2009 (Junior Season):
• Named a recipient of the Ramsey Scholarship for Academic and Athletic Excellence.
• Earned All-America honors at the NCAA Championship on beam and bars, giving her a total of seven for her career.
• Named to the All-SEC Second Team.
• Chosen as the Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the league’s coaches.
• Named to the Scholastic All-America Team by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women.
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
• Posted a 10.0 on beam in the meet with Michigan.
• Recorded a season-high 9.925 on floor against Florida and matched that against UCLA and Michigan.
• Selected to the Fall Semester Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2008 (Sophomore Season):
• Claimed the NCAA title on beam, posting a 9.95 in the fifth slot that held up through the remaining competitors.
• Earned First-Team All-America honors on bars and beam and Second-Team recognition on floor.
• Finished 14th on bars in the individual event finals.
• Won the Southeastern Conference titles on bars and beam and was named First-Team All-SEC.
• Joined 12 others in league history with the top score of 9.95 on bars.
• Scored a 9.95 on beam at the NCAA Regional to claim a share of the event title and came in second on bars.
• Won the bars title against Stanford.
• Won the beam title at Alabama.
• Scored a 9.925 on beam against Arkansas to earn a share of the event.
• Posted a career-best and then-nation-best 9.975 on beam vs. UCLA.
• Earned her first career 10 and the only 10 in the nation on bars in 2008 against Iowa State.
• Scored 9.825 or better – including a pair of 9.950s, a 9.925 and a trio of 9.90s – in all 12 postseason events.
• Named First-Team Academic All-American by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women.
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
• Named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Second Team.
2007 (Freshman Season):
• Named a First-Team All-American on beam, placing second in the NCAA individual competition.
• Was a Second-Team All-American on bars.
• Scored a 9.875 on beam in Georgia’s first routine of the SECs.
• Her first routine as a Gym Dog was a 9.9 on bars in the season opener.
• Led off the beam lineup much of the year, averaging 9.85 in that position.
• Ranked in the nation’s top 20 on beam and bars.
• Led league freshmen with an average of 9.866 in six regular-season SEC meets.
• Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
• Earned a 4.0 GPA in both the fall and spring.
• Chosen as an NACGC Academic All-American.
Club/International:
• Trained at Aiken Gymnastics under Draha Krizova and Radek Kriz.
• Was a former U.S. Elite National Team member, competing in three U.S. Championships (2002-04).
• Placed first on beam at the Junior Olympic Nationals in 2001 and 2006.
• Placed first in the all-around in three international competitions, including a win at the 2005 Friendship Classic where she beat 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Zhang Nan.
• Traveled to Europe on several occasions, winning the all-around at invites in the Czech Republic and France.
• Won the all-around at the 2005 Charleston Cup.
• Helped the U.S. win the 2004 U.S. vs. Japan meet.
Community Service:
• Participates in SHINE, a gymnastics-based children’s ministry at Cornerstone Church in Athens.
• Has volunteered for Special Olympics, the Golden Harvest Food Bank and the “Together We Can” food drive.
Personal:
• Born March 29, 1988.
• Daughter of Daniel and Lynn Taylor and has two sisters, Hannah and Phoebe, and a brother Daniel.
• Major: Health Promotion.