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	#18 - Jessica Taylor
	Class: Senior Height/Weight: 5-7     Hometown: Baltimore, Md. Position: P     High School: Mt. de Sales   Bats: R

2006: Made 15 appearances, including four starts, and posted a 1-2 record and a 3.84 ERA in 27.1 innings… Struck out 21 batters while walking 17… Gave up 16 runs, 15 earned, and allowed 32 hits… Went 1-for-2 at the plate, getting a hit and scoring a run against Maryland-Eastern Shore in the UMBC Dawg Pound Tournament… Picked up her only RBI of the season with a bases-loaded walk against Georgetown… Posted her only win of the season with 1.2 scoreless innings against Niagara at the Delaware State Bash at the Beach… Struck out six batters in four innings against Howard at the Dawg Pound Tournament.

2005: Made 22 appearances, including 12 starts, posting a 5-8 record and a 2.92 ERA in 91.0 innings… Held opponents to a .268 batting average, ninth-best in the America East… Pitched four complete games, including one shutout… Gave up 58 runs, 38 earned, and allowed 94 hits… Struck out 65 batters while walking 39… Did not get a hit in four at-bats, but scored one run as a pinch-runner… Was named to the UMBC Dawg Pound Invitational all-tournament team after blanking Sacred Heart.

2004: Made 11 appearances as a pitcher and batted in seven games as a walk-on… Developed into a very reliable reliever and a late-inning closer… Allowed 24 hits in 22.1 innings of work, finishing the season with a 3.13 ERA… Struck out 18 batters while only walking eight… Held opponents to a .270 batting average... Was impressive in her lone start, despite losing to Vermont, giving up only two runs in 6.1 innings.

Background: Received first-team all-county and second-team all-Met as a senior... That year, she was also chosen as MVP and honored with the William Held Athletic Leadership Award... Was a first-team all-Metro and first-team all-county selection as a junior... In 2001, she was selected as Baltimore Sun Pitcher of the Week and was chosen team MVP at the end of the season... Posted a 1.20 ERA as a freshman and was profiled by Fox 45...  Once pitched a shutout to snap Spalding’s 32-game win streak... Enjoys art, playing soccer and horseback riding… Born Sept. 11, 1985... Daughter of George and Nadine Taylor... Has two siblings, Jason and Jordan… Majoring in psychology.