University of Minnesota Athletics
2016 Softball Roster

Taylor LeMay
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-8
- High School:
- East Ridge HS
- Hometown:
- Cottage Grove, Minn.
2016Â - SENIOR SEASON:
Started all 57 games at catcher - earned second-team All-Big Ten honors as well as being named the top defensive catcher in the conference - for the second year was named to the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region team earning second-team honors - hit .319 with nine doubles, a triple and five home runs with 46 RBI - recorded 406 putouts and caught eight runners stealing while only allowing 27 stolen bases all season - added an RBI against Utah Valley - recorded three hits and three RBI against Texas Tech - in two games against Virginia Tech, earned two hits and one run - added one hit in two-game matchup against No.13/15 Florida State - earned a run in the win over Mount St. Mary's - established two RBI against Arizona State - established two RBI and hit a double in the win over Saint Francis - earned a run in 5-3 win over Houston - recorded two hits in win over Western Carolina - contributed two RBI and a double in win over Jacksonville - against No. 9 Georgia, hit a game winning homerun sending three runs in the top of the seventh inning - recorded two RBI in 12-0 win over UMASS - contributed two RBI with a double, and earned her own run in win over LIU - recorded two RBI in three hits against Tulsa - recorded a homerun in win over Kansas - in three games against Purdue, accomplished 26 putouts, three hits, one RBI and one run - recorded a homerun, four runs and six RBI in three games against Northwestern - in three games against Illinois, recorded 18 putouts, one run, four hits and two RBI - accomplished 17 putouts in double header against Wisconsin, adding two hits and one RBI - served as catcher in series against Rutgers, establishing one run, two hits and 23 put outs - starting catcher for both games against Nebraska, contributing two runs, one hit, two RBI  and 14 put outs - started at catcher for series against Maryland, adding two runs, four hits, two RBI and 21 put outs.Â
2015 - JUNIOR SEASON:
Played in 58 games with 57 starts at catcher - hit .310 on the year, posting a .404 on-base percentage and a .535 slugging percentage - named Third Team NFCA All-Great Lakes Region - Academic All-Big Ten - hit .375 in Big Ten play and led the conference with four pick offs and 443 putouts - registered nine multi-hit games and had 11 multiple-RBI efforts, including three-hit performances against Stanford (March 8) and Wisconsin (April 29) and four-RBI outings against Stanford (March 7) and Wisconsin (April 29), all matching career-bests - crossed the plate with the game-winning run in six games, including in three of the team's last four victories, and had three-game-winning RBI - hit .353 and led Minnesota with six RBI at the NCAA Tucson Regional - hit a go-ahead three-run home run with two outs in the seventh inning against Arizona in the regional championship game - helped the Gophers set a school record and tie for the national lead in road wins with 20 by hitting .404 in true road games - had a .992 fielding percentage, including a perfect 1.000 mark in conference action - stole six bases.
2014 - SOPHOMORE SEASON:
One of four players on the team to start in all 56 games, all at catcher - hit .253 and had a .333 on-base percentage to go along with a .493 slugging percentage - tied for second on the team, sixth in the conference, and eighth in a single-season school history with 11 home runs - became the 23rd Gopher to hit two home runs in a game, accomplishing the feat against Missouri State (March 7) - set season-high with three hits (May 3) and tied season-best with four RBI (May 4) against Purdue - led Big Ten with 475 putouts, including 16 against Georgia Southern, the most in any game by a Big Ten player - picked off two runners - had four game-winning hits and four game-winning runs - had seven multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games - reached base in six games in a row from Feb. 28 to March 7 - had hits in three-consecutive games five different times.
2013 - FRESHMAN SEASON (AT CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL):
Did not see game action before transferring to Minnesota.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Earned four varsity letters for softball at East Ridge High School - earned All-Suburban East Conference honors four times - was an all-state honoree in 2010 and 2012 and was a Minnesota Ms. Softball finalist in 2012 - played club softball for the Minnesota Blizzard and the Minnesota Sting - also earned varsity letters for tennis and Key Club in 2010.
PERSONAL:
Majoring in kinesiology with an emphasis on physical education and health - hobbies include listening to music, going to church, hanging out with friends, and going to the beach or lake - most memorable sports thrill was hitting a walk-off grand slam to beat the Atlanta Vipers at PGF Nationals in 2012 as a member of the Minnesota Sting - daughter of Jim and Lisa LeMay - Born July, 8, 1994.
Year | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | OBP | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | FLD |
2014 | .253 | 56-56 | 146 | 35 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 72 | .493 | 15 | 3 | 27 | .333 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 475 | 39 | .994 |
2015 | .310 | 58-57 | 129 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 69 | .535 | 13 | 8 | 15 | .404 | 1 | 2 | 6-8 | 443 | 56 | .992 |
2016 | .319 | 57-57 | 160 | 21 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 77 | .481 | 27 | 6 | 22 | .435 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 406 | 52 | .987 |
TOTAL | .294 | 171-170 | 435 | 84 | 128 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 116 | 218 | .501 | 55 | 17 | 64 | .393 | 2 | 6 | 7-10 | 1324 | 147 | .991 |