McQUILLIN Taylor

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of birth: LONG BEACH, CA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Softball MEX Mexico	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #3 MEX Mexico 0 CAN Canada 4	Finished
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #5 MEX Mexico 2 JPN Japan 3	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #8 USA United States 2 MEX Mexico 0	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #12 ITA Italy 0 MEX Mexico 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #15 MEX Mexico 4 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Bronze Medal Game #16 MEX Mexico 2 CAN Canada 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Softball	2019	Lima, PER

USA Softball International Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Softball	2019	Columbus, GA, USA

Australia Pacific Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Softball	2020	Blacktown, NSW, AUS

Occupation:

Health Studies - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Languages spoken:

Carlos Bernaldez [national]

Position style:

Pitcher (olympicsoftball.wbsc.org, 01 Sep 2019)

Bats left, throws left (olympicsoftball.wbsc.org, 01 Sep 2019)

2019 for Mexico (arizonawildcats.com, 10 Jul 2019)

As a young girl she began playing softball and a number of other sports to help with her balance, which was affected by a congenital eye movement disorder called Duane syndrome. (NCAA Softball Twitter profile, 01 Jun 2019; arizonawildcats.com, 01 Jun 2019; NCAA Softball Twitter profile, 01 Jun 2019; KGUN9 YouTube channel, 27 Jan 2016)

As a child she played football, did swimming, gymnastics and dancing, but found that she liked softball the most. "I said, 'I love it [softball], I love it' and my parents said, 'Ok, cool'. And then I told them that I wanted to pitch, and they were like, 'Oh, no, no'. And I said, 'Yeah, it's totally fine'. Then I resolved to become a pitcher, and we were just kind of soft on telling people about my eye, because I was a pitcher, so they didn't freak out or anything." (NCAA Softball Twitter profile, 01 Jun 2019; arizonawildcats.com, 01 Jun 2019; NCAA Softball Twitter profile, 01 Jun 2019; KGUN9 YouTube channel, 27 Jan 2016)

While playing for University of Arizona in 2019 she was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association [NFCA] All-American First Team. She was also named to the All-Pac-12 Conference First Team in 2018 and 2019. In 2016 she was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. (arizonawildcats.com, 01 Jun 2019)

While in high school she was named National Player of the Year in 2014. (arizonawildcats.com, 01 Jun 2019)

General Interest

General
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
She is legally blind in her left eye due to a congenital eye movement disorder called Duane syndrome, and also has partial hearing loss in her left ear. Before age five she underwent multiple surgeries to correct her vision, without success. As a result of her visual and hearing impairment, her balance was affected as a child, and she was encouraged to take up sports to improve her coordination and balance. "I have never been able to see with 100% vision in both eyes, so for me it's normal." (arizonawildcats.com, 01 Jun 2019; NCAA Softball Twitter profile, 01 Jun 2019; KGUN9 YouTube channel, 27 Jan 2016)

REPRESENTING MEXICO
She was born in Long Beach, CA, United States of America, and is eligible to play for Mexico as members of her family have Mexican origins. In August 2019 she was part of the Mexican team that secured qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I've dreamt about it [the Olympic Games] since I was a little kid. Just being able to get a chance, even if it wasn't for the United States of America, to represent the other side of my family with the Mexican national team, and being able to try to compete for an Olympic spot and go to the Olympics, that's huge for me." (arizonawildcats.com, 10 Jul 2019; azdesertswarm.com, 28 Jun 2019)

COACH
In August 2019 she joined the University of Arkansas softball programme as a graduate assistant coach. (arkansasrazorbacks.com, 12 Aug 2019)

NPF DRAFT
She was drafted by the Cleveland Comets as the sixth overall pick of the 2019 National Pro Fastpitch [NPF] Draft. (arizonawildcats.com, 01 Jun 2019)

Social Media

https://twitter.com/taybeezzyyy

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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