Taylor Trammell Season 2024

CAREER
Awards: Received one VolleyballMag.com honorable mention All-America honor...Earned one B1G Distinguished Scholar award and two Academic All-Big Ten awards.

2023 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a B1G Distinguished Scholar award and a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Played all 120 sets while starting all 32 matches...Hit .358 with 190 kills (1.58/set) and 131 blocks (1.09/set)...Had five or more blocks in a match 14 times, including a season-high 10 in a five-set match against No. 1 Nebraska at Rec Hall (11/3)...Reached double-digit kills twice, including a season-high 16 on .800 hitting in a four-set win at No. 13 Minnesota (9/30).

vs. Georgia Tech (8/26): Finished with nine kills and seven blocks. at Minnesota (9/30): Hit .800 with a season-high 16 kills in addition to two blocks in a four-set win. Ohio State (10/7): Contributed six kills and six blocks. at Michigan State (10:28): Tallied eight blocks. Nebraska (11/3): Totaled a season-high 10 blocks. Wisconsin (11/11): Hit .571 with nine kills and four blocks in a four-set win over the second-ranked Badgers at Rec Hall. Michigan State (11/17): Hit .500 with eight kills and five blocks. Northwestern (11/18): Finished with six kills and six blocks in a sweep. vs. Yale (11/30): Hit .538 with eight kills and four blocks in the NCAA First Round win. at Kansas (12/1): Hit .471 with 10 kills and two blocks in a five-set road win in the NCAA Second Round.

2022 • JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Played in 67 sets while starting the first 19 matches of the season before suffering a season-ending injury…Hit .292 with 98 kills (1.46/set) and 76 blocks (1.13/set)…Totaled five or more blocks in a match seven times, including a season-high 11 in a five-set win over Stanford (9/9)…Her 11 blocks in the win over Stanford tied for the second most in program history in a five-set match during the 25-point rally scoring era.

UConn (8/26): Hit .471 with nine kills and four blocks in Penn State debut. West Virginia (8/27): Tallied six blocks and four kills. vs. Troy (9/2): Hit .538 with nine kills and four blocks. at LSU (9/3): Tallied eight kills on .375 hitting and added four blocks. vs. Stanford (9/9): Totaled season-high 11 blocks in a five-set win. vs. Oregon (9/10): Finished with six blocks and six kills. at Ohio State (10/7): Hit .357 with seven kills and five blocks. at Iowa (10/15): Hit .389 with nine kills and seven blocks.

2021 • SOPHOMORE SEASON (AT PURDUE)
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Played in 81 sets over 26 matches, including 18 as a starter...Hit .349 with 94 kills (1.16/set) and 108 blocks (1.33/set)...Had 11 matches with at least five blocks, including a season-high 11 in a five-set match against Illinois (11/1).

Kansas (8/29): Hit .412 with eight kills and six blocks. vs. Lipscomb (9/11): Tallied seven blocks in a three-set win. Tennessee (9/18): Hit .636 with seven kills. Illinois (10/1): Hit .467 with nine kills and 11 blocks in a five-set match. at Illinois (10/6): Tallied nine kills and seven blocks. at Ohio State (10/15): Totaled 10 blocks in a four-set match. at Nebraska (10/23): Contributed seven blocks. Dayton (12/3): Finished with five kills and seven blocks in the NCAA Round of 16.

2020-21 • FRESHMAN SEASON (AT PURDUE)
Awards: Named a VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American...Earned one Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award (2/15) and two Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards (3/8, 3/29).

Season: Played every set while starting all 23 matches...Led the Big Ten and finished second in the nation with 137 total blocks...Set Purdue's single-season record with 1.63 blocks/set, which ranked fourth in the nation...Hit .365 on the season, which ranked as the seventh best in Purdue history...Totaled 129 block assists, which tied for the sixth most in Purdue history.

at Wisconsin (1/22): Made collegiate debut. Iowa (1/29): Hit .625 with six kills and eight blocks in a three-set win. at Michigan (2/13): Totaled nine blocks and six kills in a four-set win. at Michigan (2/14): Tallied seven blocks and five kills. Northwestern (2/20): Hit .778 with seven kills and three blocks. Indiana (2/28): Finished with seven blocks and four kills in a three-set win. at Penn State (3/5): Finished with eight blocks and five kills in a four-set win. at Rutgers (3/19): Totaled 12 blocks in a four-set win. at Rutgers (3/20): Tallied seven blocks in a three-set win. at Ohio State (3/26): Finished with nine blocks and eight kills in a four-set win. at Ohio State (3/27): Hit .474 with 10 kills and seven blocks. Illinois (4/2): Hit .471 with 10 kills and eight blocks in a three-set win. Illinois (4/3): Contributed 10 kills and nine blocks. vs. High Point (4/15): Made NCAA Tournament debut and tallied seven blocks and six kills. vs. Oregon (4/18): Had eight blocks in a win in the NCAA Round of 32. 

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Was a two-time member of the JVA All-National Team...Earned two first-team KVCA all-state honors and two first-team all-city awards...Was a three-time KHSA Academic All-State honoree...Played five years of varsity volleyball at Henry Clay...Finished with 701 kills and 316 blocks, including 301 kills and 129 blocks as a junior...Was a member of the 2016 USA Volleyball High Performance Team...Was recognized as a Prep Volleyball Senior Ace...Played two seasons at Purdue before transferring to Penn State.

PERSONAL
Parents are Kimberly Trammell and Aaron Trammell...Has one younger brother, Joshua...Majoring in criminology.