Taylen Ballard-Nixon - W Volleyball

Taylen Ballard-Nixon

Outside Hitter #1

Class

Senior

Hometown

Clovis,

California

Last School

Clovis High School

Roster Years

2017-2021

Four-year varsity letterman
Named the No. 21 Senior Aces in the class of 2017 by PrepVolleyball
Named to the All-Valley Team in 2014, 2015 and 2016
Named All-Conference in 2014 and 2016
Named an AVCA Under Armour First-Team All-American in 2016
Named a 2016 AVCA/Max Preps Player of the Week
Named 2016 California All-State and All-TRAC
Named the 2016 Fresno Bee Central Valley Player of the Year
Named the 2015 Offensive Player of the Year despite an early season-ending injury
Helped lead her team to the Valley Championship and Semifinals in the Open-Division 1 State Tournament in 2014

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2017

Sophmore Year 2018

Helped the Cougars to a 31-2 record, the WCC title, an NCAA Final Four appearance and a No. 4 final ranking
Played in 18 sets with six kills, two digs and eight block assists
Had two kills and two blocks vs. Pacific (9/20)
Collected two kills and four blocks vs. San Diego (11/2)

Junior Year 2019

Played in 77 sets, totaling 139 kills on a .244 percentage, adding 14 aces, 52 digs and 56 blocks
Helped BYU to a 26-5 record and the second round of the NCAA Tournament
Had 12 kills, hitting .435 against Utah Valley (8/30)
Came off the bench to record seven kills and no errors on 14 swings in the win at No. 2 Stanford (9/21)
Had a career-best three aces in each game against Saint Mary's (10/5, 10/31)
Went off for a career-high 11 blocks (1 solo) at LMU (10/24), tied for sixth-most in a four-set match in the BYU rally scoring era
Led the team with 11 kills and two solo blocks vs. Portland (11/21)
Had a career-high 14 kills in the regular season finale against Pepperdine (11/26)

Senior Year 2021

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

Senior 2020

AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
AVCA Pacific South All-Region
All-WCC First Team
Started all 19 matches, appearing in all 63 sets, while leading BYU to a 17-2 season, the WCC title, an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance and No. 15 final ranking
Had a career year, leading the team with 239 kills and totaling 133 digs, 38 blocks and 15 aces
Tallied four double-doubles
Reached double-digit kills in 12 of the 17 matches, recording a career-high 24 kills at San Francisco (3/6)
Served a career-high four aces at Portland (1/27)