Academic Notes: Majoring in psychological sciences with a minor in biology...Four-time Big Sky All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
Career Notes: Tenth in program history in three-point percentage (.346)...Tied for eighth in program history in games played (114).
2016-17 (Senior): Appeared in 28 games with five starts...Averaged 4.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game...Ranked second on the team in blocks...Recorded three double-digit scoring games...Recorded season-high 12 points vs. Sacramento State...Posted first career double-double with 11 points and career-high tying 10 rebounds vs. Southern Utah...Recorded season-highs of five assists vs. Idaho and two blocks vs. Portland State...Made 19 three-pointers...Shot .404 from the field, .380 on three-pointers and .680 from the free throw line...Led the team in three-point percentage, the seventh-highest in a season in school history...Played season-high 34 minutes at Eastern Washington...Averaged 17.8 minutes per game...Totaled 124 points, 104 rebounds, 34 assists, 10 steals and eight blocks.
2015-16 (Junior): Appeared in all 30 games with 17 starts...One of three players to appear in all 30 games...Averaged 8.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game...Ranked third on the team in total points and assists and second in total rebounds...Led team in steals...Recorded 11 double-digit scoring games, third-most on the team, and one 20-point game...Averaged 11.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game in conference play...Recorded 17 points and eight rebounds at Montana State in first start since her freshman year...Posted career-high 23 points with career-high nine field goals made at North Dakota...Recorded career-high 10 rebounds vs. Southern Utah...Recorded career-highs of seven assists vs. Idaho, two blocks vs. Portland State and five steals vs. Montana...Made 23 three-pointers, second-most on the team...Shot .450 from the field, .377 on three-pointers and .688 from the free throw line...Ranked second on the team in three-point percentage, which was also eighth-highest in a season in school history...Played career-high 40 minutes in two games...Averaged 27.4 minutes per game...Totaled 248 points, 133 rebounds, 58 assists, 36 steals and nine blocks.
2014-15 (Sophomore): Appeared in 27 games...Averaged 1.0 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game...Scored career-high six points and recorded season-high three assists at Sacramento State...Scored five points in season opener vs. UC Irvine...Totaled season-high four rebounds vs. Fort Lewis...Recorded season-best one steal in four games...Shot .435 from the field, 2-of-10 (.200) on three-pointers and .800 from the free throw line...Averaged 6.8 minutes per game...Totaled 26 points, 27 rebounds, 10 assists and four steals.
2013-14 (Freshman): Appeared in all 29 games with 17 starts...One of three players to appear in all 29 games...Averaged 0.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game...Scored season-high four points twice at Sacramento State and Montana...Posted season-high eight rebounds vs. Sacramento State...Posted season-high five assists in season opener vs. Hawai'i...Recorded season-best two steals twice at Loyola Marymount and vs. Montana...Shot .250 from the field, 1-of-9 (.111) on three-pointers and .429 from the free throw line...Averaged 15.0 minutes per game...Totaled 25 points, 47 rebounds, 20 assists, 11 steals and two blocks.
High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter and two-year captain in basketball at Pueblo West HS...Also played volleyball and ran track at Pueblo West HS...Two-time South-Central League First Team...Also second team all-league as a sophomore and honorable mention as a freshman...Holds school record for most free-throws made and attempted in a game, most offensive rebounds in a game and most rebounds in career, season and game...Team was first in school history to reach Final Four...Helped volleyball team win league three times...SCL MVP and First Team in volleyball...Two-time state qualifier and school record holder in 4x2 sprint medley...Also played for Colorado Springs STARS and GSB club teams...3.98 high school GPA, ranked seventh in high school class...Member of Principal's Honor Roll, National Honor Society and MECHA.
Personal: Taylor Ann Leyva was born July 25, 1994 in Pueblo, Colo....Daughter of Jeff and Lynn Leyva...Three younger sisters, Olivia, Marissa and Maliyah...Hobbies include reading and writing...Most exciting event was seeing President Obama elected for the first time, making history in numerous ways...Most memorable athletic moment was playing in the Final Four at the CU Events Center...Also considered CSU-Pueblo, Vassar, Carnegie-Mellon, Cornell and St. Mary's (Calif.).
