Laura Taylor
| Career Highlights |
|---|
| 2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team |
| 2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team |
| Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient |
| 2018 Emily Taylor Center Outstanding Woman in Sport Award Winner |
| 2018 Indoor First Team All-American (Pole Vault) |
| 2018 Indoor Big 12 Champion (Pole Vault) |
| 2018 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award |
| Anschutz Pavilion Facility Record (Pole Vault) – 4.34m (14-2.75 ft.) |
| Big 12 Women’s Track & Field Athlete of the Week – 1/31/2018 |
| 2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team |
| 2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team |
| 2017 Outdoor Second Team All-American (Pole Vault) |
| 2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team |
| 2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team |
| 2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team |
| 2014-15 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team |
2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Won the pole vault at the season-opening Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24) with a clearance of 4.20 meters (13-9.25 ft.) … Finished tied for eighth in the University Elite section of the women’s pole vault at the Texas Relays (3/28-31) with a career-best clearance of 4.35 meters (14-3.25 ft.) … Finished third in the premiere pole vault competition at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a clearance of 4.00 meters (13-1.5 ft.) … Won the pole vault at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a clearance of 4.01 meters (13-1.75 ft.) … Won the pole vault at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/5) with a clearance of 4.14 meters (13-7 ft.) … Placed third in the pole vault at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) with a clearance of 4.29 meters (14-0.75 ft.) … Tied for 13th at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.08 meters (13-4.5 ft.).
2018 INDOOR (Sr.)
Finished second in the pole vault at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a mark of 4.07 meters (13-4.25 ft.) … Notched a third-place finish at the Arkansas Invitational (1/12) with a clearance of 4.09 meters (13-5 ft.) … Won the pole vault at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) with a clearance of 4.15 meters (13-7.25 ft.) … Recorded what was then an indoor personal best at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) with a clearance of 4.28 meters (14-0.5 ft.) to win the pole vault … Recorded a then-personal best vault of 4.34 meters (14-2.75 ft.) to set an Anschutz Pavilion facility record at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) … Recorded a personal-best performance for the third-straight week at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) with a second-place finish with a height of 4.38 meters (14-4.5 ft.) … Won the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) pole vault title with a winning mark of 4.34 meters (14-2.75 ft.) … Earned First Team All-America honors with a sixth-place performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10) with a clearance of 4.36 meters (14-3.5 ft.).
2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Took fourth place at the Texas Relays (3/29-4/1) in the pole vault with a mark of 4.16 meters (13-7.75 ft.) … Claimed victory at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-8) with a vault of 4.16 meters (13-7.75 ft.) … Won the pole vault at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) by clearing a personal-best 4.22 meters (13-10 ft.) … Took first at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a clearance of 4.08 meters (13-4.5ft.) … Placed second at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/12-14) with a vault of 4.31 meters (14-1.75 ft.) … Earned Second Team All-America honors with a 14th-place at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships (6/7-10) after clearing 4.15 meters (13-7.25 ft.).
2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Earned fourth place in the pole vault at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) with a vault of 3.88 meters (12-8.75 ft.) … Cleared 4.02 meters (13-2.25 ft.) for a second-place finish at the Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational (1/14) … Took fourth place at the Rod McCravy Memorial (1/20-21) after clearing 4.10 meters (13-5.25 ft.) … Claimed victory at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a vault of 4.03 meters (13-2.5 ft.) … Took first place at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4) with a personal-best clearance of 4.15 meters (13-7.25 ft.) … Earned seventh place with a vault of 4.15 meters (13-7.25 ft.) at the Tyson Invitational (2/10-11) … Vaulted over 4.09 meters (13-5 ft.) at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/17), good for fifth place … Competed at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/24-2/25) and placed fourth with a mark of 4.08 meters (13-4.5ft.).
2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Took 14th in her first appearance at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/28) after vaulting over a personal-best 4.12 meters (13-6.25 ft.) … Claimed fourth in the pole vault at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with her clearance of 4.06 meters (13-3.75 ft.) … Won the pole vault at the Sun Angel Classic (4/9) after clearing 3.90 meters (12-9.5 ft.) … Runner-up at the ESU Relays (4/2) with her vault of 3.95 meters (12-11.5 ft.) … Cleared 4.00 meters (13-1.5 ft.) at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30), good enough for third place … Runner-up after her clearance of 3.75 meters (12-3.5 ft.) at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7) … Vaulted over 3.57 meters (11-8.5 ft.) and earned ninth place at the Kanas Relays (4/23).
2016 INDOOR (So.)
Placed sixth in the pole vault at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) by clearing 3.98 meters (13-0.75 ft.) … Runner-up at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a vault of 3.65 meters (11-11.75 ft.) … Vaulted over 4.00 meters (13-1.5 ft.) at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/19), earning her fourth place … Took fourth in the pole vault at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) and Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with clearances of 3.66 meters (12-0.0 ft.) and 3.50 meters (11-5.75 ft.), respectively … Claimed 10th at the Husker Invitational (2/6) with a vault of 3.88 meters (12-8.78 ft.) … Cleared 3.85 meters (12-7.5 ft.) at the Tyson Invitational (2/13), good enough for ninth place.
2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Had a stellar debut season for the Jayhawks, twice clearing more than 13 feet, scoring at the conference meet and qualifying for the NCAA West Prelim (5/30) … Moved among all-time top-10 KU vaulters when she cleared a career-best 4.07 meters (13-4.25 ft.) in a second-place finish at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2) … Finished seventh at the Big 12 Championship (5/17) with a clearance of 3.93 meters (12-10.75 ft.) … Vaulted a height of 3.84 meters (12-7.25 ft.) en route to a 37th-place finish at the NCAA West Prelim … Finished sixth at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/11) by way of her clearance of 4.05 meters (13-3.5 ft.) … Selected to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team … Named to Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Twice cleared 3.79 meters (12-5.25 ft.), the first coming at the Tyson Invitational (2/14) in a sixth-place performance, and the second at the Big 12 Championship (2/28) which placed her 11th … Secured the runner-up finish at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) after she cleared 3.65 meters (11-11.75 ft.) … Vaulted to a seventh-place finish at the Husker Invitational (2/7) after she got over a height of 3.79 meters (12-5.25 ft.).
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time Oregon state champion from Tualatin High School in track & field under head coach Paul Zitzelberger … Won conference championships in the long jump (2014), pole vault (2014) and 4×400 relay (2012) … Set a school and 6A state record in the pole vault … Member of the all-state track & field team in 2013 and 2014 … Twice earned all-conference honors in the pole vault and once in the long jump.
PERSONAL
Daughter of James and Nan Taylor … Has a brother, Matthew, who is a graduate of the Air Force ROTC Wing Commander at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University … Majoring in exercise science.
