2018 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Taylor Agost
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Clackamas
- Hometown:
- Happy Valley, Ore.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
* 2017 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
* 2017 PrepVolleyball Second-Team All-America
* 2017 All-Pac-12
* 2017 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (9/11)
* 2017 Prep Volleyball College Player of the Week (9/11)
* 2017 Nike Classic MVP (9/7-9)
* 2016 AVCA Pacific North All-Region Honorable Mention
* 2016 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
* Two-time Pac-12 all-Academic Honorable Mention (2016, 2017)
Senior (2017): An all-Pac-12 selection, AVCA all-America honorable mention selection and a PrepVolleyball second-team all-American after a terrific senior season ... Led the Ducks with 3.08 kills per set on .288 hitting after moving to a six-rotation outside hitter role during the season ... Played six rotations for the first time since high school ... Also averaged 1.03 digs per set and 0.75 blocks per set while adding 13 service aces ... Finished tied for third on the Ducks with six double-doubles ... Shined against No. 12 seed BYU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a team-high 18 kills on .457 hitting ... Led Oregon to an NCAA first-round win with 11 kills (.273) in sweep of Kennesaw State ... Recorded 19 kills and six digs against No. 13 USC before putting down 12 kills to go with 11 digs in a five-set win at Oregon State to close the regular season ... Established a new career-high with 25 kills at home against Washington State while hitting .358 with 10 digs ... Led Oregon at Arizona with 18 kills while hitting an impressive .514 ... Hit .385 with 13 kills at No. 2 Stanford ... Thrived in four matches after initially moving to outside hitter, averaging 3.67 kills per set on .256 hitting with 16 blocks and eight aces (Oct. 6-20) ... Shined for Oregon on the Washington trip, putting down a then-career-high 19 kills with 11 digs at Washington before topping that with 24 kills on .302 hitting while taking a lifetime-high 63 swings in a five-set win at WSU ... Named Pac-12 offensive player of the week (9/11), Prep Volleyball college player of the week (9/11) and Nike Classic MVP after hitting .619 with 28 kills on 42 swings and just two errors while leading the Ducks to three straight sweeps (9/7-9) ... Hit .733 with 11 kills on 15 attempts without an error against Cal Poly before topping that a night later with nine kills on 12 swings without an error for a career-best .750 clip against No. 23 Wichita State ... Opened the season with back-to-back double-digit kill matches, putting down 12 in a win over No. 5 Nebraska and 11 against No. 1 Texas.
Junior (2016): Earned AVCA All-Region honorable mention and all-Pac-12 honorable mention honors after playing in 110 of 117 sets and finishing second on the Ducks and eighth in the Pac-12 with a .327 hitting percentage ... Owned the most swings (661) of any player in the conference in the top 10 in hitting percentage, making only 65 errors, and was the only player on the list that didn't play middle blocker ... Hit better than .400 12 times during the season, highlighted by career-best mark of .667 with 12 kills in a win over Murray State on Sept. 2 ... Named the MVP of the Nike Invitational (Sept. 9-11) after recording 22 kills while hitting .432 in wins over then-No. 21 Illinois, Belmont and Saint Mary's ... Shined in back-to-back matches against UCLA and USC, putting down 28 kills between the two matches ... Recorded first two service aces of the season at then-No. 12 Stanford on Nov. 23 ... Second on the Ducks with 10 kills in the NCAA second round match against No. 12 Michigan ... Also earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention recognition.
Sophomore (2015): Played in all 30 matches for the Ducks while making 12 starts…ranked third on the team with 2.69 kills/set…had the third best attack efficiency among Oregon hitters at .257…recorded 16 kills at LIU Brooklyn while also hitting a season high .520 in the match…set a career best of 17 kills in a five-set match against Colorado…reached double-digit kills in 17 matches during the season, including in the NCAA Tournament first round match against Wisconsin where he tallied 13 kills and hit .458.
Freshman (2014): Played in 17 matches during her first season with the Ducks, starting in four matches and missing a portion of the season due to injury…posted a season high of 14 kills against Illinois State (Aug. 30)…the match was one of three where the freshman recorded double-digit kills…recorded six kills and no errors during her NCAA Tournament debut against Santa Clara…notched 26 blocks during the season for an average of 0.55/set.
Prep: Climbed the recruiting ranks and was named a PrepVolleyball Senior Ace, ranked 17th on that list…member of the Clackamas High school team which finished Three Rivers League Champions as both a junior and senior as well as third and fourth place finishes at the 6A OSAA Tournament, respectively…named first team all-league in each of her final two years at Clackamas and received the honor of 2013 Three Rivers League Player of the Year…played three years for the North Clackamas Volleyball Club.
Personal: Major is educational foundations ... Parents are Dalene and Brett Agost.
