Honors

The Trojans have started picking up awards and honors for the 2024-2025 year. So far, TU has garnered 107 NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors, 79 academic all-league nods, 49 all-league awards, 42 league athlete-of-the-week awards, 15 CSC Academic All-District honors, two CSC Academic All-Americans, one CSC NAIA Academic All-American of the Year, seven NAIA National Athlete-of-the-Week honors, three individual league champions, one league player of the year, five NAIA All-Americans, one national athlete of the year and one individual NAIA National Champion.

TU has claimed one team championship, with its women's cross country team securing a 12th-straight Crossroads League Championship.

Taylor's teams have already tasted plenty of success, with football winning its first four games for its best start since 1999, reaching nine wins in a season for the first time since 1999, scoring 50-or-more points in three-straight games for the first time in program history, setting a single-game scoring record with 91 points at Madonna and setting a single-game rushing record with 459 yards against No. 7 Marian. Women's soccer also made history with 17 goals in a 17-0 win over Defiance College and took down No. 10 Marian for the highest-ranked win in program history. The TU women's cross country team also posted its fastest 5K and 6K times in program history. The men's basketball team scored a Top-25 win by taking down No. 22 Indiana Wesleyan and the women's basketball team secured its 900th all-time win, while the competitive cheer program posted its best four scores in program history and reached its highest national ranking in program history. The TU baseball team knocked off RV Ottawa-Arizona and  took three-of-four games from RV Saint Thomas, while the men's lacrosse program matched its best start in program history.

Taylor coaches have also reached milestones, with Quinn White recording his 1,500th all-time head-to-head win with the women's cross country program, Kyle Gould logging his 700th head coaching victory with the TU baseball program and Doug Gower reached his 400th victory as a head softball coach.

The TU coaches have also been recognized for their excellent work, with Quinn White being named the Crossroads League Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year for the 12th-straight time and the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year for a fifth time. Aaron Mingo was also recognized for his work on the sidelines with the football team, being named the AFCA NAIA Region 2 Coach of the Year, as well as the MSFA Mideast League Coach of the Year.

TU also has had nine teams ranked or receive votes in the NAIA Top-25 Poll, with football, men's and women's cross country, competitive cheer, women's indoor track, baseball and women's golf cracking the Top-25, and women's soccer and men's golf receiving votes.

Taylor has had seven teams get a taste of postseason play, with men's and women's cross country, women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's indoor track and men's basketball all competing in a Crossroads League Championship event.

Four teams have advanced to compete at the NAIA Nationals, with women's cross country finishing second, women's indoor track taking fifth, men's cross country finishing eighth and men's indoor track ending 33rd.

Fans can track all the individual honors awarded to Trojan student-athletes and coaches throughout the year by checking out this page. Fans can also read the press release associated with the award, or check out the player's bio page by clicking on the link of the player's name or the award.

Fans can also take a look back at Taylor's honors and accomplishments from previous seasons at the links provided.

-2023-2024 Honors Page
-2022-2023 Honors Page
-2021-2022 Honors Page
-2020-2021 Honors Page
-2019-2020 Honors Page
-2018-2019 Honors Page
-2017-2018 Honors Page
-2016-2017 Honors Page
-2015-2016 Honors Page
-2014-2015 Honors Page
-2013-2014 Honors Page
-2012-2013 Honors Page