Nick Taylor Class: Junior Hometown: Abbotsford, B.C. High School: Yale Secondary Height: 5-10 Experience: 2V

Washington & Amateur Notes
• Two-year Husky letterwinner
• 2008 PING All-America Honorable Mention Team
• 2008 PING All-Pacific Region Team
• Shared individual runner-up honors at both the 2008 NCAA Championships and the 2008 NCAA West Regional
• Became the third Husky to finish second or higher at the NCAA Championships
• His runner-up regional finish set a UW school record
• Helped Huskies to seventh-place team finish at 2008 NCAA Championships
• Has one tournament win under his belt claiming medalist honors at the 2006 UBC Thunderbird Invitational (Oct. 6-7, 2006)
• Has eight top-10 finishes, seven as a sophomore
• Earned a spot in the 2008 U.S. Open after winning a sectional qualifier in Creswell, Ore. (June 2, 2008)
• Royal Canadian Golf Association National Amateur Team member
• Advanced to quarterfinals of 2007 U.S. Amateur
• 2007 Canadian Men's Amateur champion
• 2006 Canadian Junior champion
• Placed 16th at 2005 Callaway Junior World Championship
• Placed 20th at the Toyota Junior World Golf Championship
• Placed third at the Canadian Junior Championship

2007-08 (Sophomore)
• PING All-America honorable mention selection
• PING All-Pacific Region selection
• Competed in all 14 tournaments
• Team-leading 72.81 stroke average
• Had six top-10 finishes and was team's top finisher at seven tournaments
• Carded eight rounds in the 60's and 15 rounds under par - both team-highs
• Tied for runner-up honors at the NCAA Championships with Indiana's Jorge Campillo (1-over 289), becoming the third Husky to finish second or higher at NCAA's
• His second-round score of 6-under 66 at NCAA's equaled his career low
• Huskies' leader at the NCAA West Regional, tying for second at 5-under 211; carded rounds of 71-69-71 to establish a new UW record for best regional finish
• Tied for 27th at Pac-10 Championships (9-over 293)
• Team's top finisher at CordeValle Collegiate, tying for seventh (3-under 213)
• Team's top finisher at UH-Hilo Invitational, tying for sixth overall (9-under 201)
• Set career-bests with a 54-hole score of 201 and an 18-hole score of 66 at the UH-Hilo Invitational
• Team's top finisher at GADO North Texas Classic, finishing 17th overall (3-over 219)
• Tied for seventh at the USC Collegiate Invitational (8-over 221)

2006-07 (Freshman)
• Played in eight events, ending the season with a 75.08 scoring average
• Carded three rounds under par and recorded two top-10 finishes
• UW's fifth-place finisher at the Pac-10 Championships, tying for 44th (9-over 297)
• Won first collegiate tournament at the UBC Men's Invitational, shooting 2-over 218 as a member of the Husky JV team
• Placed 10th in his UW debut at the Husky Invitational, shooting a season-low 2-under 214
• His 68 in the second round of the UBC Invitational was a season-low 18-hole score
• UW's No. 3 finisher at the Pac-10/Big Ten Challenge (tied for 28th, 16-over 229) and the Oregon Duck Invitational (tied for 38th, 11-over 227)

Junior Golf and Personal
• Inducted into the Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame in 2006
• Advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2006 Canadian Men's Amateur
• 2006 Canadian Junior Champion, winning the tournament by a record 11 strokes
• Also member of 2006 Canadian Junior Champion Provincial championship team
• Won his qualifying tournament for the 2006 Toyota Junior World Golf Championships
• Won the 2005 Future Links
• Competed in first round of match play at the 2005 USGA Junior Amateur
• Parents are Darlene and Jay Taylor; has an older brother, Josh, who plays golf at the University of Texas-El Paso

NICK TAYLOR'S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR	ROUNDS	STROKES	AVG	LOW
2006-07	24	1802	75.08	68		2007-08	43	3131	72.81	66		CAREER	67	4933	73.63	66	Career Best Finish: 1, UBC Thunderbird Invitational, Oct. 6-7, 2006 Career Top-10 Finishes: 8 Career Best 54-Hole Score: 201, UH-Hilo Invitational, Feb. 6-8, 2008 Career Best 18-Hole Score: 66, UH-Hilo Invitational, Feb. 7, 2008; 66, NCAA Championships, May 29, 2008

Printer-friendly format	Email this article