Taylor Twite

Northern Illinois

Oct 9 (Thu)

6 p.m.

Position:
Middle
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
High School:
East
Hometown:
Lapeer, Mich.

2004: Named MAC Honorable Mention for the second straight year...saw action in 99 games, making 29 starts...led the team with 3.76 kills per game and was second on the team with a .296 hitting percentage...posted double-figure kills in 22 of 29 matches including a season-high 22 kills versus Northern Illinois...was named MAC Player of the Week on Oct. 11 after recorded 41 kills and hitting .444 for the weekend versus NIU and arch-rival Toledo...posted a career-high nine total blocks in a five set match versus Marshall...finished her career with 262 total blocks, which ranks 11th all-time in school history...was named Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year for the Falcons, voted on by her teammates. 2003: Named All-MAC Honorable Mention...earned Falcon offensive Player of the Year, as well as Player of the Year, voted on by her Falcon teammates...was the top offensive Falcon last season with 3.83 kills per game, totaling 460 kills on the season, ranking seventh in the MAC...she also led the team in hitting percentage at .297, the 12th best Falcon mark in school history...led the Falcons to a win over Miami with a career-best 26 kills and a .489 hitting percentage...surpassed 10 kills in 26 of 31 matches...was named to the all-tournament team at the Bradley Invitational where she posted 22 kills (22-1-33) versus Portland, 20 kills versus UVSC and 21 kills versus Bradley also throwing in a career-best nine blocks.

2002: Appeared in 23 matches, starting 12 ... saw action in 61 games ... had 128 kills and 2.10 kills per game to rank her fifth on the team last season ... ranked second on the team in blocks per game with 1.03 (63 total) ... had a season-best 13 kills vs. Kent State ... matched that output vs. Northern Illinois ... had a season-best six blocks at Pittsburgh ... hit .667, with seven kills in nine swings (7-1-9), vs. Western Michigan.

Prior to BGSU: A First-Team NJCAA All-American during her lone year at St. Clair County CC ... helped the Skippers to a 64-7 record and a third-place finish at the NJCAA Division II national championship ... also named to the National All-Tournament Team ... was nationally ranked in three categories ... finished fourth in the country in kills per game, eighth in hitting efficiency and 17th in blocks per game ... led the team in kills and blocks.

High School: Earned three letters at Lapeer East High School ([apos]01) ... a three-time All-Flint Metro League selection, earning first-team honors in her final two years ... Eagles won the league crown as well as the district and regional titles in each of those years ... twice earned all-state honorable mention ... a three-time all-region pick ... also lettered in basketball and track, earning all-league honors in the latter sport.

Personal: Taylor Renee Twite was born June 30, 1983 ... daughter of Donald and Beverly Twite ... has a brother and a sister ... middle childhood education major with a 3.60 cumulative GPA.

TWITE[apos]S YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS:

YEAR       MP-MS/GP     K-  E- TA   PCT.  AST  SA  DIGS   BS-BA
2002       23-12/61    128-64-326    .196  5    8    31    10-53
2003       31-31/120  460-146-1059 .297  13   8    56    16-85
2004       29-29/99   372-119-855   .296  13   0    38    17-81
Career    83-72/280  960-329-2240  .282  31  16   125   43-219

TWITE[apos]S CAREER HIGHS:

Kills:        26 vs. Miami 11/7/03
Hitting %:    .636 (22-1-33) vs. Portland 8/30/03
Assists:      2, vs. Ball State 11/8/03
Aces:         3 at Western Michigan 11/22/02
Digs:         5, three times (MR: Kent State 10/11/03)
BS:           4 vs. Marshall 11/12/04
BA:           8, vs. Northern Illinois 9/25/04
TB:           9 vs. Bradley 9/5/03