Taylor Moore '20 Recruiting Profile

Hello, my name is Taylor Moore, starting my sophomore year this school year. I was only recently informed about the college recruiting process, but playing volleyball in college has been a dream, and now long-term goal of mine. Any college level (D1, D2, D3, NAIA) would be suitable, as long as they have my preferred major. On any volleyball team, while I consider myself a leader, the traits I exhibit are not ones that many consider as a typical leader. I tend to lead more by example (listening to my coach, always doing what he says, correcting a mistake immediately, getting good grades, not causing trouble, etc.) or by giving a teammate advice or some encouraging words to help them with their own game. Throughout playing volleyball on various teams, I’ve played libero, setter, and even a little bit of outside hitter. In my first two years of middle school, we won both years becoming district champions. Considering we had a few club players, and athletes who picked up the game easily, we had no trouble in winning and it overall made me a better player. My freshman year of high school was a huge transition, both school wise and team wise. I had enrolled in the Cambridge Programme at Pasco High School, which, in short, is a college prep program that ends up giving you up to 45 hours in college credit if you complete the diploma. It’s a rigorous curriculum with a requirement of 7 AICE classes. With that in mind, transitioning to that program from the gifted program in middle school was already a lot to take in. Since I had come during the summer for volleyball, the coach had an idea of what I could do. After tryouts, I had made the Varsity team as starting libero as a freshman. Although our record doesn’t show how well we work as a team, it did show that there was a difference in play from the year before, when the team didn’t win any games. Throughout that year, I was libero, but my sophomore year, my coach is moving me to starting setter, since our best setter graduated last year. We had troubles with rotation and getting used to new positions, so it was a learning experience for everyone. Being a setter has not only made me a better player all around, but as well as my skills as a libero, since they may sometimes need to take the second ball for the setter. This year we’ve gone 6-7, which is much better compared to last year. I was also a captain this year that could lead the team and help them even when they were down. The past club season I played as a libero on an open team and we won many games and even a few tournaments.

Some other extracurricular activities I’m in or plan to be in are Varsity weightlifting, tennis, FBLA and NHS. I am currently taking 4 Pre-AICE classes and two AICE classes, which are US History and Thinking Skills. I plan to take dual enrollment Junior year and Senior year. I plan on majoring in Accounting through either a 3-2 or 4-1 program to get my Master’s degree in five years and then straight out of college take my CPA so I won’t have to wait after I get an internship or a small job at a local accounting firm. I look forward to my college years, for it would help with my organization and time management skills. With my leadership skills and drive to play volleyball, I firmly believe my playing abilities will have a contribution to your college team.