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2015-16 SAAC Roster

Taylor DeGraaf

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Arcadia, Calif.

Biography

AS A JUNIOR IN 2013: Picked up her third consecutive NAIA All-America Honorable Mention award and A.I.I. First Team All-Conference award ... Recognized as the A.I.I. Player of the Year for the second straight season and named to the A.I.I. All-Tournament Team in leading the Cougars to their third straight conference title ... Finished 7th in the NAIA with 538 kills ... Her 4.20 kills per set ranked first in the A.I.I. and .222 hitting percentage ranked second among qualifying individuals ... Also finished fourth in the conference with 3.38 digs per set and a career high 432 digs ... Tallied 33 service aces for .27 aces per set ... Season high 29 kills in a victory over Oregon Tech, breaking her own school record for a four set match ... Recorded a career high 30 digs on three different occacsions ... Tallied 20 double-doubles on the season.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012: Named an NAIA All-America Honorable Mention for the second time ... Awarded both the A.I.I. Conference Player of the Year and the A.I.I. Tournament MVP after recording 70 kills and a .430 hitting percentage in the two-day tournament ... Ranked 4th in the NAIA with 629 kills and 18th with total service aces (65), and led the Cougars in both categories ... Second on the team with 358 digs ... Tallied 16 double-doubles and recorded 21 kills in a match three times, including in games against No. 15 Westmont and No. 7 The Master's ... Hit .615 against Hope International with 16 kills and no errors in 26 attempts ... 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011: Named NAIA All-America Honorable Mention, the first All-American in Cal State San Marcos women's volleyball history ... Also earned All-A.I.I. Tournament and all-conference honors ... Led the Cougars in kills (528), kills per set (.427) and had the highest attack percentage (.248) of any CSUSM player with 150 or more kills ... Finished second on the squad in total digs (359) and aces (55) ... Recorded a team and season-high 30 kills against Lewis-Clark state on August 26 ... Recorded 16 double-doubles (kills, digs) and finished with over 20 kills six times ... Tallied double digit kills in 35 of 37 matches ... Had 12 kills and nine digs in the A.I.i. championship game against La Sierra on October 14 ... Notched six aces against Vanguard (September 9) and Johnson & Wales (October 14).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of Arcadia High School in Arcadia, Calif. ... Played three years for the Apache varsity squad, where she was named Pacific League Most Valuable Player in 2010 ... First Team All-Area 2008-10 ... Served as team captain in 2010 ... Also played soccer at Arcadia High ... Played club volleyball for Arroyo VBC, Club West, SG Elite, Formula 1 VBC and Point West Mizuno.

PERSONAL: Born on May 9, 1993 ... Parents are Alessandra Smith and Lucas Degraaf ... Has two younger brothers, Lucas (8) and Decker (6) ... Intends to pursue a Master's in Physical Therapy ... Major at CSUSM is Kinesiology ... Enjoys soccer and going to the movies in her spare time ... Favorite thing about CSUSM is her team.

Historical Player Information

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  • 2015-16Redshirt Senior

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