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Thomas Taylor

Class: Senior Hometown: Overland Park, Kan. High School: Blue Valley West HS

Height / Weight: 6-4 / 220 Position: RHP B/T: R/R

Honors and Awards:

• Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall, 2009)
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall, 2009)

2012 (RS-Junior): Made 15 starts, going 5-7 with a 4.76 ERA in 90 2/3 innings pitched ... Recorded a career-high 68 strikeouts ... Collected a pair of wins in Big 12 starts ... Induced a team-best 10 double plays ... Pitched 8 1/3 scoreless innings in first start at Belmont (Feb. 18) ... Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after his first start ... Pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings at Mississippi State (Feb. 25) ... Pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing one run on seven hits against Houston Baptist (March 18) ... Helped clinch series win over Texas Tech (April 1), pitching 6 2/3 innings ... Fanned eight in 6 1/3 innings at Oklahoma State (April 8) ... Earned fourth victory, allowing one run on four hits over seven innings, against No. 6 Texas A&M (April 15) ... Recorded a quality start against Missouri State (May 6), pitching six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits ... Tossed first career complete game against Texas A&M (May 25) at Big 12 Championship ... Recorded a career-high nine strikeouts against the Aggies.

Summer 2011: Pitched for the Wilmar Stingers of the Northwoods League ... Manager was Matt Hollod ... Posted a 3-2 record with a 4.02 ERA in 11 starts ... Fanned 47 in 56 innings on the mound, while holding opponents to a .251 batting average.

2011 (RS-Sophomore): Made 18 appearances, including eight starts ... Went 5-3 with a 4.74 ERA in 57 innings ... Recorded 54 strikeouts and 13 walks ... Recorded two quality starts ... Posted a 3.10 ERA as a starting pitcher and an 8.82 ERA as a reliever ... Pitched a season-high 3 2/3 innings of relief in first appearance against Creighton (Feb. 22) ... Earned first victory of season against Southern Utah (March 1), pitching 5 2/3 innings and allowing one run ... Also allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings against North Dakota (March 9) ... Recorded a career-high nine strikeouts against Missouri (April 6) at Kauffman Stadium ... Held Tigers to one run on one hit in April 6 start ... Pitched seven shutout innings at Iowa (April 12) ... Pitched three innings of scoreless relief against Creighton (April 26).

Summer 2010: Pitched for the Palm Springs Power of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball League ... Helped team to a 33-4 record.

2010 (RS-Freshman): Made 18 appearances, including 11 starts ... Went 4-1 with a 4.47 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 48 1/3 innings ... Tossed three innings in first career start at No. 15 Arkansas (March 2), allowing two runs on two hits ... Earned first win against Tabor (March 10), going three scoreless innings in a rain-shortened game ... Recorded four straight scoreless outings, including starts at Creighton (April 7), at Missouri State (April 13) and against Missouri (April 21) ... Tallied a season-high eight strikeouts in back-to-back starts against Missouri State and Missouri ... Held Missouri to no runs on two hits over 5 2/3 innings at Kauffman Stadium ... Went 2-1 with a 1.93 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 18 2/3 innings in the month of April ... Tossed 2 2/3 innings of quality relief against Missouri (May 8) allowing one run on four hits with three strikeouts ... Allowed a leadoff homer, but pitched 2 2/3 innings of quality relief against Baylor (May 29) at Big 12 Championship.

2009 (Freshman): Took a redshirt season.

Blue Valley West HS: Lettered three times in baseball for head coach Bill McDonald ... 2007 Perfect Game National Top Pitching Prospects List ... A 2007 All-Eastern Kansas League second team selection ... Helped team to state championship in 2007 and a state runner up in 2006 ... Went 5-4 with a save, a 3.11 ERA and 75 strikeouts in his high school career ... Played with the St. Louis Pirates and Joe Carter's Leawood Shockers during the summer ... Helped Pirates to the championship round of the WWBA ... A three-year member of the honor roll.

Personal: Thomas Taylor was born on Feb. 26, 1990, in Rocky Mount, N.C. ... Son of Tom and Tammy Taylor ... A management major.