Megan Taylor

Class:
Senior*
Hometown:
Coleman, Texas
High School:
Coleman
Experience:
3L

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

• CRCA Scholastic All-American (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

2021-22 (SENIOR): Was a member of the Rebels’ back-to-back GARC Championship team, as Ole Miss earned a share of the regular season title for the second straight season … Appeared in nine matches for the Rebels … Fired a career-high 588 in air rifle against Akron (10/16) … Turned in a season-best aggregate score of 1135 against Memphis (2/12) … Was productive in the classroom, being named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the CRCA’s Scholastic All-American list.

2020-21 (JUNIOR): Toed the line in eight matches for the Rebels … Fired a season-high 579 in air rifle three times (10/17, 1/18 and 2/20) … Guided the Rebels to a share of the GARC Regular Season title for the first time in program history … Was a member of an Ole Miss program that qualified for the NCAA Rifle Championship for the first time in 15 years … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the CRCA’s Scholastic All-American list.

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE): Competed in 10 matches for Ole Miss … Tallied a career-best 583 air rifle against Memphis on Feb. 15 … Posted season-high marks in smallbore and air rifle in the same contest, firing a 553 and 1136, respectively … One of eight Rebels to sweep and earn a spot on the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Earned recognition as a CRCA Scholastic All-American for the third time.

2018-19 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Fired in 10 matches in first full season for the Rebels … Recorded personal-best 567 in smallbore on Feb. 16 during the NCAA Qualifier at Jacksonville State … Earned identical 582s for a new career mark in air rifle, Oct. 28 in Oxford and Nov. 17 at Murray State … Accumulated highest aggregate total of 1144 to date on Oct. 21 against Navy … Named a CRCA Scholastic All-American for the second time a part of a team sweep of the honor … Member of SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2017-18 (REDSHIRT): Competed in three matches during redshirt campaign … scored season-high 565 in smallbore on Oct. 21 at West Virginia … tallied 580 points twice during the season in air rifle against Army (Oct. 7) and Jacksonville State (Nov. 18) … Awarded CRCA All-Academic recognition.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Four-time Junior Olympic Qualifier ... Member of the 2016 first place CMP Texas Team ... Member of the 2016 CMP Western Region Team ... Air Rifle 4-H Nationals Gold Medalist All Standing ... Texas State 4-H Gold Medalist in air rifle and second place in smallbore ... Member of the first place CMP Tesas Team ... First Place CMP Western Region Team ... Four-time Junior Olympic Qualifier ... President of the National Honor Society ... Four-year honor roll member.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Ben and Meredith Taylor ... Enjoys hunting, horseback riding, fishing and watercolor art lessons ... Brother, Nathan, competed for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Rifle Team ... Born October 10, 1998 ... Majoring in Biology (B.A.).

YEAR-BY-YEAR AVERAGES
Year	Smallbore	Air Rifle	Aggregate
2018-19	555.7	576.7	1132.3
2019-20	540.4	572.7	1113.1
2020-21	525.5	576.3	1101.8
2021-22	538.7	579.4	1118.1