2022-2023 Honors Page

The Trojans picked up a host of awards and honors during the 2022-2023 year, with 47 Crossroads League or MSFA Player-of-the-Week nods, five NAIA National Athlete-of-the-Week honors, 106 all-league awards, four Crossroads League Player-of-the-Year awards, one CL Newcomer-of-the-Year nod, one CL Freshman-of-the-Year honor, three CL Coach-of-the-Year award, nine CL individual event champions, three region player-of-year nods and 27 NAIA All-American honors. Taylor has also garnered 129 academic all-league awards, 58 CSC Academic All-District nods, 17 CSC Academic All-American honors and 135 NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.

TU claimed three Crossroads League Championships in 2022-2023, with the Taylor volleyball team securing its first league crown (regular season and tourney titles) since winning five-straight titles from 2007 through 2011, the women's cross country team securing its 10th-straight championship and the baseball team winning its second-straight league title and first regular season crown since 2016.

Taylor grabbed the second team NAIA National Championship in program history with the women's cross country team claiming the program's first-ever title, following men's cross country program's national crown in 2020.

In addition to those individual honors, the Taylor teams performed well, with football opening at 3-1 for the first time since 2011 and posting its highest win total since 2015 and the women's soccer team opening 8-0 for its best start since 2016, posting its longest unbeaten streak (10) in program history, beating No. 11 Indiana Wesleyan and advancing to the NAIA National Tournament for the second time in program history. The volleyball team reached its highest national ranking (11) since 2011, won 30 matches for first time since 2011, went unbeaten (17-0) at home and scored wins over five teams ranked inside the NAIA Top-25 and seven more over teams receiving votes in the Top-25 Poll. The TU women's cross country team also posted the first, second, third, fourth and seventh-fastest team times in program history and also posted a perfect score (15) at its home Bullock Invite on its way to a No.1-national ranking, with the TU women's golf team matching its lowest 18-hole score and its second-best 54-hole total and the TU men's golf team reaching it's highest national ranking in program history at No. 6. The Taylor men's basketball team also got in on the fun, taking wins over No. 2 Grace and No. 16 Indiana Wesleyan and recording its 1,400th all-time win and the TU competitive cheer program posting its best six scores in team history. From the spring, baseball toppled No. 3 Georgia Gwinnett, No. 18 IU Southeast, broke its single-game scoring record with 30 runs against IUPUC, set marks for runs and home runs in a single season, won its second-most games (42) in history, and advanced to the NAIA World Series for the second time in program history, and softball took out No. 16 Indiana Wesleyan, No. 19 Campbellsville, No. 20 Mount Vernon Nazarene twice, No. 24 Cumberlands and No. 25 Mount Vernon Nazarene.

TU coaches also reached milestones, with Scott Stan claiming his 150th win as head coach of the Taylor women's soccer program with a 3-0 win over The Master's on September 8. Garry Ross also secured his 150th win as head coach for TU men's soccer via a 1-0 win at Saint Francis on October 29. Quinn White also reached his 1,200th win as head coach of the women's cross country program.

The Taylor coaches also received attention for their excellent work, with Quinn White being named the NAIA Women's Cross Country National Coach of the Year, the Crossroads League Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year and the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year. Erin Luthy was also honored, earning AVCA Midcentral Region and Crossroads League Volleyball Coach-of-the-Year honors for the first time and Gabby Reed earned recognition as the AVCA Midcentral Region and Crossroads League Volleyball Assistant Coach of the Year. Kyle Gould was named the Crossroads League Baseball Coach of the Year for a sixth time.

Taylor boasted 11 teams that earned votes or a ranking within the NAIA Top-25 Polls, with volleyball, men's cross country, women's cross country, men's golf, women's golf, men's indoor track, women's indoor track, competitive cheer, baseball and men's outdoor track all cracking the top-25 and women's soccer receiving votes just outside the Top-25.

Taylor also had 16 teams get a taste of postseason play, with volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track, competitive cheer, men's and women's golf, men's and women's outdoor track, softball and baseball all competing in a Crossroads League Championship event.

The Trojans sent 12 teams to NAIA Nationals, with men's and women's cross country, volleyball, women's soccer, men's and women's indoor track, men's and women's outdoor track, baseball, softball, men's golf and women's golf advancing to that stage. Those teams have scored well, with women's cross country winning the national championship, baseball taking fifth, men's golf ending 15th, men's cross country taking 16th, volleyball winning its Opening Round match to advance to Pool Play before finishing 17th and women's golf finishing 20th. Women's soccer also competed in the Opening Round and finished 21st nationally, with women's indoor track taking 25th and men's indoor track finishing 26th. The softball and men's and women's outdoor track program also competed at Nationals.

Those team performances on the national stage helped Taylor secure its fifth-straight top-25 showing in the NAIA Learfield Directors' Cup, ending the 2022-2023 year at No. 22 in the national standings.

For the 11th-straight year, each of Taylor's varsity athletics programs were named NAIA Scholar-Teams for posting a team grade-point average of 3.0 and above. Taylor led all football and competitive cheer programs in team GPA for those sports, had 17 teams post a GPA of at least 3.30 and placed 12 teams inside the top-25 of their respective sport for team GPA. To read more about TU's academic accomplishments, click here.

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.

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