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Gatorade 2016 - 2017: Player of the Year

Girls Basketball - Mississippi

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Myah Taylor

Point Guard
OLIVE BRANCH HS
OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

21.6

Points Per Game

7.5

Assists Per Game

7

Steals Per Game
“Myah Taylor is the epitome of a true point guard. She is a leader who makes her teammates better and she is an even better young lady with exceptional character.”
Sylvester Kilgore
Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7 senior point guard had led the Conquistadors to a 32-1 record and a berth in the Class 6A state final at the time of her selection. Taylor averaged 21.6 points, 7.5 assists and seven steals while shooting 48 percent from inside the arc through 33 games. The state's two-time returning Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year, she is ranked as the nation's No. 49 recruit in the Class of 2017 by espnW HoopGurlz.

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Academic Achievement

Taylor has maintained a 4.10 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball on scholarship at Mississippi State University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and her church choir, Taylor has volunteered locally on behalf of the YMCA and as a youth basketball coach. "Myah Taylor is the epitome of a true point guard," said Sylvester Kilgore, head coach of Holly Springs High. "She is a leader who makes her teammates better and she is an even better young lady with exceptional character."