| Height: | 6-7 |
| Weight: | 195 |
| Year: | RS-Sr. |
| Hometown: | Fallbrook, Calif. |
| High School: | Fallbrook Union HS |
| Position: | OH |
2013 (RS Senior):
Hughes wrapped up his career as one of the most accomplished outside hitters in Pacific history. His senior year, Hughes finished eighth in the conference with 3.79 kills per set after totaling 375 on the season. He also added 12 service aces and was third on the team with 89 total blocks.
2012 (RS Junior):
Hughes led the Tigers will 397.5 points in 2012, earning All-MPSF Honorable Mention honors after finishing eighth in the conference with 4.06 points per game. He recorded a team best 342 kills to average 3.49 kills per game good for 10th in the MPSF. Also, Hughes was tied for the second most blocks on the team with 88, including five solos.
2011 (RS Sophopmore):
In his second full season with the Tigers, Hughes dominated opposing teams at the pins with a team-high 465 points. Hughes started all 29 games in which he appeared recording a team high 396 kills. He finished the season with a hitting percentage of .272, earning All MPSF Honorable Mention. Hughes led the team with 3.88 kills per set, and a serve percentage of .865. On defense, he collected 100 blocks, which was good for third on the squad.
2010 (RS Freshman):
Making an immediate impact on Pacific’s lineup and throughout the MPSF, Hughes was the Tigers’ best hitter in 2010 en route to earning All-MPSF Freshman team honors. One of the top newcomers in the conference in his first season of action, Taylor led the Tigers with 353 kills in 29 matches while posting a 3.68 kills per game average. At the pins, Hughes was second on the team with 95 total blocks, including 12 unassisted. He also showed his depth on defense, with 141 digs, finishing third on the team. Hughes had a team-high of 420 points, when combining his kills and blocks.
2009 (Freshman):
Taylor used his redshirt option during the 2009 season.
High School:
Taylor graduated from Fallbrook Union High School where he was a two-time letter winner in volleyball for the Warriors. Hughes was named the team MVP in 2007, and 2008 as well as Avocado League Player of the Year in 2008. Hughes recieved First Team All-Avocado League honors in 2007, and 2008, and was named the high school All-American Third Team in 2008. Taylor was named to the Volleyball Magazine Fab50 list his senior year of high school.
Personal:
Taylor Hughes is the son of Bill and Lori Hughes, and has two siblings: older sisters Heather and Kristen. Taylor is studying engineering.
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mar 30 | Cal State Northridge | W, 3-1 |
| Apr 2 | Stanford | L, 3-0 |
| Apr 5 | at UC San Diego | W, 3-2 |
| Apr 6 | at UC Irvine | L, 3-0 |
| Apr 12 | BYU | L, 3-0 |
| Apr 13 | Cal Baptist | W, 3-2 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 28 | 24 | ||
| Sets | 99 | 83 | ||
| Kills | 375 | 299 | ||
| Kills per set | 3.79 | 3.60 | ||
| Errors | 143 | 130 | ||
| Total Attacks | 880 | 739 | ||
| Hitting Percentage | .264 | .229 | ||
| Assists | 13 | 12 | ||
| Assists per set | 0.13 | 0.14 | ||
| Service Aces | 12 | 11 | ||
| Service Errors | 50 | 43 | ||
| Service Aces per set | 0.12 | 0.13 | ||
| Reception Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Digs | 157 | 133 | ||
| Digs per set | 1.59 | 1.60 | ||
| Block Solo | 12 | 11 | ||
| Block Assist | 77 | 61 | ||
| Block Total | 89 | 72 | ||
| Blocks per set | 0.90 | 0.87 | ||
| Block Errors | 4 | 3 | ||
| Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Points | 437.5 | 351.5 | ||
| Points per set | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4 | George Mason | W, 3-0 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 31 | .387 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Jan 12 | at Stanford | L, 3-2 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 56 | .161 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24.0 |
| Jan 18 | at Pepperdine | L, 3-0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | .095 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Jan 20 | at USC | W, 3-1 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 29 | .241 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16.0 |
| Jan 25 | UC Santa Barbara | W, 3-2 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 43 | .442 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30.0 |
| Jan 27 | UCLA | L, 3-0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 25 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16.0 |
| Feb 1 | UC Santa Cruz | W, 3-1 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 36 | .361 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18.0 |
| Feb 8 | UC San Diego | W, 3-1 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 34 | .206 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Feb 9 | UC Irvine | L, 3-0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | -.100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Feb 15 | at Long Beach State | L, 3-0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 28 | .179 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 |
| Feb 16 | at Cal State Northridge | L, 3-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -.143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Feb 22 | at BYU | L, 3-0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -.118 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Mar 1 | Pepperdine | L, 3-1 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 36 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22.5 |
| Mar 2 | USC | L, 3-1 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 41 | .171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17.0 |
| Mar 6 | at Cal Baptist | L, 3-0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 20 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.0 |
| Mar 8 | at UCLA | L, 3-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Mar 9 | at UC Santa Barbara | L, 3-0 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 34 | .412 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Mar 15 | Grand Canyon | L, 3-2 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 39 | .462 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24.5 |
| Mar 16 | Grand Canyon | W, 3-1 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 35 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23.5 |
| Mar 22 | at Hawai'i | L, 3-1 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 45 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22.5 |
| Mar 23 | at Hawai'i | L, 3-1 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 36 | .194 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15.5 |
| Mar 29 | Long Beach State | L, 3-1 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 44 | .341 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22.0 |
| Mar 30 | Cal State Northridge | W, 3-1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 46 | .196 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23.0 |
| Apr 2 | Stanford | L, 3-0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 27 | -.037 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Apr 5 | at UC San Diego | W, 3-2 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 38 | .263 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19.5 |
| Apr 6 | at UC Irvine | L, 3-0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -.176 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Apr 12 | BYU | L, 3-0 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 27 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15.0 |
| Apr 13 | Cal Baptist | W, 3-2 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 38 | .316 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20.0 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 28 | 99 | 375 | 3.79 | 143 | 880 | .264 | 13 | 0.13 | 12 | 0.12 | 157 | 1.59 | 12 | 77 | 89 | 0.90 | 437.5 | 4.4 |
| Conference | 24 | 83 | 299 | 3.60 | 130 | 739 | .229 | 12 | 0.14 | 11 | 0.13 | 133 | 1.60 | 11 | 61 | 72 | 0.87 | 351.5 | 4.2 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Home | 15 | 57 | 240 | 4.21 | 75 | 522 | .316 | 6 | 0.11 | 6 | 0.11 | 89 | 1.56 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 0.91 | 275.5 | 4.8 |
| Away | 13 | 42 | 135 | 3.21 | 68 | 358 | .187 | 7 | 0.17 | 6 | 0.14 | 68 | 1.62 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 0.88 | 162.0 | 3.9 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wins | 9 | 38 | 156 | 4.11 | 47 | 330 | .330 | 9 | 0.24 | 6 | 0.16 | 80 | 2.11 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 0.97 | 183.0 | 4.8 |
| Losses | 19 | 61 | 219 | 3.59 | 96 | 550 | .224 | 4 | 0.07 | 6 | 0.10 | 77 | 1.26 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 0.85 | 254.5 | 4.2 |
| January | 6 | 23 | 95 | 4.13 | 31 | 205 | .312 | 3 | 0.13 | 7 | 0.30 | 36 | 1.57 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0.91 | 114.5 | 5.0 |
| February | 6 | 16 | 47 | 2.94 | 27 | 142 | .141 | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | 1.44 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0.75 | 54.0 | 3.4 |
| March | 11 | 41 | 178 | 4.34 | 57 | 386 | .313 | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.10 | 56 | 1.37 | 3 | 36 | 39 | 0.95 | 203.0 | 5.0 |
| April | 5 | 19 | 55 | 2.89 | 28 | 147 | .184 | 7 | 0.37 | 1 | 0.05 | 42 | 2.21 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0.89 | 66.0 | 3.5 |