2002: Left-hander whose 23 appearances ranked second on the staff…didn’t allow a run for the first 17 innings he pitched…picked up a win in his first appearance of the year vs. Florida A&M (2/9), throwing two innings of one-hit ball…recorded a pair of saves, against Kansas State (2/24) and Iona (3/11)…three starts in mid-April featured his best outing of the year, a seven-inning, seven-strikeout, three-hit performance in a 4-0 win vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (4/20)…probably his most important outing came in the Sun Belt Conference Championship against New Orleans (5/24) when he pitched seven innings in relief and earned the win in an 8-6 come-from-behind victory…hurled 1.1 innings of two-hit, shutout ball against Bethune-Cookman (2/20), then two days later tossed two innings, allowing no runs on one hit vs. Miami (2/22)…didn’t allow a run and struck out five in three innings of work vs. Notre Dame (3/2)…recorded three strikeouts for every walk issued.

Prior to FIU: Transferred from Long Beach City College where was awarded the Joe Hicks Memorial Scholarship…given the Coach’s Award in 1999 at Lakewood High School…recruited by Loyola Marymount, BYU, Pacific and Long Beach State.

Personal: Son of Alan and Andrea Taylor…born October 15, 1981…Health Science major.