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Taylor Kalmer Season 2019-20

#25
PositionG
Height5-8
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownChandler, Ariz.
Previous SchoolOregon State

All-Mountain West Honorable Mention (2019-20)
Mountain West All-Academic Team (2019-20)

As a RS Senior
(2019-20)
Was an All-Mountain West honorable mention selection after leading the Aztecs with 15.7 points per game… Also averaged 4.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists… Scored in double-digits in 29 of SDSU’s 31 games and in her final 25 games, the longest streak by an Aztec in the Mountain West era (1999-present)… Led the team in three-pointers made (45) and attempted (118)… Had a team-best assist/turnover ratio of 1.4… Led the team in scoring 15 times… Had 20 or more points seven times and had three games with a career-high 22 points… Led team in assists 13 times and had seven games with at least five assists… Had 14 games with at least five rebounds… Shot 80.2 percent from the free throw line… Leaves SDSU as a 38.1 percent shooter from three, third best in program history… Had the second-most game-tying three-pointers in the final minute in the nation… Averaged 38.0 minutes per game, tops in the Mountain West and seventh in the nation… Had nine games with 40 or more minutes.

As a Senior (2018-19)
Redshirted due to NCAA transfer rules.

At Oregon State (2015-18)
Appeared in 80 games as a reserve in three years at Oregon State... Improved her scoring each season: 2.7 ppg as a freshman, 3.3 ppg as a sophomore and 6.0 ppg as a junior... As a junior, averaged 17.7 minutes per game, shot 38.4 percent from the floor and 37.2 percent from three-point territory... Had career-high 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting against San José State (12/10/17)... Helped the Beavers advance to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament all three years, including a run to the Final Four in 2016... Named Oregon State’s Most Improved Player after the 2015-16 season... Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honorable Mention selection.

At Corona del Sol High School
A four-year starter at Corona del Sol High School, Kalmer tallied 1,648 points, 303 assists and 197 steals in her prep career... A four-time All-City & All-State selection, Kalmer averaged 20 points as a junior and 18.7 as a senior and helped her team make the playoffs all four years... McDonald's All-American nominee... Kalmer was rated the No. 31 point guard nationally by ESPN before signing with Oregon State.

Personal
Born in Plano, Texas to Christi and John Kalmer... Lists Russell Westbrook as her favorite athlete... Enjoys hiking, working out, being outdoors, creative designing, crafts and reading... Majored in merchandising management at Oregon State and hopes to work for Nike when her playing career is over.

Kalmer

Senior
2018-19

GUARD
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