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Taylor Carico |
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2007
Carico should continue her progress as one of the nation's top setters, having spent the summer on the U.S. Junior National Team.
2006
In her 2006 freshman campaign, Carico put together quality numbers that earned her All-Pacific Region Freshman of the Year and Pac-10 Conference Freshman of the Year honors...became fourth USC player to earn Pac-10 FOTY honors...also named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team...recorded 1,445 assists for a 12.68 apg average to go with 123 kills (1.08 kpg), a .339 hitting percentage, 26 service aces (0.23 sapg), 255 digs (2.24 dpg) and 83 blocks (0.73 bpg)...finished second on USC's single-season list for total assists (most ever by a freshman) and sixth for assists per game average...her 12.68 apg average currently puts her second on USC's career list...on Sept. 2 against No. 24 Utah, she collected 62 assists, three kills, eight digs and two block assists...at No. 20 Pepperdine on Sept. 14, Carico came up big for the Women of Troy in a pressure-filled, five-game victory over the host Waves with two block assists and two kills...against No. 4 Washington on Sept. 29, she had 51 assists in the four-game victory with six kills (no errors for a .400 night), 11 digs, two service aces and two blocks (one solo, one assist)...recorded a season-high 67 assists and 20 digs in a five-game win on Oct. 6 at Arizona State. She had 58 assists and seven digs in a 3-1 loss to No. 4 UCLA on Oct. 20 at the Lyon Center...on Nov. 4 against Arizona State, she had a season-high eight kills (.500 hitting night) with 47 assists and 10 digs in the 3-0 sweep of the Sun Devils...in a 3-0 sweep on Nov. 10 at No. 2 Stanford, Carico had 47 assists with four kills, 10 digs and five block assists...in her first NCAA Tournament action, she had 38 assists and 10 digs in a 3-0 sweep of Ole Miss on Nov. 30 and in the second round on Dec. 1 against No. 22 BYU, she had five kills (with no errors for a .714 hitting night) with 44 assists, three digs and four blocks.
National Team
She has been a member of the U.S. National Team program...played for the 2007 Junior National Team that finished fourth at the Junior World Championship in Thailand...member of the 2004 and 2005 Youth National Team...led Team USA to the 2004 NORCECA championship...her team finished fifth at the 2005 FIVB U-18 World Championship in China.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach, Calif...played for coach Dae Lea Aldrich...won the 2005 Andi Collins Award as the nation's top senior setter according to PrepVolleyball.com...named CIF Co-Player of the Year and state most valuable player in her senior season...she became the first-ever two-time Daily Breeze Player of the Year...recorded 746 assists, 182 digs, 55 blocks and 127 kills with a .505 hitting percentage in her senior season at Mira Costa...played four years of club volleyball for TCA under coach Neil Mason...member of the 2004 and 2006 Junior Olympics championship squads in the 17 and 18 Open Divisions, respectively...named most valuable player for the 18 Open Division at the 2006 Junior Olympics and 17 Open Division at the 2004 Junior Olympics...played three years on the United States Youth National Team.
Personal
Taylor Ann Carico was born on June 14, 1988, in Hollywood, Calif...parents are Chris and Keli Carico...has one brother, Weston, and one sister, Lane...favorite movie is My Best Friend's Wedding...favorite television shows are One Tree Hill, The O.C., America's Next Top Model and Law and Order SVU...has not declared a major.
Career Statistics
Year MP-GP K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SAPG SE DIGS DPG BS BA BE TB BPG BHE PTS PPG
2006 32-114 123 1.08 31 271 .339 1445 12.68 26 0.23 25 255 2.24 9 74 10 83 0.73 15 195.0 1.71
