Florida State University Athletics
2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Huff, Taylor
Forward
/ Women's SoccerGoalkeeper
/ Women's SoccerMidfielder/Forward
/ Women's SoccerMidfielder
/ Women's SoccerMidfielder
/ Women's SoccerDefender
/ Women's SoccerForward
/ Women's SoccerForward
/ Women's SoccerForward
/ Women's SoccerForward/Midfielder
/ Women's SoccerMidfielder
/ Women's SoccerMidfielder/Forward
/ Women's SoccerMidfielder
/ Women's SoccerMidfielder/Defender
/ Women's SoccerMidfielder
/ Women's SoccerDefender
/ Women's SoccerForward
/ Women's SoccerDefender
/ Women's SoccerGoalkeeper
/ Women's Soccer
Jersey Number 3
Taylor Huff
- Position:
- Midfielder/Forward
- Year:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Mansfield, Ohio
- High School:
- Madison Comprehensive
Bio
CAREER ACCOLADES:
- 2023 National Champion
- 2x ACC Tournament Champion (2023, 2024)
- 2023 ACC Regular Season Champion
- 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2024 Honda Sport Award Finalist
- 2024 Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
- 2024 United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American
- 2x United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Atlantic (2023, 2024)
- 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship MVP
- 2024 ACC All-Tournament Team
- 2024 All-ACC First Team
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Women's Postseason Top 100 Players - #4
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Women's Midseason Top 100 Players - #5
- ACC Offensive Player of the Week (8/20/24)
- TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (8/19/24)
- 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2024 Hermann Trophy Watch List
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Women's Preseason Top 100 Players - #7
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI First Team
- 2024 NCAA Midfielders to Watch
- 2024 Preseason All-ACC Team
- 2023-2024 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American
- 2023 NCAA Tournament All-Tournament Team
- 2023 All-ACC Second Team
- 2023 TopDrawerSoccer Women's Midseason Top 100 - #3
- ACC Offensive Player of the Week (8/22/23)
- TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (8/22/23)
- 2023 TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI Third Team
- 2023 TopDrawerSoccer Women's Preseason Top 100 - #24
- 2022 All-SEC First Team
- TopDrawerSoccer Women's Midseason Top 100 - #12
- TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (10/4/22)
- Top Drawer Soccer Honorable Mention (8/30/22)
- United Soccer Coaches Players To Watch - Midfielders
- TopDrawerSoccer Women's Postseason Freshmen Top 100 - #4
- Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI First Team
- Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (11/16/21)
- 2021 All-SEC Second Team
- 2021 SEC Freshman of the Year
- 2021 SEC All-Freshman Team
- Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/12/21)
- SEC Freshman of the Week (10/11/21)
- No. 9 on Top Drawer Soccer's Freshmen Top 100
- Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/28/21)
- SEC Freshman of the Week (9/27/21)
2024 HIGHLIGHTS:
- Started in all 21 games with 1698 minutes of play.
- Led the team with 12 goals and 34 points, recording 10 assists this season.
- Recorded her 10th assist of the season in the NCAA Tournament First Round win over Samford (11/15).
- Buried her penalty kick to tie the game in the ACC Tournament Championship win over No. 8 North Carolina (11/10).
- Scored the opening goal over No. 3 Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament Semifinals (11/7).
- Assisted the game-winning goal over No. 13 Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals (11/3).
- Provided an assist on the opening goal in the 4-2 victory over No. 4 North Carolina (10/25).
- Scored her tenth goal of the season in the 4-0 win over Pittsburgh, second game recording a goal and an assist this season (10/20).
- Scored the opening goal in the 4-0 win over No. 23 Virginia (10/17).
- Recorded her sixth assist of the season against Boston College (10/12).
- Recorded her second multi-goal game of the season against Syracuse, extending her four-match goal-scoring streak (9/19).
- Struck the opening goal in the 3-0 rivalry road win at Florida (9/8).
- Scored her fifth goal of the season over Villanova (9/1).
- Scored the game-tying goal against No. 24 Georgia with 7 shots on target (8/29).
- Scored her first-ever hat trick with an assist in the home opener over North Florida (8/18).
- Began the season tying a career-best three assists in a 5-0 victory at South Florida (8/15).
2023 HIGHLIGHTS:
- Started in all 23 games with 1710 minutes of play.
- Recorded the third-most assists ever scored by a Seminole in one season (14) and scored seven goals.
- Tallied an assist in the National Championship Game against Stanford (12/4).
- Converted the opening goal from the penalty spot in the victory over No. 11 Pitt in the Quarterfinals (11/24).
- Scored three points in the Third Round victory over Texas with her fifth goal of the season and an assist (11/19).
- Registered four straight games with an assist and provided an assist off the corner kick for the second and decisive goal against No. 11 Pitt (11/2).
- Scored four points in the 4-0 win at Duke, assisting two goals before scoring the final goal (10/22).
- Scored in back-to-back games with the opening goal at Louisville (10/5) and drove through defenders for a goal against Boston College (10/8).
- Recorded three assists at North Florida (9/7) for the first time in her career.
- Added another assist against USF (9/3) to increase her streak of three games where she has recorded a point.
- Became the first Seminole to ever win a conference player of the week award following their debut. (ACC OPOTW 8/22/23)
- Began her FSU career with a game-winning-goal against Texas A&M (8/17) and the opening goal against ninth-ranked TCU (8/20).
Sophomore at Tennessee (2022)
- Started all 18 matches in which she appeared and led the team with 31 shots on goal.
- First-team All-SEC performer totaled five goals and a team-high seven assists on the season.
- Her 17 points were second-most on the squad, while her 1,393 minutes played ranked fourth on the team.
- Delivered in a big way during the 2-0 win over Vanderbilt (10/27/22) that clinched a share of the SEC Eastern Division title, logging an assist on the game-winning goal before adding a goal of her own on a penalty kick.
- Named to TopDrawerSoccer's National Team of the Week after playing 87 minutes and firing a game-high six shots during Tennessee's 1-0 win at 13th-ranked Ole Miss (9/30/22).
- Her first goal of the season—a far-post header off a serve from fellow sophomore Claire Rain—came in the 52nd minute of Tennessee's 3-2 home loss to #5 Duke (8/25/22);
- Had a team-high four shots—all on frame—in Tennessee's season-opener at #10 North Carolina (8/13/22).
- Named to the United Soccer Coaches Players To Watch List for midfielders (8/12/22).
Freshman at Tennessee (2021)
- Appeared in all 23 matches during her rookie season, starting 22 and finishing second on the team in goals with 10 while dishing out six assists.
- With two goals and an assist in NCAA Tournament play as a freshman, she tied Rhian Wilkinson at No. 9 on UT's NCAA career point list with five.
- Knocked in nine of her 10 goals in the second half with four of those coming in the 85th minute or later, including a goal from 22 yards out to force the game into overtime against #11 Auburn and the game-winner in the 89th minute at #19 South Carolina.
- Earned Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week honors after tallying a goal and an assist against Lipscomb in the NCAA First Round. (11/12/21)
- Scored the game-winner in the 87th minute at No. 19 South Carolina. (10/10/21)
- Found Jaida Thomas breaking into the box to record an assist on Tennessee's first goal in its 2-1 double-overtime win at Mizzou (9/26/21)
- Drove a left-footed shot into the upper corner from 20 yards out in the 86th minute to force overtime in UT's 2-1 double-overtime win over No. 11 Auburn (9/23/21)
- Started in her Tennessee debut, scoring two goals and adding an assist against Florida Gulf Coast (8/19/21)
NATIONAL TEAM
- United States Women's Youth National Team U-23 Player
- United States Women's Youth National Team U-20 Player
YOUTH
- 2020 United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Year
- 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches National Scholar Player of the Year
- Four-time United Soccer Coaches All-American
- Rated as the No. 68 overall prospect and No. 21 midfielder by IMG Academy / TopDrawerSoccer.com for the class of 2021
- Holds the Ohio state record with 93 career assists, to go along with 133 career goals scored
- Named 2020 Ohio Girls Player of the Year by the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association
- Led her high school team to an undefeated 21-0-3 record in 2020, capping off her senior season with a Division II state title
- Named the Ohio Division II girls' soccer player of the year in 2019 after to leading her team to a runner-up finish in the state tournament
- Earned District II Player of the Year, All-State and All-Region honors in four consecutive seasons
- Played club soccer for Internationals SC
PERSONAL
- Taylor Brooke Huff was born Aug. 16, 2002
- Daughter of Zac and Amy Huff.
- Graduated Madison Comprehensive High School at the top of her class with a 4.0 GPA
- Ran track for two seasons for Madison Comprehensive, qualifying for the state championships in the 400-meter dash and setting a regional and school record in the 4x400 race
- Favorite scripture is Matthew 6:33.
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