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26 Taylor Allum

  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 209
  • Position Infield/Outfield
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Grayson, Ga.
  • High School Grayson HS

Biography

Career Honors:
2017 First Team All-Conference
2017 ASUN All-Academic
2015 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Second Team
2015 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team
2015 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American Team
 
2017
  • Mad 55 starts in 56 games played, primarily playing right field and first base in his junior season.
  • Provided one of the most powerful bats in any lineup this season, dropping a career-high 15 home runs and 40 RBI.
  • His 15 homers ranked second in the ASUN and his 46 runs batted in ranked eighth in the conference.
  • Tied KSU’s single-season D-I record of home runs (15).
  • Posted career high numbers in games played (56), starts (55), at-bats (188), runs scored (41), hits (56), HR (15), RBI (46), and slugging percentage of .590.
  • He also posted a .314 batting average in 21 ASUN games, going 22-for-70 at the plate. He scored 16 runs, tallied four doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI.
  • Fell three games shy of breaking KSU’s record (Max Pentecost, 36 games) of reaching base safely with 34 straight games.
  • Tallied 17 games with two or more hits, including 14 games with two-hit performances.
  • Ranked first on the team with 12 multi-RBI games, including a team-high nine games with two RBI in a game.
  • Kick started the year with a 2-for-3 performance in the season opener versus Western Michigan (Feb. 17), driving in four runs.
  • Went 3-for-5 with two RBUN and a home run versus Savannah State (Feb. 22).
  • Drove in four runs on a 3-for-3 performance with a home run at Middle Tennessee (March 4).
  • Tallied two RBI and a home run on a 3-for-4 day versus High Point (March 11).
  • Totaled two RBI and a double on a 2-for-2 day versus USC Upstate (April 7).
  • Went 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored, a double and tallied a home run on a 2-for-5 day at NJIT (May 12).
  • Drove home a career-high five runs with a home run on a 2-for-5 day at Stetson (May 25).
2016:
  • Played in 32 games in the outfield, making 30 starts.
  • Batted .222 (24-108).
  • Compiled three doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI.
  • Totaled 17 walks and one stolen base.
  • Recorded 47 putouts and three assists defensively.
  • Jumped his batting average to .298 (17-57) in ASUN play.
  • Compiled one double and two home runs, driving in seven runs in conference play.
  • Totaled his best stretch of the season going 2-for-4 and 3-for-6 with a pair of runs and RBI versus Lipscomb (April 23-24).
  • Recorded a hit in six of his final nine games of the season.
2015:
  • Named to the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Second Team.
  • Honored to the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team.
  • Batted .320 in 128 at-bats, ranking second on the team.
  • Ranked fourth on the team with eight doubles.
  • Totaled two home runs and 18 runs scored...
  • Knocked in 18 runs and totaled a .430 slugging percentage.
  • Batted an incredible .415 in A-Sun conference play, ranking first on the team.
  • Totaled 27 hits and 14 runs in 65 at-bats during conference action.
  • Compiled five doubles, one home run and 10 RBI in A-Sun play.
  • Totaled 62 putouts and two assists, making just four errors for a .941 fielding percentage.
  • Recorded his first collegiate hit against St. John’s (Feb. 14).
  • Went an incredible 4-for-6 with two runs and an RBI against William & Mary (March 21).
  • Went 3-for-4 with a run scored at home against Jacksonville (May 10).
  • Finished 2-for-3 at the plate against North Florida in the A-Sun Tournament (May 20).
2014:
  • Redshirt season…
HIGH SCHOOL:
  • Was a four-year starter at Grayson High School.
  • Was a Georgia Top 100 player all four years in high school.
  • As a junior, was 9-0 with a 1.57 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 49 innings, leading his team to the Class 6A state semifinals.
  • Was 4-2 with a 1.29 ERA as a sophomore.
  • Holds the Grayson High School record for wins in a career with 22 and wins in a season with nine.
  • Member of the Gwinnett Post Daily Super Six as one of the best players in Gwinnett County in 2013.
  • Was voted to Class 6A All-State First Team by Georgia Dugout Club as a senior. 
  • Named to the  Gwinnett Daily Post All-County Baseball Team as a junior and senior…
  • Voted honorable mention as a sophomore and junior to the Perfect Game Underclassmen All-American team.
  • Was named to junior Team Georgia after his junior year.
PERSONAL:
  • Son of Stuart and Jennifer Allum.
  • Has one older sister, Rebecca.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2014Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'3" 205 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2015Redshirt Freshman

    Infield/Outfield
    6'3" 205 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2016Redshirt Sophomore

    Infield/Outfield
    6'3" 205 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2017Redshirt Junior

    Infield/Outfield
    6'3" 209 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2018Redshirt Senior

    Infield/Outfield
    6'3" 209 lbs
    26