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Taylor Landfair

Outside hitter
PLAINFIELD CENTRAL HS
PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

515

Kills

249

Digs

0.467

Kill Percentage

0.341

Hitting Percentage
“Taylor was the best hitter in our area and in the state. Besides being 6-4, she also has an amazing vertical [leap] and is very athletic. She was the most dominant hitter we ran across.”
Carrie Prosek
Head Coach - Head coach of Minooka High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-4 junior outside hitter slammed 515 kills and recorded 249 digs this past season, leading the Wildcats (27-9) to the Class 4A Lockport Township Regional championship game. Landfair also totalled 44 blocks and 43 service aces while posting a kill percentage of .467 and a hitting percentage of .341. A member of the USA Volleyball Under-18 Youth National Team, she concluded her junior year with 1,109 kills and 564 digs in her prep volleyball career.

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Academic Achievement

Landfair has maintained a B-plus average in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play volleyball on scholarship at the University of Minnesota beginning in the fall of 2020.

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Exemplary Character

Landfair has volunteered locally with Feed My Starving Children, and she has donated her time as a youth volleyball coach.