** Taylor **

Taylor has started her 2009-2010 volleyball career with a bang this year. It started with the last few weeks of summer. Not only was she a "Diamond Girl" representative for the 2009 Babe Ruth World Series in Longview, she was also participating in the Mark Morris volleyball conditioning clinics, open gym volleyball and then the final count down to tryouts. Through all of that she maintained a very positive attitude and was really fairly calm about the whole event. Consequently Taylor made the varsity team and is one of only two sophomores on the team. We continue to collect newspaper clippings of her game time recognitions - and look forward to the potential of following the girls to the state tournament again. Personally, Taylor is still working to build her confidence as a volleyball player and has made some big improvements just in her playing style from this year to last. Although a little leary at first, she has became quite an effective middle blocker, and you should have seen the smile on her dads face when she commented that "man, my timing is really off and I need to work harder at that". Troy has been telling her that for 3 years! (I warned him that girls do things when they are ready ... but until then forget it!) We continue to enjoy all of the girls on the team and look forward to our many more adventures together. Taylors schedule is available online via the Mark Morris web site, but I would be happy to email it to any interested fans!