Senior - 2019

• Appeared in 33 games for the Illini, earning 29 starts
• 5-10, 5.30 ERA, 107.1 IP, 144 H, 66 ER, 59 BB, 36 SO, .314 OBA
• Allowed just seven hits and three walk and striking out one against Michigan (5/10).
• Earned the complete game shutout win against DePaul (4/30) after allowing just two hits and two walks and striking out five in five innings.
• Earned the Illini’s first Big Ten win of the season in a a four-hit, one-walk outing against No. 23 Wisconsin (3/23), while also posting two strikeouts in her 6.1 innings of work.
• Went 1-1 with a 2.62 ERA in 8.0 innings at the LMU Tournament.
• Registered her first win of the season after giving up just one earned run on four hits and four walks and striking out two in a complete game effort against Cal Poly (3/15).
• Appeared in all three games at the OSU/Tulsa Invitational, registering a 1.00 ERA in 7.0 innings after allowing just one earned run on 13 hits and two walks and striking out one.

Junior - 2018

• Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete
• Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
• Fighting Illini Spirit Award
• Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee
• 14-7, 3.32 ERA, 32 appearances, 23 starts, 6 CG, 2 Shutouts, 3 saves, 132.2 IP, 135 H, 63 ER, 68 BB, 49 SO, .262 OBA
• 6-2 in Big Ten action, 3.29 ERA, 12 appearances, 10 starts, 4 CG, 1 shutout, 61.2 IP, 63 H, 29 ER, 31 BB, 16 SO, .263 OBA
• Finished in a tie second in the conference and 49th nationally with three saves, tied for 11th with 14 wins and 15th with 23 games started. 
• Ranked in a tie for eighth with six wins in conference, while also sitting 12th with a 3.29 ERA, 13th with a .263 opposing batting average and 15th with 61.2 innings pitched. 
• Started and did not allow a base runner, while notching one strikeout in 3.0 frames vs. IUPUI (5/1/18).
• Posted a 4-0 record with an 1.91 ERA in 25.2 innings and two complete games in wins over Green Bay and Iowa, including earning all three wins over the Hawkeyes.
• Held Green Bay (4/18/18) to just one run on six hits in the game one win of a doubleheader.
• Went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA after allowing just one unearned run on six hits and three walks, while striking out four in 11.0 innings vs. Maryland.
• Registered a 2-0 record with a team-best 2.93 ERA after giving up just six earned runs on 10 hits and striking out 11 in 14.1 innings last week vs. Northwestern, Purdue and SIUE.
• Notched her third save of the season by holding Cal Poly (3/17/18) to just one hit in 2.2 innings.
• Secured the win over Bradley (3/7/18) after allowing just two earned runs on four hits and four walks, while striking out four in 6.0 innings of work.
• Posted a 1.17 ERA with a win and a save in two appearances and 6.0 innings pitched in the Coach B Classic.
• Earned her first win of the season after allowing one earned run on one hit and two walks while striking out two in 5.0 innings of relief vs. Pitt (2/16).

Sophomore - 2017

• Academic All-Big Ten
• 14-2, 2.67 ERA, 24 appearances, 17 starts, 2 CG, 91.2 IP, 97 H, 35 ER, 32 BB, 27 SO, .256 OBA
• 1-1 in Big Ten action, 5.65 ERA, six appearances, four starts, 17.1 IP, 25 H, 14 ER, 8 BB, 1 SO
• Ranked second on the team and eighth in the Big Ten Conference with 14 wins
• Ranked 12th in the league with a 2.67 ERA
• Earned back-to-back wins in a doubleheader with UIC, pitching 11 innings and allowing just one earned run and 10 hits between the two contests
• Posted a career-high five strikeouts on two occasions, both coming against Georgia Tech (February 10, February 26)
• Threw a complete game with six hits and only two earned runs allowed in a win over Illinois State (March 3)
• Allowed just five hits and one earned run in 5.0 IP in a win over Saint Mary's (February 17)
• Led the Illini with a 0.00 ERA in the opening weekend, allowing just two unearned runs and struck five while earning wins over Georgia Tech (February 10) and North Carolina (February 11)

Freshman - 2016

• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 7)
• 4-0, 2.69 ERA, 12 appearances, two starts, 26.0 IP, 32 H, 10 ER, 16 BB, 8 SO
• First on the team with a 2.69 ERA
• Made collegiate debut at North Carolina (Feb. 21), giving up one run on three hits in 1.1 IP
• Earned first collegiate win in her first collegiate start against Penn (March 5), in complete game shutout, giving up just three hits and striking out three in six innings
• Earned second-career win just a day later against East Carolina (March 6) with three scoreless innings, giving up just two hits and striking out two.

High School

• A four-year starter for Arcola High School.
• Batted .457 as a freshman, .486 as a sophomore and .500 with six home runs as a junior.
• Three-time First-Team All-Little Okaw Valley Conference (2012, 2013, 2014)
• Two-time Champaign News-Gazette All-Area First Team (2013, 2014); 2015 Honorable Mention
• 2014 H&R Prep Player of the Year
• Three-time team MVP (2012, 2013, 2014)
• Four-year team captain.
• Led the Arcola Purple Riders to the 2013 Sectional Semifinal.
• Played in eight games as a senior before needing surgery for a stress fracture and sitting out the remainder of the season.
• Played eight years of travel softball, most recently for Premier Fastpitch under Dany and Kristi Paulson.
• A four-sport athlete at Arcola, she was a four-time first-team all-conference basketball and volleyball player and three-time all-conference track star.
• Captured three top-four finishes at Indoor Track State Championships, and was a two-time all-state honorable mention (2014, 2015) in basketball.

Personal

• Born Taylor Ann Ewards on December 27, 1996.
• Daughter of Jeff and Lisa Edwards.
• The middle of three children, has an older sister, Cara, and younger brother, Beau.
• Sister Cara played softball at Parkland College from 2013-15.
• Arcola High School Valedictorian
• Three-year member of the National Honor Society
• Illinois State Scholar
• Received High Honors all four years of high school