2020 (Senior Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters … Competed in all 21 sets and six matches, making six starts … Averaged 1.57 kills, 1.48 digs and 0.29 blocks per set … Finished the year with 33 kills, 31 digs, six blocks, five assists and two service aces … Posted a season-best nine kills with three blocks at North Carolina A&T on Feb. 11 … Added a career-high 14 digs with three kills and two aces versus Delaware State on Feb. 4 … Knocked down seven kills while hitting .316 with two blocks in a 3-2 win over George Mason on Jan. 24 … Added five kills and eight digs in the next match versus VCU on Jan. 29.
2019 (Junior Year): Played in 10 matches and made six starts before missing the rest of the season due to injury … Saw time in 33 sets … Earned a place on the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Averaged 1.39 kills per set while hitting .137 … Totaled 46 kills on the year with 17 digs and 14 blocks … Hit .545 with a season-high 12 kills on 22 swings, four digs and three blocks against USC Upstate on Sept. 13 … Had a season-high six digs with four kills in the season opener at Hampton on Aug. 30 … Hit .312 and had six kills and three blocks at Florida A&M on Sept. 27 … Added five kills on nine swings with two blocks against Rider on Sept. 7 … Also had five kills in a match at East Carolina on Sept. 14.
2018 (Sophomore Year): Competed in all 21 matches and made 20 starts … Played in 68 of the team’s 70 total sets … Named to the Charm City Classic All-Tournament Team … Earned a spot on the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Averaged 1.65 kills per set and was tops on the team with 2.01 digs per set … Totaled 137 digs, 112 kills, 18 service aces, 16 blocks and 11 assists on the season … Had six matches with at least 10 digs and three with at least 10 kills … Posted her first of two double-doubles on the year with 11 kills, 10 digs, two assists and two blocks at Coppin State on Oct. 26 … Also had a season-high 11 kills and hit .375 with five digs in a win over South Carolina State on Sept. 22 as part of the Charm City Classic … Had a double-double of 10 kills with a season-high 11 digs in a win over Delaware State on Nov. 4 … Also had 11 digs in four other matches during the season … Had 11 in three straight matches against Morgan State on Sept. 30, at Maryland Eastern Shore on Oct. 5 and at Delaware State on Oct. 7 with six kills in that win … Tallied eight kills while hitting .353 with a career-high four service aces against Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 2 … Against Hampton on Sept. 5, totaled eight digs, four kills and two blocks, and then added seven digs and six kills against the Pirates on Oct. 30 on the road … Also had 11 digs in a win at Morgan State on Oct. 28 with four kills, two aces and two blocks.
2017 (Freshman Year): Competed in 24 matches and made 19 starts … Led the team with 2.47 kills per set … Hit .163 with 210 kills, 49 digs, 26 blocks, three service aces and one assist in 85 sets played … Named the MEAC Co-Rookie of the Week on Oct. 30 as well as MEAC Rookie of the Week on Sept. 18 … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the spring … Set the school record with 28 kills at Coppin State on Oct. 27, the most by any MEAC player all season … Hit career-best .460 with a season-high five digs and a career-high four blocks as well … Topped the previous school best of 26 kills set by Amanda Johnson on Oct. 17, 2003 against Howard … Was one of eight matches with 10 or more kills on the season … Tallied 17 kills with two digs and two blocks at Delaware State on Oct. 8 … Finished with 15 kills and four digs against South Carolina State on Sept. 23 … Also had 15 and four against Delaware State on Oct. 22 … Added 12 kills with five digs and two blocks against Bucknell on Sept. 16 … Had nine kills in the match before at Saint Francis (Pa.) the same day and nine kills the match after, a win over Savannah State on Sept. 22 … Also had five digs at Morgan State on Oct. 29 … Hit a pair of service aces at Howard on Oct. 15 … Began the year with three straight matches of 10 or more kills … Contributed 10 in her collegiate debut against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sept. 1 … The next day, totaled 13 kills in a win at Lafayette and 11 kills against Central Connecticut State … Finished with eight kills in another win against North Carolina Central on Sept. 8.
High School: Competed on the volleyball team all four years … Earned first-team 5A All-North Region and second-team Virginia High School League (VHSL) All-State accolades as a senior in 2016 … Voted the Conference 16 Player of the Year … Led Patrick Henry to the Conference 16 title and a regional semifinals berth … Had 42 kills in the conference title match victory over Albemarle High School … Accumulated 2,000 kills in her career … Named to the Virginia High School Coaches Association (VHSCA) All-Star Team as a senior … Three-time first-team all-conference honoree, including first-team All-Conference 3 her sophomore year and first-team All-Conference 16 her junior and senior seasons … Team MVP her freshman year in 2013 … Named second-team all-conference that season … Also played softball and basketball all four years of high school … Earned first-team 5A All-North Region and first-team 5A VHSL All-State honors as an outfielder in softball her junior year in 2016 … Earned first-team 5A All-North Region honors in basketball her junior year in 2016 … Also tabbed first-team All-Conference 16 in both softball and basketball that year … Team MVP for both sports as a junior … Garnered second-team All-Conference 3 honors in basketball her sophomore year in 2015.
Club: Competed for Star City Volleyball for three years as a freshman, sophomore and junior … Competed for the River Valley Juniors team her senior year … Led River Valley to the Gold level championship of the Monument City Classic in Richmond.
Personal: Full name is Taylor Leeanna Eichelberger … Born on March 13, 1999 … Daughter of Nancy and Troy Eichelberger … Has two brothers, Anthony Eichelberger and Tuan Reynolds … Dad Troy played football at West Virginia State … Brother Tuan played football at Marshall … Majoring in chemistry pre-med … Wants to become a physician’s assistant … Member of the Chemistry Club … Enjoys sleeping, eating and hanging out with friends.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
28, at Coppin State (10-27-17) |
| Total Attacks |
50, at Coppin State (10-27-17) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.556 (5-0-9), vs. Rider (9-7-19) |
| Assists |
2 (4x), last: at North Carolina A&T (2-12-21) |
| Service Aces |
4, vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (11-2-18) |
| Digs |
14, vs. Delaware State (2-4-21) |
| Block Assists |
4, at Coppin State (10-27-17) |
| Total Blocks |
4, at Coppin State (10-27-17) |
| Points |
30.0, at Coppin State (10-27-17) |
