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17 Taylor Rudeen

  • Position Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Bishop Montgomery
  • Hometown San Pedro, Calif.

Biography

Career: Finished her career ranked fourth all-time with 1,600 career digs and third all-time with 3.75 digs per set.                                
 
2018: MAAC All-Academic Team…MAAC Libero of the Week (Sept. 18)…One of two Stags to appear in all 107 sets…Ranked fourth in the MAAC with 4.59 digs per set and 491 total digs…4.59 digs per set slots fourth in Fairfield single-season history…491 digs are ninth-most on the Stags’ single-season list…Reached double-digit digs in 26 matches, including 11 contests with 20 or more…Handed out 78 assists with 10 service aces and one kill.
 
2017: MAAC All-Academic Team…MAAC Libero of the Week (Aug. 29)…Rudeen led the Stags with 504 digs, the eighth 500+ dig campaign in Fairfield history…Her 4.500 digs per set marked the fourth-best single-season mark on the program charts…Rudeen also landed 21 service aces and distributed 111 assists while appearing in all 112 sets of work…She reached double-digit digs in 30 matches, including a pair of 32-dig efforts in the five-set wins over UAB on Aug. 26 and Niagara n Oct. 1…Rudeen neared a double-double with 22 digs and nine assists in the Sept. 9 win over New Hampshire…She averaged 4.50 digs per frame during the MAAC Championship and closed the fall with 13 digs and four assists at #2 Texas in the NCAA Championship First Round.

2016: MAAC All-Academic Team…Averaged 2.19 digs per set in 112 frames as a libero and defensive specialist…Also landed 15 service aces and dished out 42 assists…Notched two kills…Had double-digit digs in 11 matches, including a season-high 18 digs in the win over St. John’s on Sept. 14…Posted 17 digs in the Nov. 9 win at Stony Brook…Totaled 16 digs in Fairfield’s two MAAC Championship wins…Landed two service aces on Sept. 25 at Iona…Handed out seven assists to go along with 14 digs in the Sept. 18 win at Rider.

2015: MAAC Libero of the Week on Nov. 3 and Nov. 17…MAAC Academic Honor Roll...Totaled 360 digs…Ranked eighth in the MAAC overall and third among freshmen with 3.75 digs per set…Had double-digit digs in 15 matches, including nine contests with 20 or more…Picked up a career-best 28 digs in the five-set win at Iona on Oct. 18 and matched that standard against Marist in the MAAC Championship Match…Averaged 5.67 digs per set in the MAAC Championship…Added 42 assists and 19 service aces.

High School: Rudeen was a First team All-Del Ray League honoree in 2013 and 2014, adding league MVP honors as a senior. She was also a four-time Scholar-Athlete at the Torrance, Calif. high school.

Personal: Daughter of Mike and Shelly Rudeen...Has two older brothers, Chris and Ryan.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2015Freshman

    Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    17
  • 17

    2016Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    17
  • 17

    2017Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'8"
    17
  • 17

    2018Senior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    17