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Jersey Number 3
Kyra Taylor
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School/Previous School:
- Longview HS / Louisiana Tech
- Hometown:
- Longview, Texas
Awards / Honors
2025ย College Sports Communicators Academic All-District2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and Academic Medal
2023 C-USA Freshman of the Year
2023 First Team All-Conference USA
2023 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
2023 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Freshmen
2023 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and Academic Medal
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2025 (Junior)
One of four Bulldogs to start all 20 matches โฆ scored her first goal as a Bulldog against her former team, Louisiana Tech (9/4), while firing three shots โฆ scored and created an own goal at South Alabama (9/7) โฆ picked up the first assist of her MSU career at Texas (9/18) โฆ scored her third goal of the year at Missouri (9/26)ย โฆ took a career-high four shots at No. 7 Arkansas (10/5)ย โฆ scored her fourth goal of the year against No. 21 Vanderbilt (10/16) โฆ played a then-MSU-career-high 87 minutes in the win at Alabama (10/19)ย โฆย played the full 90 minutes in the SEC Tournament vs. Oklahoma (11/2) and took four shots.ย
2024 (Sophomore โ at Louisiana Tech)
One of two players to start all 17 matches โฆ totaled 1,303 minutes, third-most on the team โฆ played 70-plus minutes in 15 of the 17 matches โฆ led the team in shots (29) and shots on goal (16) โฆ played the full 90 minutes in home opener against South Alabama (8/22) โฆ registered her fourth career multi-goal game, including scoring the game winner, against Jackson State (8/29) โฆ took a season-high four shots against FIU (10/9) โฆ put a season-high three shots on goal against New Mexico State (10/27), netting the team's only goal.ย
2023 (Freshman โ at Louisiana Tech)
Named C-USA Freshman of the Year after earning First Team All-Conference USA and C-USA All-Freshman Team recognition โฆ tabbed a Top 100 Freshman by TopDrawerSoccer โฆ appeared in all 20 matches, starting eight โฆ scored a team-leading nine goals, which tied the Louisiana Tech freshman record โฆ recorded a freshman-record three multi-goal games โฆ made her collegiate debut in season opener at Colorado College (8/17), playing 38 minutes โฆ posted first career goal and multi-goal game against Nicholls (9/7) โฆ Added two more goals on three shots in the following match at Ole Miss (9/10) โฆ scored against Jacksonville State (9/21) and at Sam Houston State (10/1) โฆ recorded her third multi-goal match against Middle Tennessee (10/15), which marked the most multi-goal games by a freshman in program history โฆ also scored the game winner against the Blue Raiders (10/15) while playing the full 90 minutes for the first time in her career.ย
High School / Club
Attended Longview High School where she lettered in volleyball, basketball and track and field โฆ played club soccer for Dallas Texans โฆ club was two-time runner-up at the Dallas International Cup in 2019 and 2022 โฆ won the Dallas International Cup championship in 2021 and twice qualified for the ECNL Champions League โฆ took first place at the Disney Showcase Championships in 2020 ... two-time USCS regional and national champion โฆ was all-district in basketball and qualified for regional and state competition in the 4x100m, 4x200m and 4x400m relays.ย
Community Service/Academics
Earned CSC Academic All-District honors in 2024 โฆ twice named to the C-USA Commissionerโs Honor Roll and earned the C-USA Commissionerโs Academic Medal.ย
Personal
Born Kyraย Taylor on May 4 in Longview, Texas โฆ daughter of Shun and Robyn Taylor โฆ has two sisters, Tiana and Shuniya โฆ majoring in biological sciences with a concentration in pre-medicine.Friday, September 18
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