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Taylor Dodson

Position Utility
Height 5'7''
Class Senior
Hometown Grove, Okla.
High School Grove

2017 (Senior)
Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Appeared in 49 games and started 45 in the infield or as the designated player … Recorded a .242 batting average with 32 hits in 132 at-bats … Hit two doubles and six home runs … Registered 20 RBIs and drew 14 walks … Posted a .394 slugging percentage and a .311 on-base percentage … Totaled 15 runs scored and four sacrifice hits … Tallied seven multi-hit games and six multi-RBI performances … Hit two home runs and drove in three runs against Savannah State (2/10) … Recorded three RBIs in a game twice … Registered a season-high three hits against Savannah State (2/10) … Drew a season-best two walks against Akron (2/12) … Went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored against Green Bay (3/12) … Recorded 86 putouts, 48 assists and six errors for a .957 fielding percentage.

2016 (Junior)
Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Appeared in 27 games and made 13 starts … Used primarily as a designated player, but also played third base … Batted .184 on the season with nine hits, nine runs scored and 14 RBIs … Hit a double and four home runs… Launched first home run of the season at Fresno State (2/19) … Registered a .449 slugging percentage and a .322 on-base percentage … Drew six walks … Recorded a season-best two hits and three RBIs against Eastern Illinois (3/6) … Totaled four multi-RBI performances at the plate … Drew a pair of walks against Missouri State (3/10).

2015 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 11 games as a pinch hitter and one as a pinch runner … Recorded eight at-bats and scored one run … Posted an on-base percentage of .200.

2014 (Freshman)
Started 22 games and made 34 appearances as the designated hitter … Hit .186 (13-for-70) with three doubles, a home run and 10 RBIs … Recorded first-career double and RBI against Fordham (2/14) … Had a multi-RBI game against Western Carolina (2/15), while going 2-for-4 at the plate with a double … Hit first-career home run at Texas (5/3) … Went 2-for-3 against Iowa State marking her third multi-hit game of the 2014 season.

High School
Four-time high school offensive player of the year … Set single-season home run record her sophomore year with 13 … Helped the Grove High School Ridgerunners to a 2012 State Championship … Completed her high school career with 34 home runs, 172 RBIs and a batting average of .514 … Also lettered in basketball.

Club
Member of the Tulsa Shootout Gold for three years, coached by Krystel Markwardt.

Personal
Daughter of Pat and Lisa Dodson … Has two brothers, Ryan and Tyler … Father played professional baseball for the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers … Brother, Ryan, played baseball at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith … Brother, Tyler, played baseball at Northern Oklahoma College … Studying nursing.