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2017 Softball Roster

Tim Nelson
Tim Nelson
Tim Nelson
Tim Nelson
Shawn Best
Shawn Best

15 Taylor Brown

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool L.D. Bell HS
  • Hometown Richland Hills, Texas

Biography

2016 (Junior): Second Team All-Southland Conference ... Second Team Southland Conference All-Academic ... Named to the Southland Conference's Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Started all 47 games in center field and led the Wildcats with a .353 batting average ... Scored 32 runs ... Collected team-best 54 hits, which included her first career home run, six doubles and a conference-leading seven triples ... Became the program record holder with 21 triples ... ... Tied the conference's single-game record for hits with a 6-for-6 performance in a 10-inning victory at Stephen F. Austin on April 15 ... Her final hit drove in the eventual game-winning run ... Drove in 14 runs ... Drew 24 walks against eight strikeouts ... Stole 17 bases on 18 attempts to tie Shawna Barrow's varsity record of 45 ... Ranked among the league's top-10 leaders in walks and stolen bases ... Started year on a 12-game hitting streak and ended it on a five-game streak ... Season-opening hit streak included four multi-hit games and her first career home run vs. Belmont ... Ripped two hits vs. Oklahoma State, Belmont and Tulsa ... Reached base five times during two-game series at No. 24 Texas with triple, RBI and run scored ... Was hitting .421 when streak was snapped vs. Weber State on Feb. 27 ... Finished Pine Bluff series with four hits, two runs and two RBI ... Ripped a two-run triple at Southeastern Louisiana ... Scored four runs at Lamar ... Registered a 3-for-5 game at McNeese with a triple and run scored ... Posted an eight-game hitting streak from April 8 to 23, which included three hits at Incarnate Word, eight at SFA and three-consecutive two hit games vs. Texas Tech and Sam Houston State ... Stole a season high three bases and scored three runs in the Wildcats game two victory over the Bearkats ... Went 5-for-7 during final two games at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... Reached base six times during three-game set vs. Houston Baptist with two doubles among her three hits and scored five runs.

2015 (Sophomore): Second Team All-Southland Conference ... First Team Southland Conference All-Academic ... Named to the Southland Conference's Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Started all 47 games in center field and batted .367 with 44 runs, three doubles and a conference-leading 11 triples ... Set a school-season record with 11 triples and enters 2016 tied with Teela Clark for ACU's career record of 14 ... Her 11 triples also tied the Southland Conference's single-season record (Melinda Mapp, Sam Houston, 1993) as she became the league's first player with more than 10 triples in a single season since 2002 (Annie Johnson, Northwestern State) ... Tripled in three-consecutive games from April 8-10 against Hardin-Simmons and Stephen F. Austin ... Tied for fifth in the Southland with 44 runs and tied for ninth with 61 base hits ... One of the league's toughest batters to strikeout as she wiffed only five times through 166 at-bats ... Struck out only twice through 27 conference games ... Ranked 10th in the league with 13 stolen bases, lifting her career total to 28 ... Produced the team's longest hitting streak of the season at 19 games from Feb. 21 to March 28 ... Streak started with a 2-for-3 game vs. nationally ranked Baylor and ended in third game vs. McNeese ... Raised batting average from .281 to .376 during this stretch ... Her hitting streak was the longest by any Wildcat since Nancy Sawyers produced a 20-game streak in 2009 ... Goes into 2016 on a 10-game reached-base streak ... Second on the team with 20 multiple-hit games ... Posted 16 games with at least two hits and recorded four three-hit games vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Central Arkansas, Incarnate Word and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... Finished Islanders' series 7-for-12 with three runs, triple and stolen base ...  14 of her mulit-hit games were against league opponents ... Tied a school single-game record with six at-bats on Feb. 8 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff ... Finished with 93 put outs in centerfield and team-high six outfield assists ... Gunned down five runners at second base and one at home plate.

2014 (Freshman): Southland Conference honorable mention … Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Appeared in 48 games with 39 starts … Ranked seventh in the conference with a .383 batting average, third in stolen bases (15), ninth in runs scored (36) and fifth with triples (3) … Set an ACU single-game record and had the most stolen bases by any Southland Conference player with 5 vs. Prairie View A&M on March 12 – a game in which she also scored four runs … Caught stealing only one time … Scored a team high 36 runs, ripped six doubles and drove in 21 runs … Totaled 61 bases … Credited with six sacrifice hits … Recorded team’s highest on-base percentage of .428 … .477 hitter with runners in scoring position who had 15 two-out RBI … Batted .365 in 20 Southland Conference games with 21 runs, 13 RBI and seven extra-base hits … Tops on team with 17 multi-hit games, which includes five three-hit games … Drove in at least two runs on seven occasions … Recorded a season-high eight-game hitting streak from March 11 to 22 and finished the season on a six-game hitting streak that included three multi-hit performances vs. Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word … First hitting streak raised batting average .155 percentage points, going from .289 to a season-high .444 … Started streak with a 9-for-12 series at Prairie View and continued with four-consecutive multi-hit games vs. Oklahoma City and Incarnate Word … Went 5-for-9 with four RBI and four runs in three-game sweep of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … Scored seven runs during Houston Baptist series in going 6-for-8 with three RBI and two stolen bases.
 
High School: Graduated in 2013 from L.D. Bell High School ... Four-year varsity letterwinner and outfielder ... Part of a team that won the 2013 district championship ... Named to Star Telegram Super Team ... Batted .606 as a senior with 60 stolen bases ... Hit .441 as a junior with 54 thefts ... Academic All-State.
 
Personal: Given name is Taylor Diane Brown ... Born 26 October 1994 in Fort Worth, Texas ... Daughter of Kirk and Amy Brown  ... Resides in Richland Hills, Texas.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2014Freshman

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    15
  • 15

    2015Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    15
  • 15

    2016Junior

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    15
  • 15

    2017Senior

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    15