Accolades:

All-GNAC: 1st Team (2015, 2016)
GNAC Honor Roll: 3/9/2015
GNAC All-Academic: 2015, 2016
GNAC Player of the Week: 4/25/2016   

2016: Played in 39 games with 38 starts as the Monks’ utility infielder…hit .333 (40-120) with 37 runs, two homeruns, five doubles, one triple and 22 RBI…ranked first on the team with a .475 OBP as the Monks’ leadoff hitter…was tied for second on the team in steals (8) and fourth in hits… collected First-Team All-GNAC honors for the second consecutive season…went 3-4 vs. St. Olaf on March 24^th…followed that up the next day by going 5-6 vs. Wisconsin (Stevens Point) and tying the single game hits record…went 2-4 in a win vs. Husson on April 6 that included four RBI’s and a homerun…won GNAC Player of the Week honors after going 9-12 against Anna Maria and Albertus Magnus on April 23^rd and 24^th…also recorded his 100th hit that weekend...went 2-3 in the first of two GNAC Championship games vs. Suffolk on May 8th...concluded his junior season by going 2-3 with an RBI vs. Nichols on May 10th. 

2015: Played and started in all 43 games as a sophomore infielder…logged games at second base (27), third base (8), and shortstop (8) during his sophomore season…hit .314 (49-156) with 33 runs, nine doubles, two homers, 16 RBI and nine stolen bases…also hit by pitch 10 times and posted eight sac bunts…recorded a .925 fielding percentage with 11 errors in 146 total chances…posted 13 multiple-hit efforts with three multi-RBI performances…recorded a five-game hitting streak during the season…collected First Team All-GNAC honors…went 2-3 in the Monks’ season-opener versus Rhodes College on February 14th…was 3-3 with a walk in a loss to Emory University two days later…was 3-5 with a run, a double, and an RBI in an 8-3 victory over Pitt-Greensburg on February 28th…added two hits, a run, two doubles, and three RBI in three at bats versus Wheaton College on March 7th…was 3-5 with three runs and a stolen base in a lopsided win over Gordon College two days later…launched his first collegiate home run with a solo blast versus Thomas More College on March 11th…went 2-4 with a run and a pair of two-baggers in a victory over Westfield State the following afternoon…belted his second homer of the season in a loss to Husson on March 31st…went 2-5 with two runs and an RBI in a victory over Bates College on April 6th…knocked in three runs and went 2-4 versus Anna Maria College on April 11th…was 3-4 with three runs and a stolen base in an 11-4 win over Norwich University the next day…went 4-4 with two runs and a steal in a 13-12 victory over Bowdoin College on April 13th…was 3-4 in a 3-2 GNAC Tournament loss to Suffolk University on April 25th.

2014: Played in 36 games with 29 starts – 16 at second base, eight at third, one at first and four at DH – as a freshman infielder…hit .281 (25-89) with 20 runs, two doubles, nine RBI and a pair of stolen bases…posted a .942 fielding percentage with six errors in 103 total chances…tallied four multiple-hit efforts and a six-game hitting streak during the season…went 1-2 with a single and a walk in his first NCAA start – a win over Clark University on March 1st…was 2-4 with a run against New Jersey City on March 10th and followed with a 3-4, three run, one RBI performance against Westfield State the next day…went 3-3 with a run and a career-high four RBI in a victory over Anna Maria College on April 13th…scored three runs versus Gordon College on April 29th…went 3-4 with two runs in an NCAA Tournament triumph over Mitchell College on May 16th.

High School: Played two years of Varsity Baseball under Ryan Anderson (2012) and Nick Jaskolka (2013) at Merrimack High School…made Division 1 tournament both years… lost in Division 1 championship against in 2012…2013 Second Team All-State in division 1 while hitting .408…selected as captain senior year…selected to the junior games hosted at Saint Anslem College…summer league All-Star twice…Showcase League All-Star MVP…holds hit record in Showcase league.

Personal: Taylor Marshall Black, born in Encinitas, California...son of Anne and Mike Black...majoring in Exercise Science.

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