Jake Taylor

Height:
6-4
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Whitefish Bay, Wis.
High School:
Whitefish Bay

Honors and Awards:

2015-16 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2015: Appeared in all 17 matches, making 11 starts, this season … Finished sixth on the team with four points on a goal and two assists … Assisted on the eventual game-winner by Alex McBride in the 34th minute in a 4-2 win over Portland (Aug. 30) … Scored the game-winning and lone goal in the 85th minute against Omaha (Sept. 11) … Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 14) for his game-winner … Also assisted on a David Selvaggi goal in the 82nd minute against Northern Illinois (Sept. 18) that put MU ahead 2-1 at the time.

2014: Has played in all 18 matches in 2014, including nine starts ... Scored the equalizer in the 63rd minute in a 1-1 tie against No. 23 Providence (Oct. 22) ... Recorded his first assist of 2014 on Louis Bennett II's game-winner in a 2-0 win over St. John's (Oct. 11).

2013: Finished seventh on the squad with six points (2g, 2a) on the season ... Played in 18 matches ... Missed games vs. Butler (10/9) and Creighton (10/12) due to injury ... Credited with an assist on Eric Pothast's game-winning goal in a 1-0 shutout at Michigan (9/13) ... Scored twice, both equalizers, vs. Green Bay (9/1), playing 40 minutes in his MU debut.

Prior to Marquette: First defender to be named Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year since former Marquette University defender Billy Von Rueden (2005) ... NSCAA All-American, all-state and two-time North Shore Conference Player of the Year ... 2013 Elite Soccer Report Boys Soccer All-America First Team ... Trained with Bundesliga (Germany) club Bayern Leverkusen ... Played club soccer with Bavarian SC and Chicago Fire PDL ... Played in one reserve match for the Chicago Fire in 2013.

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