13 Taylor Dorsey
13 - Taylor Dorsey
Height: 6-2
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Birmingham, Ala.
Position: MB
Major: Exercise Science, Physical Education and Wellness
Previous School: Hoover HS
Club Team: Southern Performance
m 30
k/s 2.58
h % .316
a/s 0.10
b/s 1.23
sa/s 0.15
d/s 0.44

2020-21 (Junior): Dorsey appeared in each of Tech’s 16 matches, participating in 60 of 61 sets overall… led the Golden Eagles and the OVC with 70 total blocks and 61 block assists… paced the team and finished second in the league with 1.17 blocks per set… ranked first on the squad and sixth in the conference with a .306 hitting percentage, the fifth-best showing in program history during the rally scoring era… tallied nine solo blocks to rank second on the purple and gold and third in the league… finished third on the team with 141 kills, 2.35 kills per set, and 181.5 points… locked up double-doubles with 13 kills and 10 total blocks against Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 22) and with 14 kills and 10 total blocks at Murray State (Mar. 22)… also registered a career-high 10 block assists against the Racers (Mar. 22)… totaled a season-high 15 kills at Tennessee State (Mar. 14) and again at Murray State (Mar. 21)… hit a staggering .571 with 14 kills and seven total blocks in the first match of a doubleheader against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 14)… racked up double-digit kills in eight matches, including five of the final six games on the year… saw her consecutive matches streak with at least one block snapped at 50 in the second match of the year, but still managed at least one block in 14 of the team’s 16 matches… compiled five or more blocks eight times, including each of the final four matches of the season… posted an attack percentage of .300 or better eight times.

2019 (Sophomore): Dorsey competed in all 30 of the team’s matches, playing in 109 of 112 sets overall… led the team and the OVC with 23 solo blocks… ranked first for the Golden Eagles and second in the OVC with 1.11 blocks per set… paced Tech and finished third in the league with 121 total blocks… was first on the team and fourth in the conference with 98 block assists, the fourth-most in program history during the rally scoring era… finished second on the purple and gold with 307 kills, 2.82 kills per set, and 387.0 points and third with a hitting percentage of .269… posted her first career double-double against Belmont (Nov. 16), tallying 13 kills and career-highs of nine block assists and 11 total blocks… ripped off a career-high 20 kills with a .324 hitting percentage, five total blocks, and career-best 23.0 points against Middle Tennessee (Sept. 21)… blasted 17 kills at Morehead State (Nov. 8) and versus Southeast Missouri (Nov. 21)… hit a remarkable .542 with no attack errors and 13 kills at Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 9)… turned in a career-best two service aces against Oakland (Aug. 30)… compiled double-digit kills in 18 matches and at least 15 kills four times… racked up five or blocks 10 times and extended her streak of consecutive matches with at least one block to 49 after recording at least one in each of the team’s 30 tilts… hit .300 or better 13 times on the year.

2018 (Freshman): Dorsey played in 29 of Tech’s 30 matches, appearing in 104 of 118 sets overall… ranked second on the team with 71 block assists, 78 total blocks, 0.75 blocks per set, and a .223 hitting percentage… finished fourth on the Golden Eagles with 188 kills and 230.5 points and fifth on the team with 1.81 kills per set… made her collegiate debut with 10 kills and a block assist against Fairleigh Dickinson (Aug. 24)… registered a season-high 14 kills while hitting .478 with four block assists and 16.0 points against Chattanooga (Sept. 4)… piled up a season-high eight total blocks at Jacksonville State (Oct. 2) and again with a season-high eight block assists against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 13)… hit an other-worldly .611 with 11 kills and no attack errors at Tennessee State (Nov. 2)… tallied 10 or more kills in seven matches… totaled five or more total blocks in six tilts and posted at least one block in all but three matches, including each of the final 19 on the year… put up a hitting percentage of .300 or better 10 times on the year.

High School: Dorsey was a two-year letterwinner as an outside hitter and middle blocker for head coach Heather Harris at Hoover High School in Hoover, Ala.… played primarily on the club circuit at Southern Performance, where she helped to win an AAU National Gold championship in the 17U division in 2017… named an AVCA Phenom in 2016… also played beach volleyball for Southern Performance.

Personal: Daughter of Kelvin and Rhonda Dorsey… born April 17, 2000 in Birmingham, Ala.

Academic: Majoring in exercise science and physical wellness with a concentration in pre-physical therapy… named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll four times and to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll once.

Honors & Awards:

  • 2020-21 All-OVC First Team
  • 2020-21 OVC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Mar. 24)
  • 2019 All-OVC Second Team
  • 2019 Chattanooga Classic All-Tournament Team
Recent Games
Oct 30 at UT Martin W, 3-2
Nov 5 Eastern Illinois W, 3-1
Nov 6 Eastern Illinois W, 3-1
Nov 12 at Belmont W, 3-2
Nov 13 at Belmont W, 3-2
Nov 18 vs. Austin Peay L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 30 18
Sets 113 71
Kills 292 185
Kills per set 2.58 2.61
Errors 88 48
Total Attacks 645 408
Hitting Percentage .316 .336
Assists 11 4
Assists per set 0.10 0.06
Service Aces 17 8
Service Errors 35 20
Service Aces per set 0.15 0.11
Receptions 22 16
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 50 37
Digs per set 0.44 0.52
Block Solo 13 9
Block Assist 126 88
Block Total 139 97
Blocks per set 1.23 1.37
Block Errors 6 4
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 385.0 246.0
Points per set 3.4 3.5
Matches started 1 -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 20 at Lipscomb L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 27 vs. The Citadel   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 27 at Auburn L, 3-0 - 3 3 9 19 -.316 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4.5
Aug 28 vs. Jackson State W, 3-1 - 4 9 3 21 .286 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 12.0
Sep 3 South Alabama W, 3-2 - 5 19 5 31 .452 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 5 0 23.0
Sep 3 Valparaiso L, 3-2 - 5 9 6 19 .158 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 6 1 6 0 12.0
Sep 4 UNC Asheville W, 3-0 - 3 11 3 20 .400 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 13.0
Sep 10 at Chattanooga W, 3-0 - 3 8 0 13 .615 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 14.5
Sep 11 vs. Troy W, 3-0 - 3 10 2 16 .500 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
Sep 11 vs. Virginia Tech L, 3-0 - 3 7 3 18 .222 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 8.0
Sep 17 vs. Western Carolina L, 3-1 - 4 7 3 19 .211 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 8.5
Sep 18 vs. Houston L, 3-0 - 3 7 1 21 .286 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Sep 18 at Alabama L, 3-0 - 3 8 2 17 .353 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 11.0
Sep 24 at SIUE W, 3-0 - 3 7 2 16 .313 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 5 0 10.0
Sep 25 at SIUE W, 3-1 - 4 11 4 21 .333 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 14.5
Oct 1 Tennessee State W, 3-1 - 4 10 4 23 .261 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 13.5
Oct 2 Tennessee State W, 3-1 - 4 13 5 31 .258 0 0 2 7 0 3 1 5 0 6 0 16.5
Oct 6 Morehead State L, 3-1 - 4 9 1 23 .348 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 1 6 0 12.5
Oct 8 Austin Peay W, 3-2 - 5 15 3 26 .462 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 4 0 17.0
Oct 9 Austin Peay L, 3-1 - 3 2 4 13 -.154 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Oct 15 at Murray State L, 3-0 - 3 7 2 20 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 16 at Murray State L, 3-1 - 4 7 2 17 .294 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 9.0
Oct 22 Southeast Missouri L, 3-1 - 4 18 4 31 .452 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7 0 7 0 21.5
Oct 23 Southeast Missouri W, 3-0 - 3 15 1 27 .519 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 17.5
Oct 27 at Morehead State L, 3-1 - 4 9 3 25 .240 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 8 0 10 0 15.0
Oct 29 at UT Martin L, 3-0 - 3 11 2 17 .529 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Oct 30 at UT Martin W, 3-2 - 5 7 1 25 .240 0 0 5 1 0 5 0 8 1 8 0 11.0
Nov 5 Eastern Illinois W, 3-1 - 4 14 1 24 .542 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 7 0 8 0 19.5
Nov 6 Eastern Illinois W, 3-1 - 4 11 1 23 .435 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 9 0 10 0 19.5
Nov 12 at Belmont W, 3-2 - 5 10 3 22 .318 1 2 3 1 0 5 0 6 0 6 0 15.0
Nov 13 at Belmont W, 3-2 - 5 9 5 24 .167 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 2 0 10.5
Nov 18 vs. Austin Peay L, 3-0 1 3 9 3 23 .261 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2018-19 29 104 188 1.81 83 471 .223 1 0.01 0 0.00 25 1 10 0.10 7 71 78 0.75 230.5 2.2
2019-20 30 109 307 2.82 114 717 .269 6 0.06 8 0.07 13 0 25 0.23 23 98 121 1.11 387.0 3.6
2020-21 16 60 141 2.35 43 320 .306 6 0.10 1 0.02 18 0 16 0.27 9 61 70 1.17 181.5 3.0
2021-22 30 113 292 2.58 88 645 .316 11 0.10 17 0.15 22 0 50 0.44 13 126 139 1.23 385.0 3.4
2022-23 31 118 311 2.64 84 693 .328 7 0.06 7 0.06 12 0 37 0.31 12 99 111 0.94 379.5 3.2
Total 136 504 1239 2.46 412 2846 .291 31 0.06 33 0.07 90 1 138 0.27 64 455 519 1.03 1563.5 3.1
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 30 113 292 2.58 88 645 .316 11 0.10 17 0.15 22 0 50 0.44 13 126 139 1.23 385.0 3.4
Conference 18 71 185 2.61 48 408 .336 4 0.06 8 0.11 16 0 37 0.52 9 88 97 1.37 246.0 3.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 12 48 146 3.04 38 291 .371 1 0.02 6 0.13 13 0 22 0.46 5 62 67 1.40 188.0 3.9
Away 12 45 97 2.16 35 236 .263 7 0.16 8 0.18 7 0 21 0.47 7 48 55 1.22 136.0 3.0
Neutral 6 20 49 2.45 15 118 .288 3 0.15 3 0.15 2 0 7 0.35 1 16 17 0.85 61.0 3.0
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Wins 16 64 179 2.80 43 363 .375 9 0.14 14 0.22 15 0 38 0.59 8 77 85 1.33 239.5 3.7
Losses 14 49 113 2.31 45 282 .241 2 0.04 3 0.06 7 0 12 0.24 5 49 54 1.10 145.5 3.0
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August 2 7 12 1.71 12 40 .000 0 0.00 1 0.14 1 0 1 0.14 1 5 6 0.86 16.5 2.4
September 11 39 104 2.67 31 211 .346 8 0.21 7 0.18 6 0 13 0.33 5 39 44 1.13 135.5 3.5
October 12 46 123 2.67 32 278 .327 1 0.02 2 0.04 10 0 22 0.48 4 56 60 1.30 157.0 3.4
November 5 21 53 2.52 13 116 .345 2 0.10 7 0.33 5 0 14 0.67 3 26 29 1.38 76.0 3.6