BULLDOG MAN (TEAM CAPTAIN FOR LIFE)

CAREER HONORS
Drafted 255th overall (8th round) by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2022 MLB Draft
2022 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-America
2022 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region
2022 C-USA Tournament MVP
2022 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2022 First Team All-Conference USA
2022 Brooks Wallace Award finalist
2021 Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-America
2021 First Team All-Conference USA
2021 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
2021 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2021 NCAA Ruston Regional All-Tournament Team
2018 C-USA All-Freshman Team
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021)

2022: Set the new games played record with 249 ... Broke the all-time hits record at Tech with 297 ... Broke his own single-season runs record with 89 ... Ranked first in the nation in runs scored for second consecutive year ... Started in all 64 games as Tech's leadoff batter at shortstop ... Started in 229 consecutive games dating back to April 6, 2018 against UTSA ... Ranked inside the top 10 in C-USA in batting average (.364 - T-6th), slugging (.644 - seventh), on-base percentage (.506 - second), hits (87 - first), doubles (23 - third), walks (58 - first) and stolen bases (28 - first) ... Earned C-USA Hitter of the Week honors after going 11-for-17 with a home run, three doubles, a triple, eight RBI and 10 runs scored (3/9-3/13) ... Went 5-for-8 with a home run, a triple, two doubles five RBI and three runs in two games versus LSU (2/23 & 3/23) ... Was a single shy of the cycle in the first meeting with LSU ... Recorded 28 multi-hit games with 12 being three-hit and one being a four-hit game ... Went 4-for-5 in a midweek contest against Southeastern (3/9) ... Hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning of game two at Old Dominion (4/30) in a 3-for-4 performance ... Belted a three-run homer in a 14-5 series clinching win to finish off the regular season at Charlotte (5/21) ... Had two three-hit games during the C-USA Tournament ... Hit his 12th home run of the season in his final game as a Bulldog in the Austin Regional versus Air Force (6/5) ... Put together a 22-game on-base streak falling second for the longest by a Bulldog this season.

2021: Did not committing an error at second base through his first 54 games of the season … Started all 62 games as Tech’s leadoff batter and made 61 starts in the field at second base and one at shortstop … Set a new single-season Bulldog record with 83 runs scored … Ranked first in Conference USA in runs scored … Also ranked inside the top 10 in the C-USA in walks (46 – T-2^nd), hits (80 – fifth), on-base percentage (.454 – seventh), total bases (122 – T-8^th) and HBPs (13 – sixth) … Led the Bulldogs in walks and runs scored … Tied for a team-high 32 turned double plays and led the Diamond Dogs with 151 assists … Committed just two errors despite facing 268 chances at second base, finishing the year with a .993 fielding percentage … Belted three home runs over his first two games of the season, going 5-for-10 with three homers, five RBI and five runs scored at Alex Box Stadium against Air Force (2/21) and LSU (2/22) … Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored in a win at home over ULM (3/23) … Hit a go-ahead home run off First Team All-Conference USA pitcher David Zoz in the final inning to complete a doubleheader sweep of Middle Tennessee (5/1) … Scored all five times he reached base by going 2-for-3 with a walk, two HBPs and five runs scored in win over Rider to open the Ruston NCAA Regional (6/4) … Logged 21 multi-run games, 21 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … Strung together a reached-base streak of 25 games, the longest on the team in 2021.

2020: Started all 17 games as the Bulldogs' second baseman ... Slashed .309/.420/.588 while stealing a pair of bases ... Blasted 5 home runs, which ranked third on the team and in the conference ... Drove in 15 runs while crossing home a team-high 21 times ... Tied the school record for runs scored in a game with 6 in a 26-3 win over Maine (3/1) ... Went 3-for-4 go-ahead two-run home run at Wichita State (3/8).

2019: Started all 58 games as the Bulldogs' shortstop ... Batted .316 with a .443 on-base percentage ... Led the team with 41 walks and was one of two LA Tech starters to walk more than he struck out ... Second on the team with 67 hits, 46 runs, and an .839 OPS ... Had the fourth-best batting average (.380) and on-base percentage (.489) during conference play ... Finished fourth in the conference in assists (153). 

2018: Saw action in 48 games (44 starts) ... Led the team and ranked fourth in C-USA with 43 walks drawn ... Posted an OBP of .479, which led the team and ranked third among league leaders ... Averaged 0.90 walks per game (2nd best in C-USA) ... In league play, reached base at a .504 clip and drew a team-high 27 walks (third-most in the league) ... 14 of his 23 RBI came against conference foes ... Was 10-for-14 on stolen-base attempts.

PRIOR TO LA TECH: Graduated from West Monroe High School in 2017 ... Lettered in baseball and football ... Named MVP as a senior in 2017 ... Has posted a batting average of .416 and a .595 batting average in district play ... 2016 District 2-5A Player of the Year ... Three-time all-district selection ... 2016 Perfect Game All-American/All-Region Honorable Mention ... Named to three separate Perfect Game all-tournament teams ... Coached by Wade Simoneaux, Joey Adams and Ron McBeth.

PERSONAL: Full name is Taylor Duane Young ... Son of Stacy Young and Keri Gross... Has three siblings: Tanner, Bax and Garrett ... Born on August 6, 1998 in West Monroe, Louisiana.