Taylor Westgate
43 Taylor Westgate
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    0
  • Year:
    JR
  • Hometown:
    Marion, IN
  • High School:
    Oak Hill
  • Position:
    F
  • Years Coached (at Taylor):
    Oak Hill

Bio

2021-2022 at Taylor: Played in 28 games, while starting in 28 … Averaged a career-best 30.3 minutes-per-game, while averaging a career-best 13.7 points-per-game, 11.8 rebounds-per-game, and a 36.5-percent mark from three … Scored a career-high 27 points in Taylor’s win over Mount Vernon Nazarene on February 1st, while also securing a career-high 21 rebounds against Bethel on January 5th … Posted a total of 15 double-doubles throughout the season … Tied for 10th in the nation in rebounds-per-game … Led the Crossroads League in rebounds-per-game … Led the Trojans in both points-per-game and rebounds-per-game … Named Second-Team All-Crossroads League and Crossroads League All-Defensive Team … Honored as Academic All-Crossroads League and an NAIA Scholar Athlete.

2020-2021 at Taylor: Appeared in 26 games, while starting two as a forward throughout her freshman season … Averaged 8.6 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game and 1.5 assists per game, while racking in 15 blocks and 18 steals and shooting 48.4 percent from the floor … Scored a season-best 22 points against Huntington on January 20 … Secured a season-best 11 rebounds twice throughout TU’s conference season … Ranked seventh in the Crossroads League with 2.0 offensive rebounds per game, seventh in the league with 4.7 defensive rebounds per game, ninth in total rebounds per game and ninth in total rebounds with 175 … Led the team in total rebounds and rebounds per game, and finished fifth on the team in points per game … Named to the Crossroads League All-Freshman team.

Prep: Earned four varsity letters in basketball and volleyball at Oak Hill High … Helped the team under head coach Todd Law to four Central Indiana Athletic Conference Championships, three sectional titles, two regional titles, two semi-state titles and one state championship … Named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Junior All-Star Team, Class 2A All-State Team and Class 3A Supreme 15 Team … Earned First-Team All-Central Indiana Athletic Conference honors all four years … Finished as the second leading scorer in program history and the all-time leader in rebounds … Was invited to the Indiana Girls Basketball Recruiting Report AAU top 80 workout and top 60 workout … Named Indiana Elite North/South MVP … Played for the club team, Always 100, under head coach Vernard Hollands … Made the Academic Honor Roll … Member of the National Honor Society and Student Council.

Personal: Daughter of Adam and Jamie Westgate … Majoring in exercise science.