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Taylor Cockerill

Guard
Class
Junior
Height
5-9
Major
Biology
Hometown
Waverly, Neb.
Previous School
Waverly HS
Honors and Awards

-2020-21 WBCA NAIA All-American
-2020-21 NAIA Honorable Mention All-American
-2020-21 NAIA Omaha World Herald  All-Nebraska Honorary Captain
-2020-21 First Team All-GPAC
-2020-21 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2020-21 GPAC Player of the Week (Feb. 16)
-2019-20 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2018-19 NAIA Honorable Mention All-American
-2018-19 First Team All-GPAC
-2018-19 Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska First Team
-2018-19 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2019 CIT All-Tournament
-2017-18 Honorable Mention All-GPAC

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Taylor Cockerill

Guard
Junior, 5-9

2020-21: Senior 
Started all 31 games, averaging 28.3 minutes of playing time per game...a team high 14.7 points along with 6.48 rebounds, 2.07 Assist 1.55 steals per game... Shooting an average of .413(145-for-351) from the floor, .371 (43-for-116) and .371(43-for-116) from the 3 point range and .778 (123-for-158) from the foul line...posting season highs of 33 points against Dakota Wesleyan (Jan. 6), and career highs of 14 total rebounds against Dakota State (Nov. 5), nine assists against (Mar. 20), six steals against Marian (Mar. 19). 

2019-20: Junior
Missed the entire season due to an injury suffered in the exhibition game at Creighton.

2018-19: Sophomore
Played in all 38 games, starting 36 ... averaged a team high 15.4 points to go along with 4.0 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 1.9 assists per game ... shot 40.3 percent from the field, 36.2 percent from 3-point range and 77.4 percent from the foul line ... racked up 40 points in the season opener versus Indiana Wesleyan, marking the second highest single-game point total in program history ... piled up 19 points in fourth quarter of the NAIA national tournament second round win over Cardinal Stritch ... concluded sophomore season with 918 career points.

2017-18: Freshman
Saw action in 37 games during her debut Bulldog season ... average 9 points per game ... shot .439 from the field, .380 from behind the arc and .750 from the free throw line ... tallied 50 steals and one block ... recorded 145 rebounds and 86 assists ... scored a season high of 20 points in the game against Viterbo on Nov. 3, 2017 ... was named Honorable Mention All-GPAC. 

High School
Prepped at Waverly High School for head coach John Cockerill … lettered and started all four years … served as team captain for three years … named second team Class B all-state by the Lincoln Journal Star and first team all-state by Huskerland Prep … earned all-conference accolades … started all four years in volleyball … competed in track and field for four years, making it to state each year … member of high distinction honor roll and National Honor Society … garnered NCPA academic all-state honors in basketball … selected to play in Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game.

Personal
Born in Lincoln, Neb., on January 30, 1999 … daughter of John and Nicole Cockerill … has two younger siblings: Treyton and Tessa.

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