for-4 with a double, triple and three RBIs vs. Hendrix (2/20) ... Began the season reaching base in 25-straight games.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time letterwinner in softball and four-time letterwinner in tennis … Team captain in both sports … Hit .434 in her career with 16 doubles, 12 triples, and five homeruns … Totaled 84 RBI and scored 88 runs … 2015 Conference Champions … 2013-14 Regional Champions … 2014 Sectional Champions … 2013 and 2015 All-Conference Selection … 2014 All State mention … Valedictorian … IHSA Academic All-State team … Chicago Tribune Scholar Athlete ... Excellence in Science and Math Awards.

PERSONAL: Majoring in psychological and brain sciences with a minor in healthcare management … Daughter of Dan and Sue Arends.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

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    2017Sophomore

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    2018Junior

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    2019Senior

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