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Taylor Lane Season 2018

#47
PositionInfielder
Weight205 lbs
Height6-4
ClassSenior
HometownChesapeake, Va.
Previous SchoolFlorida/NW Florida St.
Junior (2017):
  • Finished his first season as a Devil batting .262 with two doubles, a triple and two home runs in 47 games (40 starts)
  • Served as the starting third baseman in the second game of an Opening Night doubleheader, going 2-for-4 in the victory (2/17)
Junior College:
  • Maintained a .325 average with nine doubles, one triple and four home runs for Northwestern Florida State College
  • Helped lead his team to a national championship
Florida:
  • Played in 13 games for the Gators and went 3-for-12 (.250), with two RBIs, two runs and a double
  • Saw action in five SEC games and scored a run in the third game at Mississippi State
  • Chipped in with a pinch-hit single to center field in the sixth inning of the home victory over Stetson
  • Came through with a pinch-hit single during the fifth inning against No. 8 Florida State in Jacksonville
  • Had an RBI grounder that brought home Dalton Guthrie in the second win over Stony Brook
  • Roped a pinch-hit RBI double in his first career plate appearance on Valentine’s Day against Rhode Island to drive in Christian Hicks
  • Finished 1-for-3 and also scored during the nine-run, sixth-inning outburst over the Rams.
High School:
  • Chosen in the 40th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers
  • Batted .342 with 20 runs scored and 15 RBIs for the Ascenders
  • Chosen All-Tournament at the Perfect Game High School Showdown in Fort Myers, Fla., in April 2014, when he went 5-for-13 (.385)
  • Also helped his squad win the IMG National Classic against some of the top programs from Florida and Maryland
  • Named to the Atlantic All-Region First Team by Rawlings/Perfect Game prior to his senior year
  • Ranked No. 9 overall in the state of Virginia and was No. 9 nationally at third base in the Class of 2014 Final Rankings from Perfect Game
  • Member of the EvoShield Canes that captured the Perfect Game 17-U World Series in Goodyear, Ariz., and picked up All-Tournament accolades in July ’13
  • Chosen as a Third-Team Preseason Underclassmen All-American by Perfect Game prior to his junior campaign at Great Bridge (Va.) High School
  • The Wildcats reached the Group AAA state championship game in 2013 and Lane drove in the lone run for his club with a double
  • Made All-Eastern Region and collected First-Team All-Southeastern District that season
Taylor_Lane

Junior
2017

Infielder
6-4 / 205 lbs