UMD Athletics

BULLDOG CAREER:
Originally voted the NSIC North Division's Preseason Player of the Year in 2015-16, Meyer received a medical redshirt last season due to offseason surgery.
2014-15 (Junior) Started 24 games for the Bulldogs • All-NSIC First Team selection • three times selected NSIC Player of the Week (Dec. 8, Dec. 22, Jan. 12) • scored 34 points on 11-of-18 shooting while adding a season-high four steals at Northwest Missouri on Nov. 22 • improved on that career-high with 37 points and 14 rebounds against Bemidji State on Jan. 9 • grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds at Bemidji State on Nov. 6 before one-upping that with 20 boards at Sioux Falls on Jan. 30 • grabbed eight double-doubles on the season • shot 13-of-15 from the charity stripe while scoring 24 points and grabbing three steals against Augustana (S.D.) on Jan. 17 • selected to NSIC All-Academic Team.
2013-14 (Sophomore) Appeared in all 27 games including 12 starts while building off a stellar freshman campaign • notched a new career high with 22 points at Bemidji State on Dec. 7 • posted a season-high of nine rebounds at Concordia-St. Paul on Jan. 3 • hit double-digit scoring in back-to-back games at MSU-Moorhead and Upper Iowa on Feb. 8 and 14 • scored 18 points to go with seven rebounds in the regular season finale against Minnesota-Crookston on Feb. 22 • led the Bulldogs with 14 points in the NSIC/U.S. Bank Tournament opener at Concordia-St. Paul on Feb. 26 • established new career-best averages in scoring (9.0 PPG) and shooting percentage (46.2 percent).
2012-13 (Freshman) Started 14 games while appearing in all 27 games during her first season with UMD • posted her career-high of 12 points in just her fourth game at UMD while also hauling in eight boards • pulled down 14 rebounds against Minot State on Jan. 4 • just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds against U-Mary on Jan. 5 • blocked a pair of shots in 17 minutes of action against Bemidji State on Dec. 8 • averaged 4.1 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.

BEFORE UMD: A 2012 graduate of Farmington High School, where she started each of the past four seasons • served as the team’s captain in each of her final two prep campaigns • scored her 1,000th career point as a junior • earned All-Missota Conference honors four successive times to close out her high school career • saw time at both the guard and forward positions and led the Tigers in points, steals and rebounds her final two seasons • named team MVP in her final year on the prep circuit.
PERSONAL: Born Taylor Jo Meyer in Fargo, North Dakota • is the daughter of Mark and Penny Meyer • has three siblings (Tanner, Kristen and Preston)  • majoring in biology at UMD.