Josh Taylor

Height:
6-2
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Overland Park, Kan.
High School:
Blue Valley Northwest HS

2009-10 -- Posted a 79.11 scoring average over 19 rounds... finished with one top-20 finish on the year when he tied for 14th a the Jim Colbert Intercollegiate with a 149 (74-75)... tied for 51st place at the Fairway Club Invitational with a 232 (78-75-79)... carded a 235 (84-74-77) to tie for 54th at the Kansas Invitational... tied for 56th at both the Bill Ross Intercollegiate with a 239 (80-79-80) and at the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational with a 157 (80-77)... tied for 69th at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate with a 238 (79-80-79)... carded a 253 (84-84-85) to tie for 83rd at the Diet Pepsi Shocker Classic... named to The Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2008-09 -- Finished with a 77.23 scoring average over 21 rounds... tallied one top-10 and two top-20 finishes on the year... posted three rounds at or below par... earned Second Team all-Summit League honors after placing 10th at The Summit League Men's Golf Championship with a 218 (72-75-71)... led the team with a 13th place finish at the UTA/Waterchase Invitational with a 224 (76-72-76)... tied for 21st at the Jim Colbert Intercollegiate with a 230 (80-77-73)... finished in a tie for 47th place at the ORU Shootout with a 239 (83-82-74)... finished 74th at the ASU Red Wolf Classic with a 237 (79-77-81)... tied for 75th at the Louisiana Classics with a 235 (76-81-78)... placed 83rd at the Colorado/Stevinson Ranch Invitational with a 239 (80-74-85)... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2007-08 -- Posted a 75.27 scoring average over 30 rounds... tallied four top-20 finishes on the year... was selected as The Summit League Golfer of the Week on April 3 after finishing in a tie for third place at the Branson Creek Invitational with a 145 (73-72)... tied for eighth in his collegiate debut at the Missouri Intercollegiate with a 224 (72-73-79)...tied for 16th place at the SUU/Pat Hicks Invitational with a 143 (72-71)... the 143 is tied for the third lowest 36-hole total in school history... tied for 19th place at the UALR/First Tee Intercollegiate with a 229 (78-73-78)... finished in a tie for 24th place at the Battle on the Bend Golf Tournament with a 231 (78-78-74)... carded a 226 (77-70-79) to finish in a tie for 26th place at the Colorado/Stevinson Ranch Invitational... tied for 27th at the Kansas Invitational with a 226 (76-75-75)... tied for 34th place at the SFA Bill Hall-Crown Classic after firing a 226 (76-76-76)... finished in a tie for 42nd place at the UT-Arlington Fall Classic with a 54-hole total of 225 (71-75-79)... tied for 61st place at the 2008 Louisiana Classics with a 232 (82-79-71)... competed at The Summit League Championship, where he finished with a 150 (75-DQ-75) for the tournament... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team.
2006-07 -- Redshirted.

Summer of 2006 -- Qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship by winning the Wichita, Kan., qualifier in a playoff with rounds of 75-69... played in the Kansas Amateur afer shooting a qualifying score of 75-70=145... fell in his first round match in 20 holes... also played in the Kansas Junior Match Play, where he was the No. 3 seed... won a total of three matches in two days before falling 2&1 in the final.

2006-07 -- Redshirted... did not see any tournament action.

High School -- Four-year letterwinner... two-time selection of the all-East Kansas League... first team all-Metro and all-Johnson County honoree in 2004... also was a second team all-Johnson County selection as a freshman... three time all-Sun Country honoree... finished third at the Kansas Class 5A State Championship in 2006... holds the Blue Valley Northwest school record for the lowest round (67)... selected to the all-Collegiate Team as a part of the Collegiate Preview Series in 2004 and 2005... selected to the Kansas Cup Team three times (2003-05)... qualified for the Kansas Amateur Match Play Tournament three times (2003-05)... won the Kansas Junior Match Play Championship in 2004... had 11 prep victories in his career... finished the 2006 season with a 72.9 scoring average.

Personal -- Born on April 19, 1987... son of Tony and Beth Taylor... has two siblings, brother Alec and sister Jordan... majoring in business administration.

CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low	Top-10's	Top-20's
07-08	30	2258	75.27	70	2	4
08-09	21	1622	77.23	71	1	2
09-10	19	1503	79.11	74	-	1
10-11	9	715	79.44	74	-	-
TOTALS	79	6098	77.19	70	3	7