Accolades:

GNAC Player of the Year:(2017)
All-GNAC: 1st Team (2015, 2016, 2017)
GNAC Honor Roll: 3/9/2015
GNAC All-Academic: 2015, 2016
GNAC Player of the Week: 4/25/2016, 3/13/2017 
D3Baseball.com Team of the Week: 3/13/2017   
NCBWA Hitter of the Week: 3/15/2017 
GNAC Academic All-Conference: 2017
CoSIDA Academic All-American: 1st Team (2017)
D3Baseball.com All-New England: 1st Team (2017)
ABCA/Rawlings All New England: 1st Team (2017) 

2017: The senior captain started all 37 games appeared in as the team's primary third baseman...led the Monks in hits (53), doubles (12), triples (four), RBI’s (44) and total bases (85)...hit .417 with .669 slg% and a .486 OBP...also scored 37 runs and had four HR’s...was plunked by a pitch 12 times during the season, good for second on the team, and breaking the school record for most HBP’s in a career (43)...won a plethora of awards for his outstanding senior season by winning the GNAC Player of the Year, All-GNAC First Team, D3Baseball.com All-New England First Team, ABCA/Rawlings All New England First team...was a CoSIDA Academic All-American for his performance on the field and in the classroom...finished up his career with 155 career games played, 167 hits, 28 doubles, five triples, eight home runs, 91 RBI’s, 127 runs, 24 stolen bases, a .339 (167-492) batting average, a .440 OBP, slugged .465, leading to an OPS of .905.

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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