Kelsey Taylor knows winning.<\/p>\n
Taylor, a 5-foot-6 setter originally from Dallas, Texas, managed to make the All-Dade National Team during her senior year at Westminster Christian while leading the school team to a 3A Volleyball State Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning states was such a moment of relief for all of us. We all worked so hard to get there and finally reaching our goal felt amazing,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThere is no better feeling than being able to say you were the best volleyball team in 3A that year. \u201d<\/p>\n
The Miami Dade College volleyball team is counting on Taylor to bring her winning ways to its squad as a freshman starter. Taylor is one of eight freshmen on this year\u2019s team. <\/p>\n
Taylor, 18, has been playing volleyball since she was 11-years-old and hasn\u2019t looked back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI chose volleyball because my mother played volleyball and I was always inspired to do the same,\u201d Taylor said .<\/p>\n
She has had success in the sport throughout her career. In high school, Taylor\u2019s hard work did not go unnoticed. She was considered one of the best in South Florida at her position and attended some of the best volleyball tournaments that Miami has to offer including the Sixth Annual Smoothie King Tournament.<\/p>\n
Taylor hopes to have the same amount of success at the collegiate level and aspires to bring a National Junior College Athletic Association volleyball championship to MDC. The team hasn\u2019t won one since 2004. <\/p>\n
Head Coach Origenes \u201cKiko\u201d Benoit thinks Taylor has a lot of potential. He is excited to help her reach her goals. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe started working with us during the summer and, although she is a freshman, I have high expectations for her to run a good offense because she is smart, very coachable, and always eager to learn,\u201d Benoit said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kelsey Taylor knows winning. Taylor, a 5-foot-6 setter originally from Dallas, Texas, managed to make the All-Dade National Team during her senior year at Westminster Christian while leading the school team to a 3A Volleyball State Championship. \u201cWinning states was such a moment of relief for all of us. We all worked so hard to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":2275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2804],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"category-volleyball"},"yoast_head":"\n