Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU: Fourth-year player and two-year returning starter at FMU....Team's top hurler in 2013....2013 Team MVP....NFCA 2013 All-Region Team (second-team as pitcher/utility)....School-record 251 strikeouts last season....Threw no-hitter at Queens on March 21, 2013, for the program's 1000th all-time win....NCAA II rankings: 14th in strikeouts per 7 innings (8.8), 15th in total strikeouts, 24th in ERA (1.58), 27th in fewest hits allowed per 7 innings (4.99), and 27th in shutouts (7).....Allowed opponents a .197 average....At the plate, led team in runs scored and was second in batting average....11-game hitting streak....16 multi-hit games....2013 and 2012 second-team All-Conference Team....Led team in pitching appearances (26) and strikeouts (135) in 2012....NCAA II rankings: 15th in strikeouts per nine innings (8.9), 27th in fewest hits allowed per nine innings (4.75), 92nd in total strikeouts, and 96th in ERA (2.11)....10 complete games, including three shutouts....Tossed three complete-game 1-hitters....Played in 13 games as a frosh....Adds versatility to roster ....True utility player....Can also catch behind the plate....Brings a big stick to the game....Promising future....Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll 2014....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2013 (fall).

PERSONAL:  Born Taylor Marie Luff in Moncks Corner, S.C......Graduated from Berkeley High School, where she played for coaches Jesse Abrams and Becky Ellison.....Father played professional  basketball and grandfather played professional baseball....Attended same high school as USC starting point guard Bruce Ellington. Nickname is T.

PERSONAL FAVORITES:  As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Vet....Favorite Athlete: Chipper Jones....Favorite Movie: The Notebook....Favorite TV Show: The Walking Dead....Favorite Food: Potatoes....Favorite Sport Other than Your Own: Tennis....Favorite Social Media Site: Instagram....What’s on Your iPOD: Everything....Favorite Thing About FMU: The new softball stadium....Hobbies: Anything on the water....Brush With Greatness: Met Dwayne Wade and the head coach of the Miami Heat. Attended same high school as USC starting point guard and wide reciever Bruce Ellington.

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