Upcoming Event: Softball versus Pima CC on September 30, 2025 at 6 p.m.
Softball
6 p.m.
vs Pima CC
Grand Canyon University Athletics
2014 Softball Roster
Roster
Nowlin, Taylor
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/ SoftballOF
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Jersey Number 2
Taylor Nowlin
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- HS:
- Sunrise Mountain
- Hometown:
- Peoria, Ariz.
- Phonetic:
- R/L
Bio
GCU
2017 – Senior
2016 - Junior
Sunrise Mountain High School
2017 – Senior
- Earned All-WAC First-Team honors.
- Named to National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division I All-Region team.
- Led the team with a personal-best 20-8 record, 158 strikeouts and 19 complete games.
- Appeared in 35 games with 25 starts on the season.
- Topped 460 career strikeouts to grow her lead in program history by 241.
2016 - Junior
- Named the WAC Pitcher of the Year and earned All-WAC First Team honors
- Became GCU's all-time strike out leader during her junior season
- Earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I All-West Region Team accolades
- Started 23 games in the pitching circle and appeared in a total of 36 contests
- Had a team-best record of 18-5 and recorded a personal-best ERA of 2.31 during the season
- Pitched a record 14 complete games
- Struck out 132 batters in 160.2 innings of action
- Ranked in the school's all-time top 10 in strikeouts (134 - 1st), appearances (39 - 1st), saves (3 - 2nd) and wins (13 - 8th)
- Earned a team-best 3.84 ERA in 129.1 innings
- Started six of the first 12 games of the season then came on as a reliever the remainder of the year
- Went 13-7 with three saves during the season
- Her 134 strikeouts were 41 more than the rest of the staff combined
- Surpassed Stephanie Pesqueira's previous school record of 131 Ks in 2013
- Posted a complete game three-hitter, striking out 10 with just two walks in a 7-1 win over Northern Colorado on Feb. 7
- Compiled a 5-6 record in the circle with a 5.19 ERA
- Struck out 36 batters in 59.1 innings of work
- Had six strikeouts while allowing just three hits in a seven-inning shutout win over New Mexico State on April 18
- Fired a two-hit shutout against Princeton on March 22 and was named WAC Pitcher of the Week for March 17-23
- Finished with a pair of hits at the plate -- one being her first career home run -- in the Lopes' Feb. 13 contest against perennial national title contender Alabama
Sunrise Mountain High School
- Named 2013 azcentral.com Big Schools Player of the Year and West Valley Prep Athlete of the Year
- Won a state title with a team that finished 36-1, as she finished the championship run by throwing four straight shutouts
- Had 21 wins and a 0.78 ERA with 204 strikeouts in 22 games
- Hit .402 with nine home runs and 33 RBI to earn all-state, all-division and all-section first-team honors, along with division and section player of the year
- Was a Division II first-team all-state pick in 2012
- An all-section first-team and section player of the year while being named the Arizona Republic West Valley Softball Player of the Year after helping the team win the state title
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