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21 Taylor Chitwood

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mooresville
  • Hometown Mooresville, Ind.

Biography

2016-17 (Senior): Tabbed a First-Team All-Summit League selection ... also named a Summit League All-Tournament honoree ... finished second on the team and fourth in the Summit League with a .343 batting average ... her 36 RBIs tied for seventh in the league and was third-best on the team ... had 58 hits on 169 at-bats, scoring 35 runs ... clubbed eight homeruns with 11 doubles and tied for a team-high with two triples ... finished second with 20 walks and had a team-high six hit-by-pitch, leading to a .426 on-base percentage, fifth-best in the league ... upped her batting average to .370 against Summit League teams ... also saw her on-base percentage rise to .469 ... set single season career-highs in batting average, at-bats, runs, hits, triples, walks and set a career-low with 14 strikeouts ... tied a career-high with five RBIs in a 2-for-3 game against Chattanooga (Feb. 18) ... hit a double and a homerun in that game ... set a career-high with four hits in a game against Louisville (Mar. 10) ... had multiple hits in 15 games ... recorded an RBI in 21 games ... had a season-best eight-game hitting streak from Apr. 15 - May 6 ... also had hitting streaks of six games three times ... had five hits with four RBIs and two homeruns in four games at the 2017 Summit League Tournament ... named to the Fall/Spring Academic Advisor's List after posting a 4.00 GPA.

2015-16 (Junior): Second-Team All-Summit League selection ... appeared in a career-high 55 games with 54 starts ... hit .304 with a career-high 51 hits in 168 at bats ... also set career-highs with 10 homeruns and 16 doubles ... added a team-high and career-high 46 RBIs ... contributed 26 runs, 16 walks and converted her only stolen base attempt ... improved her batting average against Summit League opponents, hitting .383 (18-for-47) ... held a .940 fielding percentage with 95 putouts and 77 assists ... held a .455 on-base percentage against Summit League teams ... had 16 multi-hit games ... had a six-game hitting streak ... went 2-for-4 with a double, homerun and three RBIs against Eastern Illinois (February 13) ... went 2-for-4 with a homerun and three RBIs against Georgetown (February 27) ... hit a combined 4-for-7 with two doubles, a homerun, two walks, four RBIs and five runs scored in two games against NC State (March 19) ... in a doubleheader against Omaha (March 25), combined to hit 4-for-6 with a double, homerun and two runs scored ... went 3-for-3 with a homerun and a season-high five RBIs against IPFW (April 16) ... went 5-for-17 (.294) across five games at the Summit League Tournament (May 11-14), collecting two doubles, two homeruns, two walks, nine RBIs and five runs ... named to the Summit League All-Tournament team ... named to the IUPUI Academic Advisor's List for the fall and spring semesters.

2014-15 (Sophomore): Summit League All-Tournament Teams selection ... started in all 51 games ... finished second on the team with 11 doubles ... went 2-2 with an RBI against IPFW (5/7) ... went 2-4 with two RBI and three runs scored against IPFW (4/4) ... had a season high three RBI against Cal Poly on March 5 ... had three straight games with two hits on April 14 and April 21 ... went 2-4 with two RBI, a triple, and a home run against Northern Kentucky on April 14 ... finished the season with nine multi-hit games.

2013-14 (Freshman): A First-Team All-Summit League selection ... named to the 2014 Summit League All-Tournament Team ... set a Summit League Tournament record for hits and RBI in a game with five hits and six RBI in a 15-8 win over eventual Tournament Champion North Dakota State (5/8) … played in 39 games, making 30 starts … split time between the designated player and first base … was second on the squad with a .365 average while hitting seven home runs and driving in 25 runs … in the program’s D-I era, Chitwood’s average ranks as the fifth-best average in a single season, while her seven home runs are tied for eighth … also boasted a .625 slugging percentage and a .419 on-base percentage ranking fourth and seventh in program history for a single season, respectively … had seven multi-hit games on the season, including a five-hit performance in the Summit League Tournament over North Dakota State … had seven multi-RBI games, including six against the Bison in the tournament … named to the IUPUI Academic Advisor's List both semesters ... named to the Winter/Spring Summit League Academic Honor Roll as a Distinguished Scholar.

2012-13 (High School): Played in 24 games for Mooresville, 17 as a pitcher… threw 117 strikeouts in 97 innings… threw 11 complete games including two shutouts against Decatur Central (4/9) and Clay City (5/10)… recorded a season-high 18 strikeouts in nine innings against Bloomington South (4/13).

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Freshman

    Utility
    5'6"
    21
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    2015Sophomore

    Utility
    5'6"
    21
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    2016Junior

    Utility
    5'6"
    21
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    2017Senior

    Utility
    5'6"
    21