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2021 Baseball Roster

3 Taylor Garris

  • Position Shortstop
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sarasota, Fla.
  • Previous School Cardinal Mooney HS

Biography

2017 COLLEGIATE BASEBALL FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN
2017 SECOND-TEAM ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE – MEDIA
2017 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

2020: Played in all 15 games of the shortened season… posted a .288 batting average…had five doubles, one home run and eight RBI…had a season high four assists against UNC Asheville… recorded a total of 15 hits on the season.
 
2019 (Junior): Started 60 games for the Bulldogs … had 12 doubles, three home runs and 32 RBI…went 3-for-3 with two hits and two RBI and a double in the final game in a series against Kennesaw State… had eight assists against Mississippi State… went 2-for-4 with three RBI in game three against VMI… ended the season with .969 fielding percentage.
 
2018 (Sophomore): Played in 62 games… had nine doubles, two home runs and three RBI…finished with a .257 batting average…had 16 multi-hit games, including a season-high three each against both Furman and The Citadel…had six stolen bases in seven attempts… had a season high four putouts against SIUE… scored two runs in a game against VMI, including a home run… had a season high five assists in another game against VMI… ended the season with a .257 batting average.
 
2017 (Freshman): Earned playing time in 57 of the 59 games on the season and started in 54 contests…named to the Freshman All-American Team by Collegiate Baseball… earned Southern Conference All-Freshman Team honors…named a Second-Team All-SoCon member by the media…named the SoCon Player of the Week on April 10, after hitting .667 in games against Mercer and Alabama A&M…he also scored five runs, tallied four RBI and blasted two home runs to go along with a stolen base…led the team with a .333 batting average… scored 34 runs and tallied 30 RBI, while blasting four home runs.
 
Highschool: Starred at Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota, Fla.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2017Freshman

    Shortstop
    6'0" 165 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2018Sophomore

    Third Base
    6'0" 175 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2019Junior

    Third Base
    6'0" 175 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2020Senior

    Third Base
    6'0" 175 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2021Senior

    Shortstop
    6'0" 180 lbs
    3