Temple University Athletics

2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

Roster

1

Mickhaila Murray

OH/RS
/ Women's Volleyball
2

Christiana Greene

OH
/ Women's Volleyball
3

Abby Jhun

DS/L
/ Women's Volleyball
4

Ava Blascziek

S
/ Women's Volleyball
5

Lexi Yoza

S
/ Women's Volleyball
6

Magdalena Rogalska

S
/ Women's Volleyball
7

Nalani McBride

DS/L
/ Women's Volleyball
8

Qairo Bentley

OH
/ Women's Volleyball
9

Sofia Hardy

L/DS
/ Women's Volleyball
10

Sydney Jones

OH
/ Women's Volleyball
12

Hikialani Kaohelaulii

L/DS
/ Women's Volleyball
13

Chelci Banks

MB
/ Women's Volleyball
14

Taylor Davenport

OH
/ Women's Volleyball
17

Alyssa Finister

MB
/ Women's Volleyball
18

Avery Luoma

RS
/ Women's Volleyball
19

Katie Hickey

MB
/ Women's Volleyball
20

Olivia Hummel

OH
/ Women's Volleyball

Lainey TEAM IMPACT

/ Women's Volleyball
Taylor Davenport vs. Charlotte 10.20.24
Taylor Davenport vs. Charlotte 10.20.24
Taylor Davenport vs. Binghamton 10.9.24
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Taylor Davenport 2024 AAC Preseason All-Conference
Taylor Davenport vs. SMU 11.22.23
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Taylor Davenport vs. UAB 11.10.23
Taylor Davenport vs. UAB 11.10.23
Mary Beth Wilson and Linda Hampton-Keith Gives Taylor Davenport her 1,000 career-kill ball
Taylor Davenport CWC 2023
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Taylor Davenport v. Lehigh 8.27.23
Taylor Davenport vs. SMU 10.21.22
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Taylor Davenport vs. Seton Hall 8.26.22
Taylor Davenport 2024
Jersey Number 14

Taylor Davenport

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Hometown:
    Columbia, S.C.
  • High School:
    AC Flora
Career Honors/Awards: 
AAC All-Conference First Team (2024) 
2x AAC Offensive Player of the Week (8/28/2023, 9/16/24) 
4x AAC Weekly Honorable Mention (9/4/2023, 9/2/2024, 10/21/24, 10/28/24) 
CSC Academic All-District (2023) 
Black Student-Athlete Association (2023-24) 
Athlete InterVarsity (2023-24) 
AAC SAAC (2023-24) 
SAAC (2022-23) 
3x AAC All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23) 
Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholarship Second Team (2022) 
AAC Defensive Player of the Week (3/29/2020) 
 
In the Record Book: 
Career 
Became 22nd player in school history with 1,000 career kills. 
6th most kills in program history (1552). 
3rd most Hitting Attempts in program history (4417) 

Season – 2024 
5th - Kills (438^) 
8th - Hitting Attempts (1138^) 
7th – Service Aces (31^) 

Season – 2023 
t-2nd – Service Aces (32^) 
8th - Kills (411^) 
7th - Hitting Attempts (1151^) 
6th – Block Solos (20^) 

Season - 2022 
4th- Kills (451^) 
1st- Hitting Attempts (1438^) 
2nd- Hitting Attempts (1438) 
t-8th – Block Solos (17^) 

Season - 2021 
1st – Total Blocks (126^) 
t-3rd - Block Assists (103^) 
t-4th – Block Solos (23^) 

Single Match 
Tied most Service Aces, 6 at Memphis (11/11/22) and vs. SMU (10/21/22) 
Tied most Service Aces in 3 sets, 5 vs. USF (10/4/24^) 
Most Block Assists, 12 vs. Rider (8/27/21) 
T- 3rd most Block Assists, 9 vs. Cincinnati (3/27/2021) and vs. Cincinnati (3/26/2021) 
T- 10th most Block Assists, 8 vs. USF (10/15/21) and vs. Delaware (2/26/2021) 
Most Total Blocks, 15 vs. Rider (8/27/21) 
T- 7th most Total Blocks vs. USF (10/15/2021), Cincinnati (3/26/21) and Cincinnati (3/27/21) 
 
^Denotes since 2008 25-point reformat 
 
2024 
  • AAC All-Conference First Team 
  • AAC All-Conference Preseason First Team 
  • AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/16) 
  • Three Time AAC Honorable Mention (9/2, 10/21, 10/28) 
  • Saw action in 30 matches, only missing one set over the entire season. 
  • Recorded over 400 kills in a season for the third year in a row, leading the team and conference with 438. 
  • Tallied the second most aces on the team with 31. 
  • Found double-digit kills in 22 of the 30 games, surpassing the 20-kill mark five times. 
  • Recorded two double doubles. 
  • Nabbed a career-high 33 kills and 34 points in a five-set win over Presbyterian (9/8). 
  • Grabbed 15 digs, a season-best, against New Hampshire (9/15). 
2023 
  • AAC Offensive Player of the Week (8/28) 
  • AAC Honorable Mention (9/4) 
  • CSC Academic All-District 
  • Black Student-Athlete Association 
  • Athlete InterVarsity 
  • AAC SAAC 
  • Was one of five players on the team to play and start in all 31 matches. 
  • Led the team with 32 service aces including tying for the sixth most in a match (5) in school history. 
  • Led the team and was fifth in the AAC with 411 kills. 
  • Led the team and was fifth in the conference with 3.51 kills/set. 
  • Had 12 matches of 15 kills or more.  
  • Tallied 13 matches with five or more digs, two with 10. 
  • Recorded a season-high 28 kills at Memphis (11/18). 
  • Davenport recorded her first career double-double with 20 kills and a season-high 10 digs versus LIU (8/28). 
2022 
  • AAC All-Academic Team 
  • SAAC 
  • Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing Cherry and White Challenge All-Tournament Team 
  • Black Knight Invitational All-Tournament Team 
  • Played in all 31 matches, starting 19.  
  • Ended the season fifth overall in the conference in kills per/set (3.61)kills (451), points (515), and points/set (4.12).  
  • Became the first Owl since the 2015 season to reach with at least 400 kills in a season  
  • Recorded double-digit kills in 20 of the team's 31 matches.  
  • Tallied nine matches this past season where she earned at least 20 kills. 
  • Reached a season-high 27 kills versus St. Francis Brooklyn (9/3).  
  • Tied her career high six aces on two occasions. 
2021 
  • AAC All-Academic Team 
  • Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholarship Award Second Team 
  • Played in 31 games, starting 30. 
  • Fourth in the AAC with 126 total blocks (103 block assists, 23 solos) and 1.14 blocks/set, which was the best on the Owls team. 
  • Tied for third on the team with 150 kills. 
  • Had a career-high 15 blocks in a 3-2 win versus Rider (8/27). 
  • Tallied a season-high nine kills two times, versus LIU (9/3) and then versus USF (10/15). 
2020 
  • AAC Defensive Player of the Week (3/29) 
  • AAC All-Academic Team 
  • Played in and started all 17 matches. 
  • Led the Owls and the fifth best in the AAC with total blocks 71 blocks (64 blocks assists, 7 solo). 
  • Fourth on the team with 105 kills.  
  • Tallied four matches with 7 or more blocks. 
  • Recorded a season-high 12 kills versus Cincinnati (3/27) 
High School 
  • Earned All-State honors to cap her senior season. 
  • Led her team to an undefeated record in the region, winning the 4A Championship. 
  • Earned All-State and All-Region honors as a junior, with Offensive Player of the Year accolades. 
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