Taylor Davenport

Taylor Davenport is a former Temple University volleyball player.

Career Honors/Awards:
AAC All-Conference First Team (2024)
2x AAC Offensive Player of the Week (8/28/2023, 9/16/24)
4x AAC Weekly Honorable Mention (9/4/2023, 9/2/2024, 10/21/24, 10/28/24)
CSC Academic All-District (2023)
Black Student-Athlete Association (2023-24)
Athlete InterVarsity (2023-24)
AAC SAAC (2023-24)
SAAC (2022-23)
3x AAC All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholarship Second Team (2022)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week (3/29/2020)

In the Record Book:
Career
Became 22nd player in school history with 1,000 career kills.
6th most kills in program history (1552).
3rd most Hitting Attempts in program history (4417)

Season – 2024
5th - Kills (438^)
8th - Hitting Attempts (1138^)
7th – Service Aces (31^)

Season – 2023
t-2nd – Service Aces (32^)
8th - Kills (411^)
7th - Hitting Attempts (1151^)
6th – Block Solos (20^)

Season - 2022
4th- Kills (451^)
1st- Hitting Attempts (1438^)
2nd- Hitting Attempts (1438)
t-8th – Block Solos (17^)

Season - 2021
1st – Total Blocks (126^)
t-3rd - Block Assists (103^)
t-4th – Block Solos (23^)

Single Match
Tied most Service Aces, 6 at Memphis (11/11/22) and vs. SMU (10/21/22)
Tied most Service Aces in 3 sets, 5 vs. USF (10/4/24^)
Most Block Assists, 12 vs. Rider (8/27/21)
T- 3rd most Block Assists, 9 vs. Cincinnati (3/27/2021) and vs. Cincinnati (3/26/2021)
T- 10th most Block Assists, 8 vs. USF (10/15/21) and vs. Delaware (2/26/2021)
Most Total Blocks, 15 vs. Rider (8/27/21)
T- 7th most Total Blocks vs. USF (10/15/2021), Cincinnati (3/26/21) and Cincinnati (3/27/21)

^Denotes since 2008 25-point reformat

2024

• AAC All-Conference First Team
• AAC All-Conference Preseason First Team
• AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/16)
• Three Time AAC Honorable Mention (9/2, 10/21, 10/28)
• Saw action in 30 matches, only missing one set over the entire season.
• Recorded over 400 kills in a season for the third year in a row, leading the team and conference with 438.
• Tallied the second most aces on the team with 31.
• Found double-digit kills in 22 of the 30 games, surpassing the 20-kill mark five times.
• Recorded two double doubles.
• Nabbed a career-high 33 kills and 34 points in a five-set win over Presbyterian (9/8).
• Grabbed 15 digs, a season-best, against New Hampshire (9/15).

2023

• AAC Offensive Player of the Week (8/28)
• AAC Honorable Mention (9/4)
• CSC Academic All-District
• Black Student-Athlete Association
• Athlete InterVarsity
• AAC SAAC
• Was one of five players on the team to play and start in all 31 matches.
• Led the team with 32 service aces including tying for the sixth most in a match (5) in school history.
• Led the team and was fifth in the AAC with 411 kills.
• Led the team and was fifth in the conference with 3.51 kills/set.
• Had 12 matches of 15 kills or more.
• Tallied 13 matches with five or more digs, two with 10.
• Recorded a season-high 28 kills at Memphis (11/18).
• Davenport recorded her first career double-double with 20 kills and a season-high 10 digs versus LIU (8/28).

2022

• AAC All-Academic Team
• SAAC
• Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing Cherry and White Challenge All-Tournament Team
• Black Knight Invitational All-Tournament Team
• Played in all 31 matches, starting 19.
• Ended the season fifth overall in the conference in kills per/set (3.61)kills (451), points (515), and points/set (4.12).
• Became the first Owl since the 2015 season to reach with at least 400 kills in a season
• Recorded double-digit kills in 20 of the team's 31 matches.
• Tallied nine matches this past season where she earned at least 20 kills.
• Reached a season-high 27 kills versus St. Francis Brooklyn (9/3).
• Tied her career high six aces on two occasions.

2021

• AAC All-Academic Team
• Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholarship Award Second Team
• Played in 31 games, starting 30.
• Fourth in the AAC with 126 total blocks (103 block assists, 23 solos) and 1.14 blocks/set, which was the best on the Owls team.
• Tied for third on the team with 150 kills.
• Had a career-high 15 blocks in a 3-2 win versus Rider (8/27).
• Tallied a season-high nine kills two times, versus LIU (9/3) and then versus USF (10/15).

2020

• AAC Defensive Player of the Week (3/29)
• AAC All-Academic Team
• Played in and started all 17 matches.
• Led the Owls and the fifth best in the AAC with total blocks 71 blocks (64 blocks assists, 7 solo).
• Fourth on the team with 105 kills.
• Tallied four matches with 7 or more blocks.
• Recorded a season-high 12 kills versus Cincinnati (3/27)

High School

• Earned All-State honors to cap her senior season.
• Led her team to an undefeated record in the region, winning the 4A Championship.
• Earned All-State and All-Region honors as a junior, with Offensive Player of the Year accolades.