Taylor Groess Class: Senior Hometown: Encinitas, CA High School: La Costa Canyon HS Height: 6-1 Position: OH Experience: 3V

2007: Posted 20 kills on 51 swings and added four block assists versus UC Santa Barbara on September 13...tallied 13 kills and three block assists against No. 17 Cal Poly...versus No. 9 BYU recorded 13 kills, six digs, two block assists, and one ace...recorded a career high, eight digs, versus No. 2 Stanford, while also adding eight kills...chipped in 17 kills and two blocks versus CSU Bakersfield on September 1...posted a career high 25 kills against Arizona, while also contributing two block assists and three digs...tallied nine kills on 22 swings for a .318 hitting efficiency versus Eastern Washington on August 24...ranks second on the team in kills, with 126...has participated in every match this season.

2006: Played in 25 matches with 12 starts in her sophomore campaign...recorded a career high 19 kills versus Long Beach State on September 2 at the Nebraska Invitational while also adding three blocks, three digs, and one ace...tallied 14 kills in just three games in her second appearance against Long Beach State on September 7...third on the team in total attacking attempts, kill percentage, and total points...finished the season averaging 2.32 kills per game, 0.44 blocks per game, and 0.54 digs per game.

2005: Played in 27 matches with five starts as a freshman...finished the season with 21 service aces...recorded a career-high 11 kills against Pacific on November 26...recorded a career-high four aces against San Francisco on October 29...recorded a career-high six blocks against Pacific on November 26...recorded three kills and two blocks against Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

High School: Comes to Saint Mary's from La Costa Canyon in Olivenhain, CA...she helped her team to win the California Challenge, Redondo Beach and CIF Championships...named the Union Tribune Athlete of the Week, named to the Breitbard San Diego Hall of Champions, the CIF First Team, the Durango All-Tournament Team and the Union Tribune All-Academic First Team...was also recruited by UCSD and the University of Houston.

Groess' Career Statistics
Season                GP-MP      K    K/G     E    TA    Pct     A   A/G    SA  SA/G    SE
  2005................  95-27     35   0.37    16    88   .216     4  0.04    21  0.22    43
  2006................  85-25    197   2.32    94   591   .174     7  0.08    11  0.13    17
  TOTAL............... 180-52    232   1.29   110   679   .180    11  0.06    32  0.18    60

Season                 DIG   D/G    RE    BS    BA    TB   B/G    BE   BHE  Points Pts/G
  2005................    41  0.43     0     0    15    15  0.16     2     1    63.5  0.66
  2006................    46  0.54     2     3    34    37  0.44     2     2   228.0  2.68
  TOTAL...............    87  0.48     2     3    49    52  0.29     4     3   291.5  1.62