Taylor Minnick

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - March 12, 2025 - outfielder Taylor Minnick #3 of the Indiana Hoosiers during game between the Southern Indiana Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Andy Mohr Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - March 03, 2024 - outfielder Taylor Minnick #3 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Valparaiso Beacons and the Indiana Hoosiers at Andy Mohr Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - April 02, 2023 - infield\utility player Sarah Stone #14 and outfielder Taylor Minnick #3 and outfielder Kinsey Mitchell #24 and pitcher\infield Heather Johnson #17 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Andy Mohr Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

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Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bloomington, Ind.
Position:
OF

JUNIOR (2024)
• NFCA All-Region First Team
• All-Big Ten Second Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• D1Softball Preseason Player Rankings #79
• Softball America Preseason Player Rankings #53
Started and played all 60 games in the outfield for the Hoosiers … hit for a .357 batting average from the plate … charted 66 hits, 13 doubles, one triple and 10 home runs, 54 RBI and scored 32 runs … went 10-for-16 (.625) at the plate with eight RBI in NFCA Leadoff Classic … had five RBI in 12-6 win over Marshall in the Hillenbrand Classic (Feb. 25) … launched a two-run home run at No. 10 Florida (March 16) … hit walk-off home run and had two home runs on the day to defeat Minnesota, 5-4, (April 14) and complete the series sweep of the Gophers … went 4-for-5 from the plate with two home runs and RBI and eight walks in the series sweep at Iowa (April 19-21) … had a 2-for-4 day with a double and RBI in opening game of NCAA Tournament against No. 2 Seed Washington (May 17) … ranked No. 3 in RBI (54), No. 4 in walks (33), No. 6 in hits (66) and No. 7 in OBP (.459) in the Big Ten.

SOPHOMORE (2023)
• NFCA Third Team All-American
• NFCA All-Region First Team
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• All-Big Ten First Team
• Big Ten Player of the Week (Apr. 3)
Started in 58 games for the Hoosiers … reached base in 36 consecutive games this season with 17 multi-RBI game streak … recorded 20 multi-hit games on the season … held a .500 batting avg. with four runs, seven hits, three walks, two home runs and 11 RBI along with a .929 slugging percentage at the UNCG Tournament … went 3-for-3 against Lipscomb (3/10) with one double, one home run for three RBI … hit .500 on the week as the Hoosiers defeated Butler and swept Purdue and Ohio State as they made program history with 21 straight wins and totaled eight hits, two doubles, two home runs, six runs, eight free passes and seven RBI on the weekend … finished with a team high .750 against Ohio State with a 1.750 slugging percentage and a 2.555 OPS with two home runs with four RBI on six hits and five runs scored … went yard twice for four RBI in the series against Minnesota … held a team high .750 batting average earning three hits including one double, triple and home run with six walks, reaching base in nine out of 10 of her at bats against Michigan State … recorded two hits with one home run and one run scored in the Hoosier’s win over Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals … ranked in the top four in six Big Ten offensive categories: batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, OPS, RBI and walks.

FRESHMAN (2022)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team
Played in 45 games and started in 31 games for the Hoosiers in the 2022 season … named to Second Team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman Team … hit .303 for the season with 18 runs scored, 30 hits, eight doubles, five home runs, 24 RBI and six stolen bases … .535 slugging percentage and .415 on base percentage … named Big Ten Freshman of the Week following series against Rutgers where she hit .667 for the weekend with four hits, five runs scored, a home run and was walked five times … in win over Ohio State (3/25) went 3-for-3 with a home run …seven multi-hit games on the season and five multi-RBI games … had a season long hitting streak of seven games.

PREP/PERSONAL
In her senior season broke own school records with a .596 batting average and 53 hits, including 12 home runs ... set a new record with 59 runs batted in and finished as the Mustangs' all-time leader in batting average (.536), RBIs (129) and doubles (35) ... junior year single season school records at Edgewood in batting average (.538), hits (51) and doubles (15) from her 2018 season … led her team to a 2018 sectional championship and was named All-Conference, HT All-Area and team MVP … in travel ball with the Beverly Bandits, Minnick led her team to a PGF 16U Premier Championship in 2019 … named to the PGF All-American Team ... ranked 50th nationally in the 2021 class by Extra Innings Softball … the daughter of Angela and Todd Minnick, she has one brother, Zach … her grandfather is an alumnus of IU … Minnick plans to major in Kinesiology at Indiana.