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Taylor Valladay
Guard
Position
5'7''
Height
Junior
Class
Chicago, Ill.
Hometown
Rich South
High School
Marquette
Previous School
Taylor Valladay Pronunciation
At Virginia
2022-23
- Scored 12 points with four assists in the opener against GW (11/7)
- Scored 11 points in the fourth quarter of the win at American, finishing with a season-high 19 points (11/20)
- Came off the bench for back-to-back double-digit scoring games at NC State (13 points) and at home against UNC (16 points) (1/12)
- Scored 11 points with six assists and just one turnover against Louisville (2/9)
- Scored 22 points with 8 rebounds and 7 assists in the win against NC State (2/15) followed by 19 points against Duke (2/19)
2021-22
- Appeared in 26 games with 26 starts, missing one game, averaging 31.0 minutes per game
- Ranked seventh in the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.16) and eighth in assists per game (3.8)
- Logged a team-best 95 assists and 37 steals
- Averaged 9.5 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game
- Averaged 11.5 points per game in conference games after averaging 6.6 points per game in non-conference contests
- In the starting lineup for her Cavalier debut at James Madison, playing 38 minutes in the game (11/9)
- Scored a team-high nine points against USC (11/14)
- Had her first double-digit scoring effort at UCLA, scoring 10 points, eight of which came in the second quarter (11/21)
- Scored 10 points with six rebounds and six assists against Rhode Island (11/26)
- Had a then career-high 13 points at GW (12/5)
- Scored a career-high 16 points at Virginia Tech, going 10-of-13 from the free throw line (1/18)
- Followed her 16-point performance by scoring 18 points at North Carolina, going 8-of-13 from the field. She also matched her season high in rebounding with 8 (1/20)
- Dished a career-high 10 assists against Syracuse (2/8)
- Led the team with 17 points and a career-best nine rebounds against Miami (2/15)
- Scored 30 points, going 11-of-19 from the field, in the win against Pitt, scoring 25 of those points in the second half. It was the first 30 point game by a Cavalier since Nov. 2019 and the highest single-game total by a UVA player this season (2/20)
At Marquette (2019-21)
- Played two seasons at Marquette (2019-21)
- As a sophomore, averaged 5.2 points, 1.8 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game, appearing in every game off the bench
- Had two double-digit scoring performances, scoring 12 points against Seton Hall (1/15/21) and Providence (2/13/21)
- As a freshman, appeared in 20 games, scoring 14 points with 13 rebounds
- 2019-20 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Background
- Top-250 recruit
- All-Southland Athletic Conference
- Guided Rich South High School to consecutive state tournaments
- Southtown All-Area special mention accolades and IBCA All-State special mention honors
- Also ran track and was the Illinois State Champion in the 4×200
Personal
- Sociology major