Taylor Spears

Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Brea Olinda HS
Hometown:
Brea, CA

Head Coach Faith Mimnaugh on Taylor Spears:
Taylor is the 15^th ranked player in California (194 nationally ranked player in the country according to Blue Star Scouting). She is an exciting slashing guard that will be an impact player. She is strong and smart and has spent her high school career at two nationally ranked high school programs: Brea Olinda and Mater Dei. Last season, Brea Olinda was ranked 4^th nationally with a 31-2 record. In a word, she is a winner. We expect great things from Taylor as soon as she steps on campus. Taylor will excel in the classroom and on the court. She is following in the footsteps of her father, Rafael Spears who played football for Cal Poly and majored in engineering.”

2012-13: Freshman
Played in 17 games as a true freshman all off the bench… Saw first action as a Mustang on Nov. 9 against Oklahoma State …. Scored her first points as a Mustang on Jan. 26 at Cal State Northridge… Played 56 minutes and scored 18 total points… Made six of 14 shots from the floor (.429) and was 0 of 1 from long range… Made six of eight shots from the line (.750) and grabbed 14 total rebounds, five on the offensive end… Played a season-high 12 minutes at UC Riverside and scored six points and grabbed four rebounds… Four of her six points came at the line… Nabbed three steals against UC Davis on Feb. 9… Made two of three field goals against UC Irvine on March 7…. For the season she averaged 1.1 points and 0.8 rebounds… Missed the month of December due to injury…

High School:
As a senior Brea Olinda posted a 26-7 overall record and a 11-1 mark in league games… Ended the season ranked ninth in the state and 25^th nationally… As a senior she averaged 11.3 points per game… As a junior Spears led the Brea Olinda Wildcats to a 31-2 overall record last year and posed a 12-0 mark in league play when she averaged 8.5 points per game and the team finished ranked second in California and fourth in the nation… She was listed as a three star recruit and is ranked 59^th by ESPN Hoopgurlz.

Comments on Spears by ESPN: Nike Nationals-July 10: Tough physical player with nice range on her jumper. She has a quick release and understands how to create space to get her shot off.

Nike Skills-May '10:
Guard with lots of tools and potential….. She's still a strong and attacking guard who has a lot of dominant moments on the floor. Her ability to score in traffic is solid …. Defensively, when she puts her mind to it, she can dig in and get a stop on almost any match up…..

Personal:
Born Feb. 17, 1994 in Oregon… Daughter of Rafael and Lori Spears.. One sister, Paige…. Majors in biomedical engineering at Cal Poly…