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Jersey Number 19
Taylour Spencer
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Vista Murrieta HS
- Hometown:
- Murrieta, Calif.
JUNIOR (2026)
Had a career-high 63 strikeouts in 26 appeances (nine starts) ... Was 8-3 with a save and a 4.53 ERA ... Allowed 48 runs (41 earned) in 63.1 innings pitched ... Eighth in the Big Ten in strikeouts per seven innings pitched (7.0) ... Struck out four while allowing one unearned run in 5.0 innings to earn the victory against No. 21 Liberty (Feb. 7) ... Threw first career shutout Feb. 14 vs. Kentucky (9-0, 5 inn.) ... Struck out a career-best 10 batters while only allowing one hit - a 3rd inning single - against the Wildcats ... Threw the final 2.0 innings Feb. 21 against No. 20 Duke to pick up the win ... Went 2-0 at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 27-March 1) with a 0.91 ERA ... Gave up one run on one hit and struck out five ... Combined with Lyndsey Grein to throw a one-hit shutout March 27 at Northwestern, striking out six and walking one in 3.1 innings ... Closed out the final 2.2 innings April 5 versus Iowa to earn her first career save; retired eight of the nine batters she faced ... Went the final 4.0 innings against Ohio State (April 26), allowing one hit and striking out six, to earn the win ... Appeared in relief in the middle game of the UCLA series (May 2) and held the Bruins to two runs to earn the win ... Strong effort in the NCAA Eugene Regional (May 15-16) where she had a 2.74 ERA over 7.2 innings and struck out 10, including six in 4.1 innings against Saint Mary’s (May 16) ... 2026 CSC Academic All-District Team ... 2026 Big Ten All-Academic Team.
SOPHOMORE (2025)
Went 4-2 in 20 games with a 4.17 ERA in 40.1 innings ... Made her first appearance of the season at the Littlewood Classic (Feb. 13-16) and allowed no earned runs in 10.1 innings ... Gave up no hits in 5.0 innings and struck out five to get the win against North Dakota (Feb. 14) ... Went 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 28-March 2) ... Threw a six-inning, complete game two-hitter and struck out a career high eight in a 9-1 win against Portland State (March 1) ... Went 5.0 innings in relief and yielded one hit in a 9-1 win over Loyola Chicago (March 2) ... Threw 1.2 shutout innings in relief as Oregon came from behind to beat Oregon State (April 16) ... Picked up her fourth win of the season by going 4.0 innings in relief and allowing one run at Notre Dame (April 29) ... Had five strikeouts against the Irish ... Big Ten All-Academic Team ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award.
FRESHMAN (2024)
- 2024 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
Made the conference's all-freshman team after going 7-4 with a 2.94 ERA in 64.1 innings ... Made all but two of her 28 appearances in relief ... Ranked seventh in the Pac-12 with a 2.94 ERA ... Ranked 10th in the Pac-12 in WHIP (1.31) ... Threw 10.0 innings and allowed one run on five hits (0.70 ERA) at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 8-11) and collected wins against Kansas and Army ... Threw the final two innings of a combined 8-0 shutout of LMU (Feb. 17) ... Strong showing against Texas A&M (Feb. 18), when she held the Aggies to two runs on four hits in 5.1 innings ... Appeared in all five games of the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 22-24) and had a 1.80 ERA in 11.2 innings ... Allowed one run in 6.0 innings in relief to pick up the in versus Long Beach State (Feb. 23) ... Threw an inning of the Ducks’ combined no-hitter Feb. 29 versus Mount St. Mary’s ... Threw 4.2 innings in relief in the second game against Mount St. Mary’s (March 1), allowing no runs, one hit and striking out three, to pick up the win ... Went the final 3.1 scoreless innings in relief against No. 15 California (March 8) in the Ducks’ 4-3 win. Allowed no runs on four hits and stranded two runners on base in the sixth, eighth and ninth innings ... Threw 3.0 scoreless innings in relief to get the win March 26 at Fullerton ... Picked up her seventh win of the season with 3.1 innings in relief April 6 vs. Washington, striking out four ... Closed out her freshman season by making a pair of appearances against eventual national champion Oklahoma in the NCAA Norman Regional (May 17-19).
CAREER HIGHS
Innings Pitched: 6.0, 2x, last vs. Portland State (Feb. 28, 2025)
Strikeouts: 10, vs. Kentucky (Feb. 14, 2026)
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HIGH SCHOOL
Selected to play in the 2023 Alliance Fastpitch All-Star Game ... Was named a first team all-league pitcher and was the strikeout leader for Vista Murrieta High School ... Club team, the Corona Angels, posted a top-five finish at the national tournament three times ...Was named the PCFL player of the month during the 2020-21 season and was on the all-league first team ... Had 53 strikeouts in 32 innings with an 1.00 ERA and a 0.75 WHIP ... Alliance all-tournament first team ... Alliance All-Star watch list ... Ranked as the No. 142 recruit nationally by Extra Inning Softball ... In travel ball, averaged seven strikeouts per game with a 1.23 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP ... Team captain ... In the classroom, was a four-time academic scholar and a four-time honor roll member.
PERSONAL
Born in Murrieta, Calif. ... Parents are Jennifer and Michael Spencer ... Mother Jennifer played volleyball at the University of Redlands ... Grandfather, Jan Spencer, played basketball at Kentucky Wesleyan ... Major is communication disorders and sciences.
Had a career-high 63 strikeouts in 26 appeances (nine starts) ... Was 8-3 with a save and a 4.53 ERA ... Allowed 48 runs (41 earned) in 63.1 innings pitched ... Eighth in the Big Ten in strikeouts per seven innings pitched (7.0) ... Struck out four while allowing one unearned run in 5.0 innings to earn the victory against No. 21 Liberty (Feb. 7) ... Threw first career shutout Feb. 14 vs. Kentucky (9-0, 5 inn.) ... Struck out a career-best 10 batters while only allowing one hit - a 3rd inning single - against the Wildcats ... Threw the final 2.0 innings Feb. 21 against No. 20 Duke to pick up the win ... Went 2-0 at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 27-March 1) with a 0.91 ERA ... Gave up one run on one hit and struck out five ... Combined with Lyndsey Grein to throw a one-hit shutout March 27 at Northwestern, striking out six and walking one in 3.1 innings ... Closed out the final 2.2 innings April 5 versus Iowa to earn her first career save; retired eight of the nine batters she faced ... Went the final 4.0 innings against Ohio State (April 26), allowing one hit and striking out six, to earn the win ... Appeared in relief in the middle game of the UCLA series (May 2) and held the Bruins to two runs to earn the win ... Strong effort in the NCAA Eugene Regional (May 15-16) where she had a 2.74 ERA over 7.2 innings and struck out 10, including six in 4.1 innings against Saint Mary’s (May 16) ... 2026 CSC Academic All-District Team ... 2026 Big Ten All-Academic Team.
SOPHOMORE (2025)
Went 4-2 in 20 games with a 4.17 ERA in 40.1 innings ... Made her first appearance of the season at the Littlewood Classic (Feb. 13-16) and allowed no earned runs in 10.1 innings ... Gave up no hits in 5.0 innings and struck out five to get the win against North Dakota (Feb. 14) ... Went 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 28-March 2) ... Threw a six-inning, complete game two-hitter and struck out a career high eight in a 9-1 win against Portland State (March 1) ... Went 5.0 innings in relief and yielded one hit in a 9-1 win over Loyola Chicago (March 2) ... Threw 1.2 shutout innings in relief as Oregon came from behind to beat Oregon State (April 16) ... Picked up her fourth win of the season by going 4.0 innings in relief and allowing one run at Notre Dame (April 29) ... Had five strikeouts against the Irish ... Big Ten All-Academic Team ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award.
FRESHMAN (2024)
- 2024 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
Made the conference's all-freshman team after going 7-4 with a 2.94 ERA in 64.1 innings ... Made all but two of her 28 appearances in relief ... Ranked seventh in the Pac-12 with a 2.94 ERA ... Ranked 10th in the Pac-12 in WHIP (1.31) ... Threw 10.0 innings and allowed one run on five hits (0.70 ERA) at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 8-11) and collected wins against Kansas and Army ... Threw the final two innings of a combined 8-0 shutout of LMU (Feb. 17) ... Strong showing against Texas A&M (Feb. 18), when she held the Aggies to two runs on four hits in 5.1 innings ... Appeared in all five games of the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 22-24) and had a 1.80 ERA in 11.2 innings ... Allowed one run in 6.0 innings in relief to pick up the in versus Long Beach State (Feb. 23) ... Threw an inning of the Ducks’ combined no-hitter Feb. 29 versus Mount St. Mary’s ... Threw 4.2 innings in relief in the second game against Mount St. Mary’s (March 1), allowing no runs, one hit and striking out three, to pick up the win ... Went the final 3.1 scoreless innings in relief against No. 15 California (March 8) in the Ducks’ 4-3 win. Allowed no runs on four hits and stranded two runners on base in the sixth, eighth and ninth innings ... Threw 3.0 scoreless innings in relief to get the win March 26 at Fullerton ... Picked up her seventh win of the season with 3.1 innings in relief April 6 vs. Washington, striking out four ... Closed out her freshman season by making a pair of appearances against eventual national champion Oklahoma in the NCAA Norman Regional (May 17-19).
CAREER HIGHS
Innings Pitched: 6.0, 2x, last vs. Portland State (Feb. 28, 2025)
Strikeouts: 10, vs. Kentucky (Feb. 14, 2026)
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HIGH SCHOOL
Selected to play in the 2023 Alliance Fastpitch All-Star Game ... Was named a first team all-league pitcher and was the strikeout leader for Vista Murrieta High School ... Club team, the Corona Angels, posted a top-five finish at the national tournament three times ...Was named the PCFL player of the month during the 2020-21 season and was on the all-league first team ... Had 53 strikeouts in 32 innings with an 1.00 ERA and a 0.75 WHIP ... Alliance all-tournament first team ... Alliance All-Star watch list ... Ranked as the No. 142 recruit nationally by Extra Inning Softball ... In travel ball, averaged seven strikeouts per game with a 1.23 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP ... Team captain ... In the classroom, was a four-time academic scholar and a four-time honor roll member.
PERSONAL
Born in Murrieta, Calif. ... Parents are Jennifer and Michael Spencer ... Mother Jennifer played volleyball at the University of Redlands ... Grandfather, Jan Spencer, played basketball at Kentucky Wesleyan ... Major is communication disorders and sciences.
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