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2008 Men's Soccer Roster

1 Joey Taylor

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Spring, Texas
  • Highschool Klein

Biography

2007

Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... garnered a start in all 20 games and played all but 20:10 throughout the season ... equaled the school-record six shutouts set by Mark Buskirk in 1979 ... became the school’s Division I era record holder with nine career shutouts ... enters his final campaign four shy of tying Will King (1990-93) for the overall school mark ... selected as the Nov. 6 Southern Conference Player of the Week after leading the Terriers to the South Carolina/Tennessee Challenge title ... became just the second player in school history to receive the weekly nod from the league ... named all-tournament following the South Carolina/Tennessee Challenge ... opened the campaign with three-straight blankings, including a double-overtime scoreless affair at Georgia State (Sept. 7) ... nearly posted another shutout at South Carolina (Sept. 11), keeping the Gamecocks off the scoreboard for the first 85:45 ... collected back-to-back shutouts against UNC Asheville (Oct. 15) and VMI (Oct. 17) ... gathered a season-high seven saves in three matches, at UCF (Sept. 23) in the UCF Fall Classic, at Appalachian State (Oct. 3) and against Belmont (Nov. 4) ... posted at least two saves in every match ... became the first goalkeeper in school history to register a point offensively ... credited with an assist on the team’s only score against Robert Morris (Sept. 16) in the Wofford/adidas Invitational ... later added two goals on a pair of penalty kick attempts ... scored on a PK against VMI (Oct. 17) ... his second PK score came against Belmont to clinch the South Carolina/Tennessee Challenge title for the Terriers ... the goal was the only tally of the game and was the game winner.

2006

Started the first three matches, including against No. 24 South Carolina (Aug. 28), and at High Point (Sept. 8) before being sidelined with a season-ending injury ... collected a season-best five saves in registering a shutout victory in the season opener against Longwood (Aug. 25) ... played the full 90 minutes against South Carolina ... also saw full time in the cage at High Point in garnering his second win before being hurt.

2005

Tabbed to the 2005-06 Southern Conference Honor Roll ... was the only goalkeeper to see action, starting all 19 games ... set then-career highs with 1770:00 minutes played, a 1.83 GAA, 122 saves and five victories ... posted a pair of shutouts, in the home opener versus Lipscomb (Sept. 9) and versus High Point (Oct. 22) ... played in three double overtime affairs, all resulting in ties, at Longwood (Sept. 1), against Cornell (Sept. 23) and in the home finale versus Jacksonville (Nov. 1) ... grabbed a career-high 12 saves against UNC Greensboro (Oct. 29) and then added 11 in the next contest versus Jacksonville for his first two double-digit save matches.

2004

Split time in the cage with Russ Sandifer ... earned three starts, including the season opener at High Point (Sept. 1) ... also started in the league match at Elon (Oct. 10) ... played the entire contest in his other start, the home opener versus Gardner-Webb (Sept. 6) ... collected a season-high nine saves at UNC Greensboro (Oct. 19) ... garnered the win against Longwood (Oct. 26) ... played 122:06 of a possible 180:00 in the two contests of the inaugural Wofford/adidas Invitational against Liberty (Sept. 24) and Princeton (Sept. 26).

High School/ODP

Selected to the all-district team and was the team’s defensive MVP for three years ... named to the Texas All-Star Team as a senior ... served as team captain during his senior campaign ... member of the South Texas ODP squad.

Personal

Born August 6, 1986, in Houston, Texas ... son of John and Janie Taylor ... majoring in finance.

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Historical Player Information

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    2007Junior

    Goalkeeper
    6'1" 170 lbs
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    2007Senior

    Goalkeeper
    6'1" 170 lbs
    1
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    2008Senior

    Goalkeeper
    6'1" 170 lbs
    1