Prep: A three-year letterwinner for the Porters ... named Second Team All-State by both the ICA and the Chicago Tribune as a senior ... set school record for  strikeouts in a single season (272) as a senior in 2012 ... helped pitch the Porters to multiple conference and regional championships ... earned All-Area  and All-Conference honors as a senior ... named the Herald News Player of the Year in 2012 ... two-time Pitcher of the Year selection by the Old Timers  Baseball Association of Will County ... played ASA with the Homer Hawks/A's 18U Gold team in 2012 which finished third at the Triple Crown Nationals.

Personal: Taylor is the daughter of Kurt and Pam Weissenhofer ... major is actuarial science ... born August 8, 1994.