Taylor Scowden '21 Recruiting Profile

I was introduced to volleyball in the seventh grade. I learned I loved the game.  I started club volleyball the season after my seventh grade year.  The following club season, I tried out for the regional team and made it.   I had a lot of fun  and made great friends.  Even though I was not on winning teams, I persisted on working on my skills.   I joined a CrossFit club in the off season . I was also invited to an Ohio Valley Region (OVR) volleyball camp where I learned numerous things and was able to improve my game tremendously.  The next school season, I was the only freshman to make the Junior Varsity team where I started and played all the way around.  We finished second in our conference. This last year in club I was moved up to an American team and we had a great season.  We finished our year going 31 sets undefeated  winning two tournaments .  Our last game we lost  18-16 to a national team ranked second.   We finished fifth in the OVR's out of 177 teams.  Presently,  I am the only Sophomore starting and playing all the way around on the  school Varsity team. 

I have a positive attitude and I am very coachable.  I am a well-rounded person as I play the guitar and sing in my church worship band .  I have participated in drum line in marching band for two years. I've also showed two horses and won numerous awards in 4-H . I volunteer at my church to help out with youth programs and at a local nursing home where I sing and help in the activities department.  Now I work as a dietary aide at that same nursing home. I work very hard at maintaining good grades in school while taking advanced courses.  I love the game and I would love to continue to play it as long as I can.  I do not know exactly what I want to study, but I am interested in studying something with science,  or I would like to become an athletic trainer in the future.