CAREER HONORS
• 2020 James E. Sullivan Award Finalist (First Lacrosse Player Ever)
• 2019 Tewaaraton Award Winner (First Goalie Ever)
• 2019 IWLCA National Player of the Year
• 2019 Honda Sport Award Winner for Lacrosse
• 2019 IWLCA Goaltender of the Year
• 4x Big Ten Goaltender of the Year
• 2019 NCAA Tournament Most Valuable Player
• 2018-19 University of Maryland Student-Athlete of the Year
• 2019 IWLCA First Team All-Region
• 2018 IWLCA Third Team All-American
• 3x All-Big Ten (2016, '17, '19)
• 2x All-NCAA Tournament Team (2018 & 2019)
• 3x Tewaaraton Nominee (2017, '18, '19)
• 2018 Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
• 2018 IWLCA Second Team All-Region
• 2017 IWLCA National Goalie of the Year
• 2017 IWLCA First Team All-American
• 2017 IL Women Media Second Team All-American
• 2017 IWLCA First Team All-Region
• 2016 & 2017 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• 2017 & 2019 Academic All-Big Ten
• Epoch/US Lacrosse National Player of the Week (3/13/17)
• ILWomen National Defensive Player of the Week (4/4/17)
• 5x IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week (3/15/17, 4/5/17, 3/13/19, 3/20/19, 4/10/19)
• 14x Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (3/1/16, 2/14/17, 2/28/17, 3/14/17, 4/4/17, 3/27/18, 4/10/18, 4/17/18, 3/5/19, 3/12/19, 3/19/19, 3/26/19, 4/2/19, 4/9/19)
• 2016 IWLCA Second Team All-Region
TAYLOR IN THE NEWS
• Maryland goalie Megan Taylor played her way into women's lacrosse history (Testudo Times, June 3, 2019)
• Maryland is All Heart: Look No Further Than It's MVP Goalie (US Lacrosse Magazine, May 26, 2019)
• For Maryland goalie Megan Taylor, 'there's no time to be stressed' — even in the Final Four (Washington Post, May 23, 2019)
• Taylor Made: Maryland's Personable Goalie Could Be The Next Tewaaraton (US Lacrosse Magazine, May 10, 2019)
• Don't Sell Her Short: Nation's Best Goalie Is Lighthearted, But Her Success Is No Joke for Undefeated Women's Lacrosse Team (Terp Magazine, April 1, 2019)
• "The best I've seen": Megan Taylor continues to wow in goal for Maryland lacrosse (Diamondback, February 26, 2019)
• Meet perhaps the smallest, happiest and best goalie in NCAA women's lacrosse (Washington Post, May 13, 2017)
• Megan Taylor's Netminding Keeps Terps On Top (PressBox, April 19, 2017)
• Top-ranked Terps' freshman goalie balances lacrosse duties with Caps fandom (Washington Post, May 4, 2016)
As a Senior (2019): Had one of the best seasons ever by a goaltender, starting all 23 games in cage ... Tewaaraton Award Winner, IWLCA National Player of the Year, Honda Sport Award Winner for Lacrosse ... Had over a 50-percent save percentage in 17 of 23 . games ... Tallied double-digit saves in 10 different games ... Posted 217 saves to only 177 goals allowed, a .551 save percentage, the best among all power-five goalies ... Finished Maryland career with 740 saves, the second most ever ... Holds career .512 save percentage ... NCAA Most Outstanding Player ... Was phenomenal in Final Four, posting 24 saves to only 23 goals allowed against the nation's two best offenses ... Tallied 10 saves in National Championship game vs. Boston College (5/26) ... Had 14 saves to only 13 goals allowed in National Semifinal vs. Northwestern and helped hold Northwestern scoreless for the final 19 minutes of the game ... Saved 50-percent of shots in NCAA Quarterfinal vs. Denver ... Matched season high with 14 saves in Big Ten Semifinal against Penn State (5/3), posting a .667 save percentage ... Was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week a conference record six weeks in a row from March 5th to April 9th ... IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week (4/10) ... Secured 10 saves to only three goals allowed against an undefeated Michigan team (4/6), a 76.9 save percentage to bring season save percentage to a season high .614 percentage ... Tallied nine saves to only six goals allowed, a .600 percentage at Virginia (4/3) ... Played first half at Rutgers and only allowed one goal, with six saves, an .857 percentage ... Posted a .667 save percentage vs. Princeton (14 saves, 7 goals allowed) ... Made eight saves to only five goals allowed in 50 minutes of action at James Madison (3/24) ... IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week (3/20) ... Shut Ohio State (3/16) out in 30 minutes in goal, making eight saves ...Tallied 13 saves to only nine goals allowed vs. Penn (3/13), a .591 save percentage ... Held Syracuse (3/9) scoreless for final 11 minutes of game, with point blank save after point blank save in a game Maryland would win in overtime, tallying 12 saves in all ... Had sensational outing against North Carolina (2/24), holding the Tar Heels scoreless for the final 13 minutes allowing the Terps to tie the game and then win it in overtime, tallying 14 saves to only 12 goals allowed ... Recorded 12 saves and tallied a career-best five groundballs at Florida (2/14) ... Opened season with a .583 save percentage (seven saves, five goals allowed) vs. George Mason (2/9).
As a Junior (2018): Started in 21 out of 22 games in cage ... ranked seventh nationally and led the Big Ten with 189 saves ... matched a season-high with 13 saves in the National Semifinals vs. Boston College (5/25) ... had phenomenal performance with 13 saves, including multiple point blank stops in second half of NCAA Quarterfinal win vs. Navy (5/19) ... notched a .750 save percentage on 12 saves with only four goals allowed in NCAA Second Round vs. Denver (5/13) ... tallied 12 saves against Johns Hopkins in the Big Ten Semifinals (5/4) ... made 12 saves to a .545 save percentage in comeback win over Princeton (4/10) ... notched 12 saves vs. James Madison (3/24) ... posted a .600 save percentage (13 saves, seven goals allowed) at Penn (3/22) ... had season-best 13 saves, to a .565 save percentage vs. Hofstra (3/3).
As a Sophomore (2017): Played in 22 games with 21 starts in cage ...third in the nation with a .535 save percentage ... ranked third nationally with 213 saves ... made 12 saves in the NCAA Championship game vs. Boston College (5/28) ... notched 10 saves vs. Penn State (5/26) ... made 16 saves against Northwestern (5/7) ... made a career-high 20 saves and grabbed three ground balls vs. Florida (3/29) ... notched 12 saves vs. Penn (3/22) ... made 18 saves with a .720 save percentage vs. Syracuse (3/11) ... notched 10 saves vs. Hofstra (3/4) ... made 10 saves and grabbed three ground balls vs. UNC (2/25) ... tallied 10 saves at Georgetown (2/18) ... made eight saves while allowing just three goals vs. William & Mary (2/11), good for a .727 save percentage ... also tallied three ground balls and two caused turnovers ... Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 4/4) ... Epoch/US Lacrosse National Player of the Week (3/13).
As a Freshman (2016): Started in 22 games and played in all 23 ... made seven saves and caused one turnover against Syracuse (5/27) ... tallied seven saves and allowed just three goals vs. UMass (5/23) ... made eight saves and picked up one ground ball vs. Johns Hopkins (5/15) ... notched seven saves and two ground balls vs. Northwestern (5/8) ... made eight saves vs. JHU (4/6) ... tallied 11 saves and two ground balls vs. Northwestern (3/31) ... made four saves and picked up two ground balls at Florida (3/19) ... made seven saves and four ground balls at Syracuse (3/12) ... Big Ten Defensive Player and Freshman of the Week (3/1) ... made eight saves and one ground ball at North Carolina (2/27) ... started vs. Georgetown (2/20), allowing one goal and picking up one ground ball.
Before Maryland: 2015 Under Armour All-American ... ranked No. 27 on the Inside Lacrosse Top 50 Freshmen rankings ... Under Armour Underclassmen team in 2013 and 2014 ... first team all-county in 2012, 2013 and 2014, second team in 2015 ... US Lacrosse All-American in 2014 ... US Lacrosse Academic All-American in 2014 ... All-met second team in 2014 ... played club for M&D Lax ... also lettered in field hockey and basketball.
Personal: Born Dec. 18, 1996 ... daughter of Gary and Terri Taylor ... has two siblings, Amanda and Alex ... Alex was a lacrosse goalie at Salisbury ... sports hero is Alex Ovechkin ... if she could play another sport at Maryland, it would be field hockey.
TAYLOR CAREER HIGHS
Saves: 20 vs. Florida (3/29/17)
Caused turnovers: 2 (2x), last vs. Syracuse (3/11/17)
Ground balls: 5 at Florida (2/14/19)
