Taylor Bump

Class:
Fifth Year
Position:
1B/3B
Height:
5-10
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
St. Petersburg, Fla.
High School:
Canterbury School of Florida

Fifth-Year Senior (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten; Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• Appeared in 53 games, starting 52 at third base
• Posted five multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games
• Knocked out a two-out, two-run, go-ahead homer in the top of the seventh inning vs. #10 Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (May 13); also posted a two-run homer in the third inning vs. Maryland in the quarterfinals (May 12)
• Went 2-for-4 with four RBI, including the go-ahead three-run homer in the third inning, at Wisconsin (May 6)
• Used a walk-off two-run triple in the seventh inning to propel U-M to a 4-3 win over rival Ohio State (April 23)
• Executed an RBI squeeze bunt to plate the winning run in the top of the eighth at Maryland (April 15); also posted two hits and two RBI in the Maryland series finale (April 16)
• Broke a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the fourth in the series opener vs. Penn State (April 8)
• Went 2-for-2 with two RBI in U-M's 8-3 win at #9 Northwestern (April 3)
• Belted a two-run homer in first plate appearance of the season vs. Kansas City at the USF Tournament (Feb. 11)

Senior (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NFCA All-Great Lakes Region second team
• All-Big Ten first team; Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• Appeared in 45 games, starting 37 at third base and seven at first base
• Posted eight multi-hit and six multi-RBI games
• Tallied career highs in all offensive categories, including batting average (.325), homers (12) and RBI (40)
• Knocked out sixth-inning solo homer in U-M's 2-1 win at #6 Washington in NCAA Regional play (May 22); also homered in the sixth inning vs. Seattle in the regional opener (May 21)
• Tallied a career-best five RBI vs. Rutgers-1 (May 15) off a first-inning triple -- the first of her career -- and third-inning home run
• Posted six hits and seven RBI in the Penn State series (April 30-May 2)
• Drove in U-M's lone runs in a 2-0 win vs. Northwestern on a third-inning homer in the series finale (April 25)
• Homered in three of four games against Maryland (April 16-18), using a two-run shot in the second to plate the go-ahead runs in the series opener before going 2-for-2 with three RBI in the finale
• Posted a tape-measure solo homer in the fifth inning in the Ohio State series finale (April 11)

Junior (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 23 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Appeared in 20 games, starting 11 -- seven at third base and four at first base
• Knocked out a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fourth inning vs. Louisville (Feb. 16)
• Also singled and drove in a run on a suicide squeeze vs. Louisville (Feb. 14)
• Registered a two-run, sixth-inning homer in an 11-2 win vs. No. 7 Florida (Feb. 8)

Sophomore (2019)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Appeared in 39 games, starting 10 at first base
• Tallied RBI in rivalry games at Ohio State (April 13) and Michigan State (April 16)
• Posted a seventh-inning double and scored a run vs. Illinois State (Feb. 10)

Freshman (2018)
• Appeared in 15 games with six starts
• Drove in runs against Detroit Mercy (March 28) and Maryland (April 21)
• Scored a second-inning run in U-M's 3-1 win vs. #18 Louisiana Lafayette (March 2)
• Beat out an infield single for first collegiate hit vs. Charlotte (March 1)
• Made collegiate debut vs. Illinois State (Feb. 11)

Prep
• Graduated from the Canterbury School of Florida (2017)
• Three-time recipient of Canterbury School of Florida's Female Athlete of the Year (2014, '16, '17)
• Named a 2017 Max Preps Small School All American first team, a FloSoftball First Team All American Infielder and selected to the NFCA All Region second team
• Named a 2017 Tampa Bay Times All Tampa Bay Softball Player of the Year and a five-time Tampa Bay Times All-County Softball Team honoree (2013-17)
• Named Miracle Sports 2A Softball Player of the Year (2017); four-time Miracle Sports Softball All-State Team (2014, '15, '16, '17)
• Also named the Spectrum Sports Softball Athlete of the Year (year?), Florida Dairy Farmers 2A Player of the Year (year?) and Runner-up Dairy Farmers State Player of the Year (year?)
• Hit .552 with a state-best 16 home runs and 49 RBI as a senior (2017)
• Twice named Canterbury's Offensive Player of the Year (2014, '17)
• Contributed to three Florida state championships at Canterbury (2013, '14, '17) and a runner-up finish (2015); tallied the walk-off hit in the ninth inning to win the state title as a senior
• Played travel ball with the Gold Coast Hurricanes club; helped Gold Coast reach the 2016 USA Softball Junior Olympic Cup 18U championship game
• Rated the No. 64 overall prospect in FloSoftball's 2017 Hot 100 Rankings
• Also earned varsity letters in volleyball and basketball
• Twice named Canterbury's basketball Most Valuable Player of the Year (2016, '17)
• Also named Canterbury's volleyball Defensive Player of the Year (2012), Offensive Player of the Year (2013) and Most Valuable Player (2014)
• National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society member, High Honors with Distinction Student and Heads List (2012-17); All Academic Team (2013-17)

Personal
• Taylor Nicole Bump was born on May 10, 1999
• Enrolled in the Ross School of Business, majoring in business administration
• Daughter of Dan (& Tammi) Bump and Jeannine (& Thomas) Cherry