Autumn Taylor

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Class: Senior Hometown: Severna Park, MD High School: Severna Park

Height: 5-7 Position: OF (B-T: R-R) Major: Exercise science

Will serve as team co-captain for the 2013 season ... Enters the season ranking second all-time at GW in career home runs (16), fifth in RBIs (59) and slugging percentage (.460), seventh in batting average (.271), runs scored (47), steals (16) and total bases (168), eighth in career hits (99), doubles (21) and on-base percentage (.332) and ninth in walks (29).

2012: Started all 55 games, mostly in center field, batting in the heart of the order each game ... Set a program single-season record with 180 at-bats and matched the all-time mark with 33 RBIs ... Tied for the team lead in RBIs (33), ranked second in hits (53), runs (32), doubles (11), home runs (10) and total bases (94) and third in average (.294), steals (10) and slugging percentage (.522) ... The 10 homers equaled the second-most in a season in program history while the 94 total bases and 32 runs were third and the 53 hits ranked fourth ... Stole 10 bases in 11 attempts ... Had a team-high six outfield assists ... Second on the team with 12 multi-hit games ... Ranked fifth in the Atlantic 10 in total bases ... Batted .328 (20-for-61) with a team-best four doubles in A-10 play ... Opened the season on fire, hitting .425 (17-for-40) with five doubles, three homers and 13 RBIs through the first 12 games of the season (Feb. 10-March 7) ... Had back-to-back 3-for-4, 2-RBI outings against Appalachian State at the South Carolina Tournament and Army at the Colonial Classic (Feb. 26-March 2) ... Put together a 10-game hitting streak (April 19-May 9), matching the second-longest streak in program history ... Batted .469 (15-for-32) with two doubles, two homers, 10 RBIs and 10 runs scored during the streak ... Went 4-for-5 with four RBIs and four runs scored in the first game of the St. Bonaventure doubleheader (April 28), finishing a triple short of the cycle ... The four runs matched a school record ... Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week on April 30.

2011: Played in all 44 games with 37 starts ... had six multi-RBI games, with three runs batted in on a three-run home run against La Salle ... had three different hitting streaks over five games, including a seven-game streak (March 13-22) and a 10-game streak (April 19-30).

2010: Started in the outfield in 26 games ... hit home runs against Army, Rhode Island and Charlotte ... had multi-hit games against Canisius and Army.

High School: Helped the Severna Park Falcons to a second-place finish in the Maryland state championship in 2006 after winning the county championship ... named first-team all-county in 2008 and 2009 ... named first-team all-metro in 2009 ... played for Severna Park Green Hornets from 2007-09 with Elaine Nescio, and the Maryland Magic from 2005-07 ... member of National Honors Society in high school.

Personal:Born Autumn Nicole Taylor on September 26, 1991, in Baltimore, MD ... daughter of Angela and Gregory Taylor ... has one brother, Brian ...majoring in exercise science.