2024 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 22
Taylor Stephens
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- High School:
- Gahr HS
- Hometown:
- Lynwood, Calif.
Bio
Career
Stephens played in 84 games (31 starts) over her four-year UCLA career … finished with a career .266 batting average (25-for-94), .367 on-base percentage and .436 slugging percentage … totaled three home runs and seven doubles … recorded 16 runs batted in, 26 runs scored and 12 walks … recorded three multi-hit performances … started 16 games as the designated player, six games each in right field and left field and three at second base … owned a 1.000 fielding percentage (20 TC).
2025
Stephens played in 15 games and made three starts (all at designated player) after returning from injury late into her senior season … went 1-for-7 with two walks and one hit-by-pitch in her 10 plate appearances … scored four runs … singled to right field in the fourth inning to help continue a two-out rally which gave UCLA the lead in an NCAA Regional contest versus UC Santa Barbara (May 16) … drew a pinch-hit, lead-off walk in the bottom of the seventh in game two of NCAA Super Regionals at South Carolina, which sparked the largest seventh-inning comeback in a postseason game in program history (May 25).
2024
Stephens played in 42 games and made 26 starts in her junior season … made 13 starts as the designated player, six in left field, four in right field and three at second base … posted a .297 batting average (22-for-74), 381 on-base percentage and .459 slugging percentage … recorded two home runs, six doubles, 13 RBIs in and 15 runs scored … logged two multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak … hit her first home run of the year against Weber State at the Judi Garman Classic (March 2) … her second homer was a pinch-hit, three-run shot at Arizona State (May 4) … was 5-for-10 in pinch-hitting … hit for a .429 batting average (9-for-21) with runners in scoring position … singled in the game-tying run in the seventh inning of UCLA’s four-run comeback versus Nebraska at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 23) … went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in game three versus Utah (March 10) … doubled in a run at No. 8 Washington (March 23) … recorded a two-RBI double and walked twice at Oregon State (April 5) … doubled in another run in game two against the Beavers (April 6) … went 2-for-4 and drove in the game-winning run in the ninth inning of game one at No. 5 Stanford (April 19) … started her eight-game hitting streak at Long Beach State with a double (April 23) … singled and scored a run in the fifth inning of UCLA’s seven-run comeback against No. 19 Arizona (April 28) … doubled and scored a run in the series finale at Arizona State (May 5) … scored the game-tying run from first base as a pinch runner in the seventh inning of UCLA’s comeback against No. 15 Virginia Tech in NCAA Super Regionals (May 18).
2023
Stephens played in two games and made one start her sophomore season … opened the year by recording the first two hits of her collegiate career in the form of a double and home run versus CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 10) … it was UCLA’s first homer of the season … ended the year with an upper body injury after the Bruins’ third game of the season versus Loyola Marymount (Feb. 11).
2022
Stephens played in 25 games and made one start in right field against Weber State (March 4) … scored six runs … had 10 at-bats … entered as a pinch runner in 16 games.
High School
Stephens was a four-year letterwinner at Gahr High School (Cerritos, Calif.) … ranked as the 22nd infielder and 26th overall recruit in the nation by Extra Inning Softball … recorded a career .474 batting average, .552 on-base percentage, 92 hits, 69 RBIs, 79 runs scored, 31 walks and 42 stolen bases over 71 games … in her senior season, she recorded a .636 batting average, .709 on-base percentage, 28 hits, 14 RBIs, 28 runs scored, three homers, three doubles, a triple and 19 stolen bases … named to the All-CIF Southern Section Division 1 First Team and earned San Gabriel Valley All-League her senior season in 2021 … recorded a .463 batting average, four home runs, 34 RBIs, 30 runs scored, 16 stolen bases in 24 games her sophomore season in 2019… coached by former NFL Wide Receiver TJ Houshmandzadeh … helped Gahr to an undefeated San Gabriel Valley League season and was named to the All-Area Second Team in 2019 … hit for a .382 average, three homers and 19 RBIs over 28 games her freshman year in 2018 … played travel ball for Firecrackers TJ 18U … a Premier Girls Fastpitch All-American in 2021.
Personal
Born Taylor Marie Stephens in Montebello, Calif. … parents are Maria and Angelo Stephens … has two older brothers, Michael and Angelo … has two older sisters, Angela and Traci … is a distant relative of UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer and MLB color barrier breaker Jackie Robinson ... favorite thing about being a Bruin is "being surrounded by greatness all around me and knowing I am being held to a higher standard" … lists Jackie Robinson and Serena Williams as her favorite athletes … describes her greatest athletic thrill as hitting a walk-off home run in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 Quarterfinals against Mater Dei … favorites include actor Michael B. Jordan and the show Vampire Diaries … graduated from UCLA with a degree in sociology.
Taylor Stephens' Career Highs
Stephens played in 84 games (31 starts) over her four-year UCLA career … finished with a career .266 batting average (25-for-94), .367 on-base percentage and .436 slugging percentage … totaled three home runs and seven doubles … recorded 16 runs batted in, 26 runs scored and 12 walks … recorded three multi-hit performances … started 16 games as the designated player, six games each in right field and left field and three at second base … owned a 1.000 fielding percentage (20 TC).
2025
Stephens played in 15 games and made three starts (all at designated player) after returning from injury late into her senior season … went 1-for-7 with two walks and one hit-by-pitch in her 10 plate appearances … scored four runs … singled to right field in the fourth inning to help continue a two-out rally which gave UCLA the lead in an NCAA Regional contest versus UC Santa Barbara (May 16) … drew a pinch-hit, lead-off walk in the bottom of the seventh in game two of NCAA Super Regionals at South Carolina, which sparked the largest seventh-inning comeback in a postseason game in program history (May 25).
2024
Stephens played in 42 games and made 26 starts in her junior season … made 13 starts as the designated player, six in left field, four in right field and three at second base … posted a .297 batting average (22-for-74), 381 on-base percentage and .459 slugging percentage … recorded two home runs, six doubles, 13 RBIs in and 15 runs scored … logged two multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak … hit her first home run of the year against Weber State at the Judi Garman Classic (March 2) … her second homer was a pinch-hit, three-run shot at Arizona State (May 4) … was 5-for-10 in pinch-hitting … hit for a .429 batting average (9-for-21) with runners in scoring position … singled in the game-tying run in the seventh inning of UCLA’s four-run comeback versus Nebraska at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 23) … went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in game three versus Utah (March 10) … doubled in a run at No. 8 Washington (March 23) … recorded a two-RBI double and walked twice at Oregon State (April 5) … doubled in another run in game two against the Beavers (April 6) … went 2-for-4 and drove in the game-winning run in the ninth inning of game one at No. 5 Stanford (April 19) … started her eight-game hitting streak at Long Beach State with a double (April 23) … singled and scored a run in the fifth inning of UCLA’s seven-run comeback against No. 19 Arizona (April 28) … doubled and scored a run in the series finale at Arizona State (May 5) … scored the game-tying run from first base as a pinch runner in the seventh inning of UCLA’s comeback against No. 15 Virginia Tech in NCAA Super Regionals (May 18).
2023
Stephens played in two games and made one start her sophomore season … opened the year by recording the first two hits of her collegiate career in the form of a double and home run versus CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 10) … it was UCLA’s first homer of the season … ended the year with an upper body injury after the Bruins’ third game of the season versus Loyola Marymount (Feb. 11).
2022
Stephens played in 25 games and made one start in right field against Weber State (March 4) … scored six runs … had 10 at-bats … entered as a pinch runner in 16 games.
High School
Stephens was a four-year letterwinner at Gahr High School (Cerritos, Calif.) … ranked as the 22nd infielder and 26th overall recruit in the nation by Extra Inning Softball … recorded a career .474 batting average, .552 on-base percentage, 92 hits, 69 RBIs, 79 runs scored, 31 walks and 42 stolen bases over 71 games … in her senior season, she recorded a .636 batting average, .709 on-base percentage, 28 hits, 14 RBIs, 28 runs scored, three homers, three doubles, a triple and 19 stolen bases … named to the All-CIF Southern Section Division 1 First Team and earned San Gabriel Valley All-League her senior season in 2021 … recorded a .463 batting average, four home runs, 34 RBIs, 30 runs scored, 16 stolen bases in 24 games her sophomore season in 2019… coached by former NFL Wide Receiver TJ Houshmandzadeh … helped Gahr to an undefeated San Gabriel Valley League season and was named to the All-Area Second Team in 2019 … hit for a .382 average, three homers and 19 RBIs over 28 games her freshman year in 2018 … played travel ball for Firecrackers TJ 18U … a Premier Girls Fastpitch All-American in 2021.
Personal
Born Taylor Marie Stephens in Montebello, Calif. … parents are Maria and Angelo Stephens … has two older brothers, Michael and Angelo … has two older sisters, Angela and Traci … is a distant relative of UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer and MLB color barrier breaker Jackie Robinson ... favorite thing about being a Bruin is "being surrounded by greatness all around me and knowing I am being held to a higher standard" … lists Jackie Robinson and Serena Williams as her favorite athletes … describes her greatest athletic thrill as hitting a walk-off home run in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 Quarterfinals against Mater Dei … favorites include actor Michael B. Jordan and the show Vampire Diaries … graduated from UCLA with a degree in sociology.
Taylor Stephens' Career Highs
| At-Bats | 4, Two Times (last at CSUN, 4/30/24) |
| Runs Scored | 2 vs. Utah (3/10/24) |
| Hits | 2, Three Times (last at Stanford, 4/19/24) |
| Runs Batted In | 3 at Arizona State (5/4/24) |
| Doubles | 1, Seven Times (last at Arizona State, 5/5/24) |
| Triples | -- |
| Home Runs | 1, Three Times (last at Arizona State, 5/4/24) |
| Total Bases | 6 vs. CSU Bakersfield (2/10/23) |
| Walks | 2, Two Times (last at Oregon State, 4/5/24) |
| Sacrifice Flies | -- |
| Sacrifice Hits | 1 vs. Arizona (4/28/24) |
| Stolen Bases | 1 vs. Weber State (3/4/22) |
| Hit-By-Pitches | 1, Three Times (last vs. San Diego State, 5/17/25) |
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