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Matt Taylor
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Auckland, New Zealand
- High School:
- Rangitoto College
- Major:
- Electrical Engineering
Bio
2019
All-MAWPC East Second Team...All-MAWPC Championship First Team...Closed career with record-breaking fall leading the GW defense en route to All-Conference honors...Started every game in net for the Colonials, piling up a program-record 389 saves with a .557 save percentage...Added 18 steals and 13 assists...Finished time in Buff and Blue ranked No. 3 on program's all-time saves list and tied for first in career save percentage...Made 18 saves in opening-day win over Salem to set a single-game personal best...Posted a career-high three assists, plus nine saves, in win over LaVerne (9/8)...Stopped 19 shots in win over Santa Clara, the first of four straight double-digit save efforts at the Princeton Invitational (9/14)...Made 13 stops in win over then-No. 12 Princeton (9/15)...Named MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1 for play on opening weekend of MAWPC play, highlighted by an 11-save effort in win at Fordham...Made 19 saves vs. Johns Hopkins to equal career high (10/17)...Made 18 saves with an assist in Senior Day win over Wagner at Smith Center Pool (11/19)...Stopped 15 shots in win over then-No. 14 Bucknell in regular finale (11/10)...Set a program record with 21 stops in MAWPCÂ Championship win over Johns Hopkins and finished the weekend with 58 stops after strong performances vs. Fordham (19 saves) and Bucknell (18)...Recognized on the Fall 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List...Named to ACWPC All-Academic Team.
2018
Returned from injury to help the Colonials between the pipes on their run to a repeat MAWPC title and their first NCAA victory...Tallied 99 saves, stopping 63.06 percent of shots he faced...Also added 10 steals and four assists...Made season debut at La Salle, posting four saves (9/22)...Went the distance in net in the home win over La Salle, equaling his career high with 17 stops (9/29)...Totaled 13 saves in the win over Austin College (10/12)...Stopped 14 shots against four goals in the home win over Navy (10/19)...Went the distance in net in the home matchup with Wagner making 13 saves...Stopped 13 shots and added an assist in the regular season finale at Navy (11/10)...Saw action in reserve in the MAWPC Championship win over McKendree, totaling 11 saves (11/16)...Played the final quarter of the NCAA quarterfinal vs. No. 2 UCLA with one save (11/29)...Recognized on the Spring 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List...Named to ACWPCÂ All-Academic Team.
2017:
Did not compete due to offseason hip surgery.
2016:
A 2017 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar ... led the team with 216 saves while allowing just 202 goals for a .517 save percentage ... also added 24 steals on the season ... a first team All-MAWPC selection ... a member of the MAWPC Championship All-Tournament second team ... had nine saves vs. No. 3 California (Sept. 9) ... came up big with 17 saves in an overtime win over 15th-ranked Air Force (Sept. 10) ... made 10 saves in a win over Wagner (Sept. 24) ... had seven saves vs. Fordham (Sept. 24) ... made 15 saves and had five steals to help GW to a 10-9 win at No. 9 Bucknell (Oct. 8) ... had nine saves at No. 4 Pacific (Oct. 20) ... came up with 12 saves in a win at Fresno Pacific (Oct. 21) ... registered double-digit saves with 14 at San Jose State (Oct. 22) ... made 14 saves in a 12-10 MAWPC semifinal win over Johns Hopkins (Nov. 19).
2015:
Posted a program-record .545 save percentage with 147 saves against just 122 goals allowed ... Added 22 steals from the cage ... Made a splash in his collegiate debut, recorded a season-high 17 saves against just three goals allowed in an 8-3 win over Occidental in the season opener at the Bruno Classic (Sept. 5) ... Also recorded 14 saves while allowing just eight goals against No. 17 St. Francis-Brooklyn later that day ... Named CWPA Southern Division Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9 after posting a .738 save percentage and 5.50 goals-against average in his first two collegiate games ... Recorded 14 saves and three steals in an overtime loss to No. 15 Bucknell (Sept. 26) ... Had 13 saves and two steals at No. 13 Bucknell (Oct. 10) ... Registered 13 saves at Fordham, then followed with nine saves and a season-high three steals against Iona later that day (Oct. 24) ... Had 13 saves against 11 goals allowed and added four steals against Navy in the CWPA Southern Division Championship (Nov. 6) ... Stopped 13 shots while allowing just three goals in the first half against Gannon the following day (Nov. 7) ... Had 10 saves against No. 15 Bucknell in the opening game of the CWPA Championship (Nov. 20) ... Recognized on the ACWPC All-Academic team and on the CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team with superior status ... Earned a spot on the GW Athletics Academic Dean's List.
HIGH SCHOOL
Named the Most Valuable Goalkeeper of the National Championships in 2014 ... Led his team to the silver medal at Nationals and to the North Island Regional title ... Registered 30 saves in the gold medal match as his team won the 2014 Trans Tasman Championship ... 2014 Massey University Trophy for excellence in sporting and academia.
PERSONAL
Matthew Ryan Taylor ... Born Nov. 17, 1996, in Kent, England ... Son of Sarah and Bryan Taylor ... Father was a semi-professional football player ... Has a sister, Laura ... Intends to major in electrical engineering.
All-MAWPC East Second Team...All-MAWPC Championship First Team...Closed career with record-breaking fall leading the GW defense en route to All-Conference honors...Started every game in net for the Colonials, piling up a program-record 389 saves with a .557 save percentage...Added 18 steals and 13 assists...Finished time in Buff and Blue ranked No. 3 on program's all-time saves list and tied for first in career save percentage...Made 18 saves in opening-day win over Salem to set a single-game personal best...Posted a career-high three assists, plus nine saves, in win over LaVerne (9/8)...Stopped 19 shots in win over Santa Clara, the first of four straight double-digit save efforts at the Princeton Invitational (9/14)...Made 13 stops in win over then-No. 12 Princeton (9/15)...Named MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1 for play on opening weekend of MAWPC play, highlighted by an 11-save effort in win at Fordham...Made 19 saves vs. Johns Hopkins to equal career high (10/17)...Made 18 saves with an assist in Senior Day win over Wagner at Smith Center Pool (11/19)...Stopped 15 shots in win over then-No. 14 Bucknell in regular finale (11/10)...Set a program record with 21 stops in MAWPCÂ Championship win over Johns Hopkins and finished the weekend with 58 stops after strong performances vs. Fordham (19 saves) and Bucknell (18)...Recognized on the Fall 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List...Named to ACWPC All-Academic Team.
2018
Returned from injury to help the Colonials between the pipes on their run to a repeat MAWPC title and their first NCAA victory...Tallied 99 saves, stopping 63.06 percent of shots he faced...Also added 10 steals and four assists...Made season debut at La Salle, posting four saves (9/22)...Went the distance in net in the home win over La Salle, equaling his career high with 17 stops (9/29)...Totaled 13 saves in the win over Austin College (10/12)...Stopped 14 shots against four goals in the home win over Navy (10/19)...Went the distance in net in the home matchup with Wagner making 13 saves...Stopped 13 shots and added an assist in the regular season finale at Navy (11/10)...Saw action in reserve in the MAWPC Championship win over McKendree, totaling 11 saves (11/16)...Played the final quarter of the NCAA quarterfinal vs. No. 2 UCLA with one save (11/29)...Recognized on the Spring 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List...Named to ACWPCÂ All-Academic Team.
2017:
Did not compete due to offseason hip surgery.
2016:
A 2017 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar ... led the team with 216 saves while allowing just 202 goals for a .517 save percentage ... also added 24 steals on the season ... a first team All-MAWPC selection ... a member of the MAWPC Championship All-Tournament second team ... had nine saves vs. No. 3 California (Sept. 9) ... came up big with 17 saves in an overtime win over 15th-ranked Air Force (Sept. 10) ... made 10 saves in a win over Wagner (Sept. 24) ... had seven saves vs. Fordham (Sept. 24) ... made 15 saves and had five steals to help GW to a 10-9 win at No. 9 Bucknell (Oct. 8) ... had nine saves at No. 4 Pacific (Oct. 20) ... came up with 12 saves in a win at Fresno Pacific (Oct. 21) ... registered double-digit saves with 14 at San Jose State (Oct. 22) ... made 14 saves in a 12-10 MAWPC semifinal win over Johns Hopkins (Nov. 19).
2015:
Posted a program-record .545 save percentage with 147 saves against just 122 goals allowed ... Added 22 steals from the cage ... Made a splash in his collegiate debut, recorded a season-high 17 saves against just three goals allowed in an 8-3 win over Occidental in the season opener at the Bruno Classic (Sept. 5) ... Also recorded 14 saves while allowing just eight goals against No. 17 St. Francis-Brooklyn later that day ... Named CWPA Southern Division Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9 after posting a .738 save percentage and 5.50 goals-against average in his first two collegiate games ... Recorded 14 saves and three steals in an overtime loss to No. 15 Bucknell (Sept. 26) ... Had 13 saves and two steals at No. 13 Bucknell (Oct. 10) ... Registered 13 saves at Fordham, then followed with nine saves and a season-high three steals against Iona later that day (Oct. 24) ... Had 13 saves against 11 goals allowed and added four steals against Navy in the CWPA Southern Division Championship (Nov. 6) ... Stopped 13 shots while allowing just three goals in the first half against Gannon the following day (Nov. 7) ... Had 10 saves against No. 15 Bucknell in the opening game of the CWPA Championship (Nov. 20) ... Recognized on the ACWPC All-Academic team and on the CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team with superior status ... Earned a spot on the GW Athletics Academic Dean's List.
HIGH SCHOOL
Named the Most Valuable Goalkeeper of the National Championships in 2014 ... Led his team to the silver medal at Nationals and to the North Island Regional title ... Registered 30 saves in the gold medal match as his team won the 2014 Trans Tasman Championship ... 2014 Massey University Trophy for excellence in sporting and academia.
PERSONAL
Matthew Ryan Taylor ... Born Nov. 17, 1996, in Kent, England ... Son of Sarah and Bryan Taylor ... Father was a semi-professional football player ... Has a sister, Laura ... Intends to major in electrical engineering.
| CAREER HIGHS | ||
| Saves | 21 | vs. Johns Hopkins (11/22/19) *GW Record |
| Steals | 5 | vs. Iona (10/24/15) |
| Assists | 3 | vs. LaVerne (9/8/19) |
| CAREER STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Blocks | GA | Sv.% | Assts. | Steals | PB | |||||||||
| 2015 | 147 | 122 | .546 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 216 | 202 | .517 | 5 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2017 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| 2018 | 99 | 58 | .631 | 4 | 10 | - | |||||||||
| 2019 | 389 | 310 | .557 | 13 | 18 | - | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 851 | 692 | .552 | 22 | 74 | 1 | |||||||||
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