Taylor Rowland

Position:
INF
Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
Major:
Communications
Hometown:
Chino Hills, Calif.
High School:
Ayala HS
Prev School:
Tennessee

Long Beach State (2019): A repeat All-Big West selection, earning Honorable Mention honors … Finished the year batting .286, hitting two home runs and six doubles … Walked 13 times with 11 strikeouts … Played in 38 games, starting 33 … Doubled with two walks in the season opener against Southern Utah … Followed with a 2-for-4 with a double against North Dakota … Scored two runs and homered against Seton Hall … Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored against Utah Valley … Doubled against Boise State … Finished with two RBI against North Carolina in the win with a double … Missed a chunk of time in March due to injury … Returned for the Big West opener but played primarily as a pinch hitter through the first two series … Started two games of the Cal State Fullerton series, going 2-for-4 with an RBI starting at first base … Had two hits in the UCSB series opener … Hit a two-run homer in the second game against the Gauchos … Walked twice in the finale … Hit safely in all three games of the Cal Poly series.

(2018): Long Beach State’s fifth All-American, earning Second Team honors at DP as a sophomore … Also a First Team NFCA All-Region pick at DP, and a First Team All-Big West selection … Set a new single-season record at Long Beach State with 58 RBI … Sixth in the single-season marks at the Beach with 12 home runs … Slugged .619 on the year, hitting .351 with nine doubles and 12 home runs, walking 19 times … Had 14 games with multiple RBI, most on the team … Also had an 11-game hitting streak … Played in 56 games, starting 54 at a combination of DP and first base … Tied the school record with seven RBI in one game, driving in seven runs with a pair of home runs in the record-breaking 23-1 win over Buffalo … Went 4-for-4 in that game … Big West Player of the Week after hitting 14 RBI in a 5-0 week for the Beach … Went 4-for-4 with four RBI, and was a triple shy of the cycle in a win over Colgate … Had five RBI with a home run in the first game against Loyola Marymount … In three games at LMUS, had nine hits and drove in 11 RBI … Hit safely in the first five Big West Conference games, driving in nine runs … Went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and a home run in a win at UC Santa Barbara … Went 3-for-4 with three RBI in a win at UC Davis … Singled and scored in Long Beach State’s postseason win over New Mexico State.

Tennessee: Spent two years at Tennessee, competing in one … Redshirted in 2016 after a preseason injury … Played in 45 games and started 31 in 2017 as a redshirt freshman … Hit. 247 with five doubles and a pair of home runs … Also drove in 24 RBI … Made her debut as a pinch hitter in the season opener with Tennessee Tech … Homered against Northern Colorado … Went 2-for-2 with three RBI in a win at New Mexico State … Had a big day against a future Big West opponent, scoring with an RBI against UC Santa Barbara … Had her best SEC series against No. 23 Ole Miss, opening the weekend with a home run and four RBI … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double to decide the series in the finale … Drove in the game-tying run against No. 9 Alabama in a comeback win in a clutch performance … Continues a trend of transfers coming back to California to play for the Beach from Tennessee.

High School: A three-time first-team all-league selection with Ayala High School … Played for four seasons with Bulldogs, including hitting .407 with six home runs as a freshman … Hit .375 with 27 RBI and five home runs as a senior in 2015 … Was chosen as the No. 59 senior in the nation in Full Count Softball’s Top 100 … Played club softball for the Orange County Batbusters and So Cal Athletics.

Major: Communications

Career Highs:
At-Bats: 5, 2x, last vs. Utah Valley (2/10/19)
Hits: 4, 3x, last at Loyola Marymount (3/24/18)
Runs: 3, 2x, last at Loyola Marymount (3/24/18)
Home Runs: 2, vs. Buffalo (2/18/18)
RBI: 7, vs. Buffalo (2/18/18)