Delta State University

CAREER: Played in 89 career games with 64 starts behind the plate...Batted .322 for his career with 73 hits in 227 at-bats.

2011 (Senior): Played in 42 games with 31 starts behind the plate...Batted a career-high .336 with 41 hits in 122 at-bats...Scored 22 runs with four doubles, two home runs and 18 RBIs as a senior...Was 2 of 3 in stolen base attempts...Committed just three errors all season...Went 4 for 4 with a home run and a career-high six RBIs in DSU's 11-9 win over Ouachita Baptist (4.10)...Collected two doubles versus Stillman College (3.6) and Christian Brothers (4.3)...Named to the All-GSC West Division Second Team.

2010 (Junior): Played in 47 games with 33 starts at catcher...Batted .305 on the year...Went 32-of-105 at the plate with five doubles, one home run and 26 RBIs...Also scored 35 runs...Second on the team with three sac-bunts...Batted .406 in GSC play...Season-long seven game hit streak...Recorded six multiple hit and nine multiple RBI games...Career-high three hits at Christian Brothers (3/20/10)...Season-high two RBIs nine times...Scored a career-high three runs in three games.

BERRY COLLEGE (NAIA): Lettered two seasons for the Vikings under David Beasley earning First Team All Conference honors as a freshman and sophomore…Named Conference Freshman of the Year…Batted .413 as a sophomore with 15 doubles, six triples and one homerun while collecting 44 RBIs…Helped lead the Vikings to a Conference Championship and NAIA World Series appearance in 2009 while compiling a 46-14 record…

PREP: Lettered four years under Phil Puccio at Arab HS where he earned County MVP honors as a junior and senior…Earned All State Academic honors…Batted .394 with five doubles, five homeruns and 22 RBI as a senior…Also named MVP of basketball team as a junior.

PERSONAL: Patrick Thomas Taylor…Born April 7, 1988…Son of Brian and Donna Taylor…Sibling, Katie…Majoring in Finance.