TOLEDO, OH — Head coach Tod Kowalczyk has announced rsday that 6-7, 240-pound forward Steve Taylor, Jr. is transferring to the University of Toledo from Marquette University. Taylor will need to sit out the 2015-16 season before playing his final season as a collegian in a Rocket uniform.
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“We’re thrilled to have Steve become a part of our program,” Kowalczyk said. “I’ve followed his career at Marquette, and he is a great talent without question. He can play in the paint as well as the perimeter, and that versatility will be a tremendous plus for us.”
Taylor averaged 5.9 points and ranked second on the team with 5.0 rebounds per game in 22.1 minutes per game. A starter in 14 contests, Taylor notched career highs in points (20), field goals (9) and minutes (35) to go along with a team-high seven boards at No. 20 Ohio State (Nov. 18). He also grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds vs. St. John’s (March 4) the most by a Marquette player in BIG EAST play since Lazar Hayward had 17 vs. DePaul on Jan. 24, 2009.
Taylor was a first-team all-state selection by the Associated Press and the Chicago Tribune in 2012 at Chicago’s Simeon High School, which he helped win three-straight state championships and a 63-3 overall record in two years as a full-time starter. Taylor averaged 16.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and 3.0 assists per game as a senior and was ranked as 73rd nationally in Scout.com recruiting rankings.
Taylor is the seventh member of Toledo’s 2015-16 recruiting class. He joins forward Taylor Adway (Hazel Crest, IL), forward/center Luke Knapke (Minster, OH), forward Nate Navigato (Geneva, IL), guard Nick Rogers (Indianapolis, IN), guard Jaelan Sanford (Evansville, IN) and guard Chandler White (Fort Wayne, IN).
Taylor averaged 5.9 points and ranked second on the team with 5.0 rebounds per game in 22.1 minutes per game. A starter in 14 contests, Taylor notched career highs in points (20), field goals (9) and minutes (35) to go along with a team-high seven boards at No. 20 Ohio State (Nov. 18). He also grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds vs. St. John’s (March 4) the most by a Marquette player in BIG EAST play since Lazar Hayward had 17 vs. DePaul on Jan. 24, 2009.
Taylor was a first-team all-state selection by the Associated Press and the Chicago Tribune in 2012 at Chicago’s Simeon High School, which he helped win three-straight state championships and a 63-3 overall record in two years as a full-time starter. Taylor averaged 16.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and 3.0 assists per game as a senior and was ranked as 73rd nationally in Scout.com recruiting rankings.
Taylor is the seventh member of Toledo’s 2015-16 recruiting class. He joins forward Taylor Adway (Hazel Crest, IL), forward/center Luke Knapke (Minster, OH), forward Nate Navigato (Geneva, IL), guard Nick Rogers (Indianapolis, IN), guard Jaelan Sanford (Evansville, IN) and guard Chandler White (Fort Wayne, IN).
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