As a senior: Continued as a force in the Bulldogs' lineup, appearing in 48 games in which she led Bryant with 29 hits, six doubles and one triple in a team-high 115 at bats ... Posted a .252 average, .301 on base percentage and .348 slugging percentage ... Totaled 12 runs, a single home run against LIU Brooklyn and six RBI.
As a junior: Topped the team with three home runs in her 47-game appearance this season, drilling two out of the park in Bryant's 5-1 win over LIU Brooklyn ... Recorded a team-high 14 RBI and one triple ... Totaled 9 runs off 30 hits, including seven doubles, two of which came in the NEC championships as she went 2-for-2 with one RBI against No. 1 LIU Brooklyn ... Batted .250 while recording a .292 on base percentage and a .400 slugging percentage ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a sophomore: Put together a breakout sophomore campaign for the Bulldogs in 2015 to earn the Northeast Conference Most Improved Player Award … Led her team with a .350 average (fourth in NEC) to go along with 35 hits, seven doubles, two triples, 23 runs scored, and 30 RBI … Her career-high 11 homeruns ranked second in the league while her .790 slugging percentage was tops in the NEC … Hit .373 during the month of April, finishing the year hitting .529 with six homers, 11 RBI and seven runs scored in the final six games of the season … Recorded 12 multi-hit games, including two games with three hits … Drove in four plus runs on three occasions … Went 2-for-3 with a grand slam and a two-run triple at Wagner on April 4 … Hit a homerun in each of the final six games of the season … Lone Bulldog to earn All-NEC First Team honors (OF) … Named NEC Player of the Week on April 27.
As a freshman: Made 32 appearances, earning 22 starts at designated player for the Black and Gold in 2014 … Finished the year with a .197 average with 13 hits, nine runs scored, three doubles, a homerun, nine RBI and five walks … Got off to a strong start blasting a two-run pinch hit double vs. Nebraska-Omaha on Feb. 22 and a two-run homerun vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Feb. 23 … Recorded the first multi-hit game of her career on April 19 at Saint Francis U., going 2-for-3 with a run scored ... Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bryant: A four-year starting outfielder at Haddam Killingworth High School in Haddam, Conn. … Helped lead her team to a 20-6 overall mark and a Shoreline Conference Title as a senior in 2013 … Earned First Team All-SLC honors for three-straight years (2011-2013) … Named to the Connecticut All-State Academic team as a senior … Earned New Haven Register All-Area Team honors as a junior and senior … Also a four year letterwinner in field hockey … Off the field, named a three-time Shoreline Conference Scholar Athlete, was a member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society, as well as Student Council Vice President.
Personal: Daughter of Douglas and Nicole Burger, Taylor Burger was born on June 22, 1995 … She has one brother, Nickolaus, and one sister, Kolby.
Career Highs
Hits: 3, 4x, rec. at East Carolina (Feb. 17, 2017)
Runs scored: 2, 10x, rec. at LIU Brooklyn (April 30, 2017)
RBI: 6, at Wagner (April 4, 2015)
Home runs: 2, 2x, rec. LIU Brooklyn (April 10, 2016)
Stolen bases: 2, at Robert Morris (April 18, 2014)
Walks: 1, 21x, rec. at Mount St. Mary's (April 29, 2017)
