North Carolina State University Athletics
2018 Women's Soccer Roster
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Saturday, November 29
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Sunday, October 26
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Friday, October 03
Women's Soccer Win vs. Campbell Recap
Monday, September 08
Jersey Number 14
Taylor Porter
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
As a Senior (2018): Started all 22 matches, ranking top 10 all-time in career starts with 85…Played 2,069 minutes, the second most on the team…Scored two goals on the year, one at Notre Dame and then the game-tying goal at Florida State at the last second to send the match to overtime…Recorded assists at Navy and Santa Clara for a total of six points on the year…Recorded six shots, and put four of them on target.
As a Junior (2017): Started in all 22 matches, playing 1,627 minutes… Scored in the 57th minute at Pittsburgh... Had an assist in the match against East Carolina… Shot nine times and eight were on target.
As a sophomore (2016): Started in all 22 matches this season, while playing the full match 11 times…Finished the year with two goals for four points…Played 1,895 minutes during the season…Scored her first goal of the season off a header in the win over Navy…Scored her final goal of the season off a header against Pepperdine to send the team to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Championship…Shot 11 times and placed four on target…Played a variety of positions during the year including central midfielder and center back
As a freshman (2015): Started all 19 matches of her freshman season … Scored one goal and recorded two assists throughout the year to accumulate four total points … Scored an incredible goal against No. 1 Virginia on October 28 … Recorded her assists in 2-0 wins over Elon (August 27) and Oregon (September 4) … Did not get shown a single yellow card throughout the season.
Prior to NC State: Played club soccer with Del Mar Carmel Valley (2005-08) and San Diego Surf Soccer Club (2009-15) ... Her 2014 side finished No. 3 in the nation at the ECNL Championship and claimed its second consecutive Surf College Cup ... Her club team won the Surf Thanksgiving Tournament in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer.com among the top five teams in the country from 2011-15 ... Porter won three all-league honors with her HS team ... She was HS team MVP in 2013 and 2014 while earning all-area academic honors in each season ... Through three high school seasons, Porter scored 18 goals and distributed 27 assists in 62 matches.
Personal: Born Oct. 29, 1997 ... Sister Ashley played soccer at Colorado Mesa University ... Lists favorite professional club as Barcelona and favorite athlete as Tobin Heath ... Outside of soccer, enjoys hiking, photography, and going to the beach.
Coach Santoro's Take: "Taylor is a simple, solid two-may midfielder who gives you the same workmanlike performance every 90 minutes. She's a blue collar player who does so many little things right and is the type of player which is so hard to find. She'll be a valuable and effective player for us for four years."
As a Junior (2017): Started in all 22 matches, playing 1,627 minutes… Scored in the 57th minute at Pittsburgh... Had an assist in the match against East Carolina… Shot nine times and eight were on target.
As a sophomore (2016): Started in all 22 matches this season, while playing the full match 11 times…Finished the year with two goals for four points…Played 1,895 minutes during the season…Scored her first goal of the season off a header in the win over Navy…Scored her final goal of the season off a header against Pepperdine to send the team to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Championship…Shot 11 times and placed four on target…Played a variety of positions during the year including central midfielder and center back
As a freshman (2015): Started all 19 matches of her freshman season … Scored one goal and recorded two assists throughout the year to accumulate four total points … Scored an incredible goal against No. 1 Virginia on October 28 … Recorded her assists in 2-0 wins over Elon (August 27) and Oregon (September 4) … Did not get shown a single yellow card throughout the season.
Prior to NC State: Played club soccer with Del Mar Carmel Valley (2005-08) and San Diego Surf Soccer Club (2009-15) ... Her 2014 side finished No. 3 in the nation at the ECNL Championship and claimed its second consecutive Surf College Cup ... Her club team won the Surf Thanksgiving Tournament in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer.com among the top five teams in the country from 2011-15 ... Porter won three all-league honors with her HS team ... She was HS team MVP in 2013 and 2014 while earning all-area academic honors in each season ... Through three high school seasons, Porter scored 18 goals and distributed 27 assists in 62 matches.
Personal: Born Oct. 29, 1997 ... Sister Ashley played soccer at Colorado Mesa University ... Lists favorite professional club as Barcelona and favorite athlete as Tobin Heath ... Outside of soccer, enjoys hiking, photography, and going to the beach.
Coach Santoro's Take: "Taylor is a simple, solid two-may midfielder who gives you the same workmanlike performance every 90 minutes. She's a blue collar player who does so many little things right and is the type of player which is so hard to find. She'll be a valuable and effective player for us for four years."