2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster
Taylor, Margo
Margo Taylor
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
Bio
AT TEXAS A&M
2016-17 (SOPHOMORE)
Redshirted and did not compete.
AT TENNESSEE
2015-16 (FRESHMAN)
Finished 1-4 overall in singles and 7-10 in doubles, pairing with senior Tiffany Tavares in all but one match...Played all nine dual matches with Tavares and went 5-4 with all but one match played at the No. 3 line…Had a career-high four-match winning streak during SEC doubles play…Clinched the doubles point over No. 11 Auburn, defeating the team of Alannah Griffin and Caroline Turner, 7-6 (4) to win her first career dual match…Selected as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Organization for business.
2015 FALL RESULTS: Won her first collegiate singles match during the Tennessee Fall Invitational by defeating Kasey Gardiner from Wake Forest 6-0, 6-2…Was 1-3 in singles and 2-6 in fall doubles matches.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Won four team state championships and three individual state championships (mixed doubles, 2012, 2013; girls mixed doubles, 2014) during her four-year career at Highland Park High School…Set the record for most titles won in UIL Texas with seven.
PERSONAL: Margaret Ann Taylor is the daughter of Andrew and Mindy Taylor…Her father played tennis at Rice and was the Southwest Conference doubles champion in 1986…Has three siblings, Andrew, Jr. (22), Meg (17), and Preston (13)…Began playing tennis when she was 7 years old…Is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority…Majoring in communication…Career ambition is to be a sports agent or work in sports marketing after her tennis career…Born November 30, 1996, in Dallas, Texas.
TAYLOR UP CLOSE:
Favorites:
Favorite professional sports team (any sport): Dallas Cowboys
Favorite type of music: Country
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite TV show: Grey’s Anatomy
Favorite part about the sport of tennis: Playing and winning as a team
Favorite vacation spot: Positano, Italy
Miscellaneous Questions
My nickname is: Margo
The person I would most like to meet: Bradley Cooper
The most famous athletes I have met: Peyton Manning and Dez Bryant
The most famous non-athlete I have met: Luke Bryan
Something I've always wanted to do but haven't: Skydive
After I graduate, I plan to: Work in the sports field as either and agent or marketer
My dream job is: to be a sports agent
2016-17 (SOPHOMORE)
Redshirted and did not compete.
AT TENNESSEE
2015-16 (FRESHMAN)
Finished 1-4 overall in singles and 7-10 in doubles, pairing with senior Tiffany Tavares in all but one match...Played all nine dual matches with Tavares and went 5-4 with all but one match played at the No. 3 line…Had a career-high four-match winning streak during SEC doubles play…Clinched the doubles point over No. 11 Auburn, defeating the team of Alannah Griffin and Caroline Turner, 7-6 (4) to win her first career dual match…Selected as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Organization for business.
2015 FALL RESULTS: Won her first collegiate singles match during the Tennessee Fall Invitational by defeating Kasey Gardiner from Wake Forest 6-0, 6-2…Was 1-3 in singles and 2-6 in fall doubles matches.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Won four team state championships and three individual state championships (mixed doubles, 2012, 2013; girls mixed doubles, 2014) during her four-year career at Highland Park High School…Set the record for most titles won in UIL Texas with seven.
PERSONAL: Margaret Ann Taylor is the daughter of Andrew and Mindy Taylor…Her father played tennis at Rice and was the Southwest Conference doubles champion in 1986…Has three siblings, Andrew, Jr. (22), Meg (17), and Preston (13)…Began playing tennis when she was 7 years old…Is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority…Majoring in communication…Career ambition is to be a sports agent or work in sports marketing after her tennis career…Born November 30, 1996, in Dallas, Texas.
TAYLOR UP CLOSE:
Favorites:
Favorite professional sports team (any sport): Dallas Cowboys
Favorite type of music: Country
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite TV show: Grey’s Anatomy
Favorite part about the sport of tennis: Playing and winning as a team
Favorite vacation spot: Positano, Italy
Miscellaneous Questions
My nickname is: Margo
The person I would most like to meet: Bradley Cooper
The most famous athletes I have met: Peyton Manning and Dez Bryant
The most famous non-athlete I have met: Luke Bryan
Something I've always wanted to do but haven't: Skydive
After I graduate, I plan to: Work in the sports field as either and agent or marketer
My dream job is: to be a sports agent
Georgia Postgame: Mark Weaver, Mary Stoiana, Mia Kupres
Sunday, May 18
Michigan Postgame: Mark Weaver, Nicole Khirin, Lexington Reed
Saturday, May 17
NCAA Team Championship Preview: Daria Smetannikov
Monday, May 12
NCAA Team Championship Preview: Mia Kupres
Monday, May 12
