Taylr McNeil

2014 (FRESHMAN): Played in 28 matches, including 25 starts…Led the team with a kills per set average of 3.06, which ranked ninth in the SEC and second among league freshmen…Averaged 1.76 digs per set and 0.50 blocks per set…Led the team in kills in 16 matches…Recorded a match-high 16 kills while hitting .419 and nine digs in Gamecock debut vs. Gardner-Webb (8/29)… Named Campbell Invitational MVP after averaging 4.10 kills per set while hitting .309 and averaging 2.10 digs per set in three matches…Posted career highs in kills (22), digs (23) and blocks (5) vs. Furman (9/6)…Had a career-best hitting percentage of .520 vs. The Citadel (9/20), recording 15 kills on 25 attacks and just two errors…Produced 18 kills and four blocks in comeback win over Ole Miss (9/26)…Finished with 15 kills (.294), six digs and three blocks at Mississippi State (10/3)…Tallied 16 kills and had six digs vs. No. 8 Florida (10/15)…Recorded a double-double vs. Mississippi State with 16 kills and 12 digs…Had 15 kills while hitting .387 vs. Missouri (10/26)…Member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Five-year varsity letter winner…Lettered as an eighth grader and freshman at Lakeville North High School for head coach Milan Mader and the final three years at Eagan High School under coach Kathy Gillen…Named Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year, second team USA Today American Family Insurance All-USA and third team MaxPreps All-America as a senior…Chosen for the Volleyball Magazine Fab 50…Finalist for 2013 Ms. Baden Minnesota Player of the Year…Four-time first-team All-State and All-Conference selection…Led Lakeville North to the 2010 Class 3A state title and Eagan to the 2013 Class 3A state title…Earned spot on the All-State Tournament Team in both 2010 and 2013…Named Eagan Offensive Player of the Year in 2011 and MVP in 2013…Received 2010 PrepVolleyball.com National Freshman of the Year honors…Selected as 2010 Pioneer Press and Star Tribune Player of the Year…Played club for Minnesota One Volleyball…Fifth place at 2013 AAU Nationals 18s Open…Led team to a fifth-place finish at the 2010 AAU Nationals 15s Open /All-American…2013 Fusion Showcase Tournament 18s All-Tournament Team…2012 Fusion Showcase Tournament MVP/17s All-Tournament Team.

PERSONAL: Taylr Marie McNeil is the daughter of Mark and Michele McNeil…Has one brother, Bryan, and four sisters, Kady, Megan, Maddie and Kellie, who is a junior setter for the Gamecocks…Chose South Carolina because of the coaching staff, facilities, campus and nursing program…Majoring in nursing.