2015: Taylor Laskey earned second team All-SAC honors during her junior season at Wingate…Hit .353 with six homers and seven doubles, ranking second on the team with 40 RBI while scoring 24 runs…Drew a team-best 31 walks, leading the Bulldogs with a .466 on-base percentage…Drove in four runs in the Erskine doubleheader, while driving in two and scoring twice in game two against Belmont Abbey…Was three-for-three with a homer and three RBI against UNC Pembroke, while hitting two homers in the GRU Augusta doubleheader…Drove in four runs in the Queens doubleheader, while contributing a homer and five RBI against King…Had a double, homer and three RBI in game one against Carson-Newman, while driving in two runs and scoring twice in game one against Brevard…Had four doubles and three RBI in the sweep at LMU in the regular season finale.
2014: Laskey earned first team All-SAC and All-Region honors during her sophomore year…Hit .349 on the season with 10 homers and a team-best 45 RBI, also leading the team with 15 doubles to go along with 31 runs scored, compiling a .454 on-base percentage and .615 slugging percentage…Ranked third in the SAC in doubles, sixth in RBI, eighth in homers, ninth in on-base percentage and 10th in slugging percentage…Had a team-best 12 multi-RBI games…Had a homer and three runs scored in game two against Erskine…Drove in a pair of runs against Columbus State and against Mount Olive…Was five-for-eight in the USC Aiken doubleheader with three homers, five RBI and four runs scored…Followed that with four hits and two RBI in the Tusculum doubleheader…Was three-for-four with a homer and three RBI in game two at Queens…Went three-for-three with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in game two at Mars Hill…Had two homers and seven RBI in game two against Lenoir-Rhyne, hitting the go-ahead grand slam in the fifth inning…Had a double and two RBI in game two against Newberry…Drove in a pair of runs in game two at Catawba…Had a double and two RBI against Anderson in the SAC Tournament, while going three-for-three with an RBI against Brevard…Was two-for-three with a grand slam against Lenoir-Rhyne in the NCAA Tournament.
2013: Appeared in all 56 games during her freshman season at Wingate, hitting .272 with seven homers, nine doubles, 31 RBI and 18 runs scored…Had a double, homer, three RBI and two runs scored against Pfieffer…Had a double, homer and two RBI against Francis Marion…Went four-for-five with a homer and two runs scored in Bloomsburg doubleheader…Was four-for-six with a homer, double and seven RBI in Brevard doubleheader…Had two homers and three RBI in game one against Mars Hill…Was three-for-four with three RBI in game two at Limestone.
High School: A three-sport athlete at Cherryville High School...Standout on the school's softball, volleyball and basketball teams...All-Gazette first team, All-Conference and All-District athlete as a freshman...Led the conference in batting average, RBI and homers...Was All-Conference, All-District and All-State, while being named District Player of the Year in her sophomore and junior seasons...Has Cherryville records set in 10 different offensive categories...Plays club softball for the Blues Gold team.
Full name is Taylor Ruth Laskey…Born February 28, 1994 in Raleigh, N.C…Daughter of Rick Laksey, Karen Laskey and Randy Jenks... Majoring in Sports Management … Favorite class at Wingate: Intro to Sports Management... Favorite athlete: Troy Polamalu… Favorite sports team: Pittsburgh Steelers… Favorite movie: Perks of Being a Wallflower… Taylor can’t imagine a week without: My Xbox… Favorite Food: Japanese... Most memorable sports moment: When Alexis attempted to field a routine pop up and tripped…Favorite sport to play other than softball: Basketball … Person Taylor most admires: Her mom… How Taylor gets ready for game: Listen to music…Something people don't know about Taylor: She loves Disney movies… Nickname: Laskey… Taylor thinks the fastest person on the team is Mel, strongest is Alexis, and funniest is Kayla… Favorite quote: "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." - A League of Their Own Why Taylor chose Wingate: "I chose Wingate University because of the feeling of family I got when I visited campus. It was obvious that it was a close knit community that I could see myself being a part of. Also, the softball program also seemed very close and the coaches cared about the student-athletes as students, athletes, and people.
