2020 Women's Volleyball Roster
Mitchell, Taya
Jersey Number 3
Taya Mitchell
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Rowlett HS
- Hometown:
- Rowlett, Texas
Bio
2020-21 (Senior) I 2020 All-Southland Conference First Team selection...All-Southland Conference Academic First Team selection...Started 25 matches in 25 played...Team best .368 hitting percentage (Good for No. 2 in SLC) with 149 total kills...Racked up 206.0 points as well...Slammed a season-high 14 kills at Sam Houston on 3/25/21 to clinch the SLC regular season title...Four games with 10+ kills...Contributed a 17.5 point game at TAMUCC on 2/4/21, adding four service aces on the outing...Racked up total 78.0 blocks (20 BS and 58 BA)...2+ solo blocks on five occasions...Chimed in 53 digs on the defensive end as well.
2019 (Junior) | One of three players to appear in all 114 sets... Picked up a team-high 165 blocks for 1.45 blocks per set... Recorded 178 kills...Had an attack percentage of .268... Had a season-high nine blocks and 10 kills against SMU (8/31) Had eight blocks and nine kills against Corpus Christi (11/7)
2018 (Sophomore) | NJCAA Division I First Team All-American...AVCA Two-Year College First Team All-American...NJCAA All-Region XIV First Team...All-Conference First Team...NJCAA Division I Volleyball Championship All-Tournament Team...By the time her final season in a Tyler Junior College uniform was a matter of record, few junior college players could claim to have constructed as memorable of a season...Took part in 33 of the Lady Apaches' 37 total matches, playing in 121 total sets...Averaged 2.26 kills, 0.06 assists, 0.12 service aces, 0.48 digs and a team-leading 1.11 blocks per set...Ranked second on the team in attack percentage with a mark of .334 through the year...Finished the year with 11 outings of 10 or more kills...Posted 12 outings of five or more blocks and one match with double-digit rejections...Put on an incredible front-row defensive show and finished with 12 total blocks (three solo, nine assisted) in a 3-2 setback to New Mexico Military (9/28)...Matched her career-high in kills by striking for 18 to go along with seven blocks in a 3-1 triumph over Missouri State-West Plains (9/29)...With her on their side, the Lady Apaches captured the NJCAA Region XIV Tournament title, moved on to the NJCAA Division I National Volleyball Tournament and posted a sixth-place finish while there.
2017 (Freshman) | All-NJCAA Region XIV First Team...Successfully navigated her first season of collegiate volleyball by emerging as one of the premier freshmen in the junior college ranks through her inaugural year at Tyler Junior College...Out of a possible 124 sets, took part in 120 of them while competing in all 32 of the Lady Apaches' matches...Averaged 2.14 kills, 0.07 assists, 0.13 digs and a team-leading 1.23 blocks per set...Generated 10 or more terminations on 12 occasions...In 17 matches, finished with five or more total blocks...Made her collegiate debut by racking up five kills, an assist and four block assists in a narrow setback to Hill College (8/25)...Finished with a season-best attack percentage of .800 (eight kills on 10 attacks) in a 3-0 triumph over Blinn (9/29)...Totaled a season-high nine total blocks (three solo, six assists) in a 3-1 neutral site triumph over Missouri State-West Plains (10/13)...Pounded down a season-best 18 kills to go along with six total blocks in a 3-1 victory at Panola College (10/25)...Helped the Lady Apaches maintain their reputation as one of the nation's premier junior college volleyball squads by helping her team to a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA Division I National Volleyball Tournament...Posted a 21-11 overall record.
High School | Set up shop in the front row for head coach Lindsey Cox's Rowlett High School squad and became quite the disruptive force through her four-year career...As a middle blocker for the Eagles, collected a trio of First Team All-District citations...Took home Defensive Player of the Year honors following the conclusion of her junior year...In addition to the final First Team All-District laurel of her career as a senior, was also named Offensive Player of the Year and the team's Most Valuable Player.
Personal | Born Taya Mitchell on December 7, 1998...Daughter of Shaun and Chivonne...Has one sister...Plans to major in psychology at SFA.
2019 (Junior) | One of three players to appear in all 114 sets... Picked up a team-high 165 blocks for 1.45 blocks per set... Recorded 178 kills...Had an attack percentage of .268... Had a season-high nine blocks and 10 kills against SMU (8/31) Had eight blocks and nine kills against Corpus Christi (11/7)
2018 (Sophomore) | NJCAA Division I First Team All-American...AVCA Two-Year College First Team All-American...NJCAA All-Region XIV First Team...All-Conference First Team...NJCAA Division I Volleyball Championship All-Tournament Team...By the time her final season in a Tyler Junior College uniform was a matter of record, few junior college players could claim to have constructed as memorable of a season...Took part in 33 of the Lady Apaches' 37 total matches, playing in 121 total sets...Averaged 2.26 kills, 0.06 assists, 0.12 service aces, 0.48 digs and a team-leading 1.11 blocks per set...Ranked second on the team in attack percentage with a mark of .334 through the year...Finished the year with 11 outings of 10 or more kills...Posted 12 outings of five or more blocks and one match with double-digit rejections...Put on an incredible front-row defensive show and finished with 12 total blocks (three solo, nine assisted) in a 3-2 setback to New Mexico Military (9/28)...Matched her career-high in kills by striking for 18 to go along with seven blocks in a 3-1 triumph over Missouri State-West Plains (9/29)...With her on their side, the Lady Apaches captured the NJCAA Region XIV Tournament title, moved on to the NJCAA Division I National Volleyball Tournament and posted a sixth-place finish while there.
2017 (Freshman) | All-NJCAA Region XIV First Team...Successfully navigated her first season of collegiate volleyball by emerging as one of the premier freshmen in the junior college ranks through her inaugural year at Tyler Junior College...Out of a possible 124 sets, took part in 120 of them while competing in all 32 of the Lady Apaches' matches...Averaged 2.14 kills, 0.07 assists, 0.13 digs and a team-leading 1.23 blocks per set...Generated 10 or more terminations on 12 occasions...In 17 matches, finished with five or more total blocks...Made her collegiate debut by racking up five kills, an assist and four block assists in a narrow setback to Hill College (8/25)...Finished with a season-best attack percentage of .800 (eight kills on 10 attacks) in a 3-0 triumph over Blinn (9/29)...Totaled a season-high nine total blocks (three solo, six assists) in a 3-1 neutral site triumph over Missouri State-West Plains (10/13)...Pounded down a season-best 18 kills to go along with six total blocks in a 3-1 victory at Panola College (10/25)...Helped the Lady Apaches maintain their reputation as one of the nation's premier junior college volleyball squads by helping her team to a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA Division I National Volleyball Tournament...Posted a 21-11 overall record.
High School | Set up shop in the front row for head coach Lindsey Cox's Rowlett High School squad and became quite the disruptive force through her four-year career...As a middle blocker for the Eagles, collected a trio of First Team All-District citations...Took home Defensive Player of the Year honors following the conclusion of her junior year...In addition to the final First Team All-District laurel of her career as a senior, was also named Offensive Player of the Year and the team's Most Valuable Player.
Personal | Born Taya Mitchell on December 7, 1998...Daughter of Shaun and Chivonne...Has one sister...Plans to major in psychology at SFA.
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