2017 Lacrosse Roster

Jim Burgess
Greg Wall
Jim Burgess

12 Taylor Bresnahan

  • Position D
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School South River
  • Hometown Edgewater, Md.

Biography

HONORS
2017 ILWomen Media Second Team All-American
2017 IWLCA First Team All-South Region
2017 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
2017 All-BIG EAST First Team
2017 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (3/7)
2016 IWLCA All-America Third Team
2016 IWLCA First Team All-Region
2016 All-BIG EAST First Team
2016 BIG EAST Defender of the Week (2x, 2/16 & 4/26) 
2015 IWLCA All-South Second Team
2015 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
2015 All-BIG EAST Second Team
2015 Inside Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
2014 IWLCA All-South Second Team
2014 ILWomen All-Rookie Team
2014 ALC All-Tournament Team
 
SENIOR SEASON (2017)
  • 2017 Team Captain
  • 2017 ILWomen Media Second Team All-American
  • 2017 IWLCA First Team All-South Region
  • 2017 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
  • 2017 All-BIG EAST First Team
  • BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (3/7/17)
  • Tied career-high with four caused turnovers in win over No. 13 Denver
  • Finished career ranked second all-time at Florida with 86 caused turnovers, seventh with 97 draw controls and ninth with 97 ground balls
  • Her 81 career starts is third most in school history
 
JUNIOR SEASON (2016)
  • Started all 20 games for UF in 2016; has started in every game she’s participated in for her career (61)
  • Set career-highs in goals (4), ground balls (27), draw controls (34), and caused turnovers (26)
  • Led the team with 26 caused turnovers, and ranked second with 34 draw controls
  • Her four goals accounted for half of the goals scored by UF defenders (8)
  • Marked Kayla Treanor (Syracuse) and Molly Hendrick (UNC) in the Gators’ two road wins against the top-two squads
  • Set a career-high with four caused turnovers against Michigan (2/13)
  • Had eight games with multiple caused turnovers and multiple ground balls
  • Had nine games with multiple draw controls, including a career-high six versus Villanova (4/16)
  • Ranks No. 2 on UF’s all-time list for caused turnovers (63)

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015)
  • Has started every game of her career
  • Set a career high with 20 draw controls, while ranking tied for fourth with 15 caused turnovers
  • Scored a goal and had a season-high four draw controls in BIG EAST semifinal win over Villanova (4/30)
  • Caused a team-leading three turnovers and recorded two ground balls in conference win over Temple (3/28)
  • Tied a career high by grabbing four ground balls and caused two turnovers against Vanderbilt
  • Suffered injury in loss to No. 1 Maryland, causing her to miss one game
  • Forced three turnovers in win over Dartmouth
  • Scooped up two ground balls and caused one turnover in loss vs. No. 2 UNC
 
FRESHMAN SEASON (2014)
  • One of two freshmen to start every game this season for the Gators
  • Tied for second on the team with 22 caused turnovers
  • Notched two draw controls, a caused turnover and a ground ball against No. 5 Northwestern in the NCAA Quarterfinal game
  • Tallied two caused turnovers and two ground balls against No. 17 Denver in the NCAA Tournament game
  • Recorded a career-high four ground balls, two caused turnovers and a ground ball against No. 5 Northwestern on April 19
  • Notched three ground balls, two caused turnovers and a draw control vs. No. 13 Johns Hopkins on April 5
  • Caused a career-high four turnovers and added two ground balls against No. 2 Syracuse
  • Recorded a career-high six draw controls, a goal, an assist, a ground ball and a caused turnover in the win over Winthrop
  • Picked up three draw controls and a ground ball against No. 12 Loyola
  • Notched a team-leading three ground balls and a caused turnover against No. 1 North Carolina
 
BEFORE FLORIDA
  • A four-year starter at South River High School, where she was coached by Kim Macnemar
  • Assisted her team to a MPSSAA Class 4A state championship in 2010
  • Helped lead South River to Anne Arundel County championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013
  • 2013 Capital Gazette Girls Athlete of the Year
  • 2013 Baltimore Sun Athlete of the Year nominee
  • 2012 Capital Gazette All-American
  • 2012 and 2013 Anne Arundel All-County First Team
  • 2012 US Lacrosse First Team All-American...2011 Anne Arundel All-County Second Team
  • Member of the 2010 Under Armour All-American Washington D.C. Team
  • Played for Maryland United 2013 East Club team for four years under head coach Karen Pipkin
MAJOR: Criminology


CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS G A Pts Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT
2014 21-21 2 1 3 5 .400 2 .400 24 19 5 22
2015 20-20 1 0 1 1 1.000 1 1.000 23 20 6 15
2016 20-20 4 2 6 4 1.000 4 1.000 27 34 8 26
2017 20-20 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 23 24 10 23
TOTAL 81-81 7 3 10 10 .700 7 .700 97 97 29 86
 
CAREER HIGHS
Goals........................................................... 1, 7x, last vs. Vanderbilt (3/26/16)
Assists....................................................................... 1, 3x, last vs. Georgetown (5/5/16)
Points......................................................................... 2, 2x, last vs. Michigan (2/13/16)
Shots.................................................................. 1, 9x, last vs. Vanderbilt (3/26/16)
Ground Balls.................................................... 4, 5x, last vs. USC (2/24/17)
Draw Controls.......................................................... 6, 2x, last vs. Villanova (4/16/16)
Caused Turnovers.................................................. 4, 3x, last vs. Denver (3/25/17)

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Freshman

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    2015Sophomore

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  • 12

    2016Junior

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  • 12

    2017Senior

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