Willa Taylor

Photo by: Jimmy Mitchell

Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
North Vancouver, British Columbia

Academic Honors - Memphis Tiger 4.0 Club 2015.

2015 (Freshman) - Appeared in 14 games as a defender and midfielder for the Memphis Tigers and made seven starts as a true freshman … Logged 880 minutes in debut season … Made first career appearance, as a starter, and played all 90 minutes in the 1-0 shutout of UT Martin … In the match against the Skyhawks, partnered with fellow freshman Olivia Guathier in the center of the defense … Taylor helped contribute to four shutouts during the season … Played every minute of the Tigers matches against UTM, Western Kentucky, Ole Miss and East Carolina.

Prior to Memphis - Member of the Canadian Provincial team from U-13 through U-16 … Played as a midfielder with the Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite Team under the direction of coach Jesse Symons since 2013 … She was selected to play for the prestigious club based on her play with her old club team Mountain United FC .

Personal - Daughter of Gillian and Eric Taylor … Enjoys spending her free time with friends, kicking a ball around with her father or watching Arsenal … Plans to study biology/health sciences while at Memphis.