Union College Athletics

NOTEWORTHY
Selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the seventh round (203rd overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

2015-16 (JR)
ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... named assistant captain ... Contributed a season-high two assists in a 5-5 tie against #11 Michigan (10/23) and a 3-3 tie against St. Lawrence (2/6) … tallied game-winning goal against Clarkson (11/7) … produced a three-game point streak (11/6-13) … netted a power-play goal in a 5-4 win against Robert Morris (1/3) … assisted on the team’s first goal in a 3-3 tie against #1 Quinnipiac (2/20) … blocked a season-high four shots in a 4-1 win at Dartmouth (2/12) … second on the team with 32 blocked shots … one of five Dutchmen to appear in all 36 games.

2014-15 (SO)
Ranked fifth in NCAA defenseman scoring (0.91) ... finished 11th in NCAA assists (0.79) ... led all ECACH defensemen in overall scoring (31 points) by a nine-point margin ... finished second in conference defenseman scoring (14 points) ... fourth in ECACH assists (27) ... compiled points in 17 games ... third in team scoring ... second-best plus/minus (+5) among Union defensemen ... recorded three assists in a game three times – versus Harvard (1/30), Rensselaer (1/24) and Princeton (11/15) ... nine multiple-assist games ... named to Shillelagh All-Tournament Team ... compiled a career-best four points (1-3) – including the game-winning goal – against Princeton (11/15) ... distributed three assists in 8-3 win over Rensselaer (1/24) ... recorded a goal and assist in season-opening win over American International (10/10) and versus Western Michigan (11/29) ... compiled a seven-game points streak (11/14-12/27) ... needed just 17 games to surpass point total from his freshman season ... missed five games to injury.

2013-14 (FR)
Named to ECACH Media Association All-Rookie Team ... ranked 14th among ECAC Hockey defensemen in conference scoring (nine points) ... led Union rookie defensemen in scoring (16 points) and blocked shots (26) ... finished a +20 – sixth-best on the team ... strung together a four-game points streak (11/15-12/1) ... scored first collegiate goal with a slapshot at Dartmouth (11/1) ... registered a goal, three shots, and a block in 5-4 win at Penn State (11/30) ... scored a goal in Union’s Cleary Cup-clinching-win against Clarkson (2/21) ... logged two assists in 4-3 win over #10 Rensselaer (11/15) ... assisted on Union’s opening goal in the NCAA Championship Game (4/12) ... factored in seven shutouts.

JUNIORS/PREP
Spent 2012-13 season with Dubuque, recording 27 points (five goals, 22 assists) in 57 games ... helped Fighting Saints to a Clark Cup Championship ... played prep hockey at Albany Academy.

PERSONAL
Economics major ... graduated from Albany Academy (2012) ... parents are Angela and Scott Taylor ... born April 13, 1994 in Clifton Park, N.Y.