Skip To Main Content

Kennesaw State University Athletics

Events and Results

Scoreboard

2017 Softball Roster

Kyle Hess
Mike Beaverson
Ron Hughes
David Williamson

44 Taylor Denton

  • Position Infielder/Outfielder
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Grayson HS
  • Hometown Grayson, Ga.

Biography

Career Honors:
2016 ASUN Conference Second Team All-Conference
2016 ASUN Conference All-Academic Team
2016 ASUN Conference All-Tournament Team
2016 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2016 National Strength Coaches Association All-American
2016 Kennesaw State Female Iron Owl Award
2015 Second Team All-Atlantic Sun Conference

2015 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team
2015 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2014 Second Team All-Atlantic Sun Conference
2014 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team

2016:
National Strength Coaches Association All-American . . . Named ASUN Conference Second Team All-Conference . . . Selected to the ASUN Conference All-Academic Team and to the ASUN Conference All-Tournament Team . . . Voted the Kennesaw State Female Iron Owl Award winner for work in the weight room . . . Produced a record-breaking season while appearing in 57 games and starting 56 . . . Set the KSU single-season (32) and career stolen base records (62) . . . Led the Owls with a .324 average, runs scored (28), hits (56), stolen bases and multiple-hit games (14) . . . Produced a career-high nine game hitting  streak and concluded the year by hitting safely in final seven games, batting .429 (9-for-21) with four RBIs . . . Batted .448 with 14 runs scored, and was 13-for-14 in stolen base attempts . . .Tied a career-high with three hits at Florida Gulf Coast (4/16), at USC Upstate (4/23) and versus Lipscomb (5/7) . . . Equaled a personal-best with three runs scored at Florida Gulf Coast (4/16) . . . Established a career-high with three stolen bases versus East Tennessee State (3/13) . . . Became KSU's all-time single-season stolen base leader with a steal of second base during the second game of a doubleheader at USC Upstate (4/24) . . . Broke the program's career stolen base record with a swipe of second base in the first inning of game two of a doubleheader versus Lipscomb (5/6) . . . Led the Owls with a .333 average (5-for-15) in five games during the ASUN Conference Tournament. 
 
2015: ASUN All-Conference Second-Team … ASUN Academic All-Conference Team … One of three players to start in all 51 games for KSU, seeing action in both the outfield and at second base … Ranked second on the team with a .364 batting average, 37 runs and 56 hits … Ranked third on the squad with 15-of-17 stolen bases … Also registered three doubles and a triple to go along with 22 RBI and 61 total bases … Ranked third on the team with a .417 on-base percentage and owned a .396 slugging percentage … Recorded a .985 fielding percentage with 65 putouts and two assists … Ranked second on the team and ninth in the A-Sun with a .421 batting average in conference play … Led the team and ranked 10th in the league with a .484 on-base percentage in A-Sun play … Totaled 24 hits, including two doubles, 14 runs, eight RBI and 26 total bases … Registered a .456 slugging percentage and went 6-of-7 on stolen base attempts … Was one of five Owls to own a 1.000 fielding percentage in A-Sun play with 33 putouts and 18 assists … Tallied 20 multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits against Georgia State on Apr. 8 … Totaled six multi-RBI contests, including a season-high three RBI against Buffalo on Feb. 28 … Scored a season-high three runs at Northern Kentucky on Apr. 11.

2014: Named ASUN Conference Second-Team All-Conference, as well as to the All-Freshman Team … One of three players to appear in all 53 games, starting all but three contests and playing both in the outfield and infield in her rookie campaign … Led the team in hits (55), runs (35) and stolen bases (15-of-19), while also ranking second in batting average (.344) and on-base percentage (.373) … Registered 58 total bases, three doubles and 10 RBIs … Recorded a .950 fielding percentage with 77 putouts and 37 assists … Her 15 stolen bases ranked eighth in overall play in the conference, while in A-Sun action she ranked in a tie for third with 23 runs scored, tied for fourth with nine stolen bases and tied for sixth with 31 hits … Her .378 batting average in league play also ranked second on the team and eighth in the conference … Led the Owls with 17 multi-hit contests … Recorded four three-hit games in 2014.

PREP CAREER: Received First-Team 8-AAAAA Region honors following her first three years at Grayson high school and was tabbed First-Team 8-AAAAAA Region following a successful senior season in 2012 ... Earned Gwinnett Dugout Club 8-AAAAA First-Team plaudits in 2009 and 2010, before being named the Gwinnett Dugout Club Defensive Player of the Year in 2011 ... Tallied 8-AAAAA All-State accolades each of her first three seasons at Grayson, including being named honorable mention as a freshman, second-team as a sophomore and first-team as a junior and senior ... Competed with the Atlanta Vipers travel team.

PERSONAL: Born October 18, 1994 ... Daughter of Phyllis and David Denton ... Has two siblings, Victoria and Dalton ... Majoring in integrated studies with concentrations in exercise science and psychology.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2014Freshman

    Infielder/Outfielder
    5'4"
    44
  • 44

    2015Sophomore

    Infielder/Outfielder
    5'4"
    44
  • 44

    2016Junior

    Infielder/Outfielder
    5'4"
    44
  • 44

    2017Senior

    Infielder/Outfielder
    5'4"
    44