#17 Taylor Pleasants Season 2020
2022 NFCA All-Region First Team
2022 All-SEC Second Team
2022 LSWA All-Louisiana First Team
2021-22 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 NFCA Second Team All-America
2021 NFCA South All-Region Team
2021 SEC Newcomer of the Year
2021 First Team All-SEC
2021 All-SEC Newcomer Team
2021 LSWA Freshman of the Year
2021 LSWA All-Louisiana First Team
2021 SEC Newcomer of the Week (x2)
2021 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
2020 Medallion Award
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2022)
Named to the NFCA All-Region First Team and earned All-SEC Second Team honors … Started in all 57 games at shortstop … Hit .295 with 12 home runs and 48 RBI … Led the team with 105 total bases, including 28 extra-base hits that featured 15 doubles (0.26 doubles per game ranked No. 3 in SEC) and one triple for a .597 slugging pct … Logged 14 multiple-hit games, including three or more hits in eight games … Had a stretch of three consecutive games with three hits … Hit two home runs in a single game at McNeese State on April 19 … Turned in 12 multiple RBI games … Went 6-for-11 in a weekend series at Texas A&M, adding eight RBIs, including a career-high six-RBI performance on April 9 … Recorded a 16-game reached base streak and six-game hitting streak … A solid defender in the middle infield, logging a .938 fielding pct and completing … Totaled 107 putouts and a team-high 106 assists … Turned for 12 double plays … Stole three bases on three attempts and had four sacrifice bunts and two sacrifice flies … Prior to the season, Pleasants was selected to the USA Softball National Team.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2021)
Named NFCA All-America second team, NFCA South All-Region team, and is an All-SEC First Team selection … also tabbed SEC Newcomer of the Year, among being named to the All-SEC Newcomer team … Awarded with Newcomer of the Week two times throughout her breakout season … Named to the LSWA All-Louisiana first team … Played and started all 57 games the Tigers played … Hit .316 on the year recording 56 hits in 177 plate appearances … Drove in 40 runs and crushed 10 home runs over the course of the season … Had an outstanding OPS that sat at 1.021 at season’s end … Scored 37 runs and stole three bases in three attempts … Led the team with a .605 slugging percentage and total bases with 107 … Had 88 putouts and 120 assists on the season … On Feb. 25 against UL-Lafayette, her bat was responsible for two of the four runs scored, going 3-for-4 … When the Tigers met the Ragin’ Cajuns in the deciding game of the NCAA regional round, she hit a towering home run to center in the third inning to put her team ahead by two … Had six hits in nine plate appearances in the final SEC weekend against the Auburn Tigers, including a dramatic sixth inning grand slam in the series finale … Finished the year with a 3-for-4 performance in game 2 of the super regional against Florida State, including a go-ahead round-tripper in the top of the 8th inning.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2020) – Season was cut short due to the coronavirus
Started all 24 games for the Tigers at shortstop … Hit .383 on the year, recording 23 hits, 21 RBI and 23 runs scored … Finished with a .530 on-base percentage and a .667 slugging percentage … She tallied four home runs on the year, with her first career home run to walk off No. 13 Oklahoma State on Feb. 7 … Walked 19 times on the season which was tied for second in the SEC … Earned SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 10 after leading the entire SEC in batting average in the first weekend at .692 … Had a 1.077 slugging percentage and a .765 slugging percentage to go along with a 9-for-13 performance with two doubles, a home run, five runs scored, four RBI and four walks in the first weekend of play … Also had three doubles and one triple on the year … Finished with 21 putouts and 45 assists at shortstop … Had back-to-back 3-for-3 games against No. 13 Oklahoma State and Florida A&M on Feb. 8 & 9, tallying three RBI and two runs scored against Florida A&M … Second home run of the season came on Feb. 16 against No. 13 ULL which helped the Tigers take a 1-0 lead … Her third home run came against Campbell, which also gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead … Scored four runs against Sam Houston State on Feb. 22 … Finished the year with a 3-for-3 performance, including a home run and four RBI against South Alabama on March 10.
HIGH SCHOOL
An infielder who comes to the Tigers from J. Frank Dobie High School in Houston, Texas where she became a four-time First Team All-District infielder, earned a spot on the All-State, and the All-Star team … She led her team to three-straight Top 5 finishes in the district, earned team MVP during her junior season, and Defensive Player of the Year her sophomore season … During her senior season she hit .600 with 16 doubles, 6 triples, 8 homeruns, 50 RBI, and 23 stolen bases … As a junior she hit .589 with 45 RBI, 43 hits, 12 doubles, and six home runs with a .692 on-base percentage … Along with these softball accomplishments Pleasants was also a decorated volleyball player … She played travel ball with the Scrap Yard International team where she had a very distinguished career … Pleasants spent the summer of 2019 playing for the USA Junior National team where she was a 2019 WBSC U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup Gold Medalist, hitting for a .268 average, with three RBI and three runs scored … She also played in the 2019 USA Softball International Cup where she earned a bronze medal hitting .200 and three RBI. She is also a four-time Honor Student, earning First Team All-Academic for the past four years.
PERSONAL
Full name Taylor Tress Pleasants, born September 8 in Pasadena, Texas … Parents are Chris and Milady Pleasants … Siblings are Jacquelyn, John, and Austin … Plans to major in Kinesiology