Tayla Woods

Position:
Setter
Height:
5-11
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Santiam Christian HS/MidValley Volleyball
Hometown:
Corvallis, Ore.

2012 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Played in 28 matches, starting eight, and appeared in 60 sets ... Totaled eight kills, 356 assists, 10 service aces and 23 blocks ... Ended the season with four double doubles (Sept. 1 vs. Illinois State, Aug. 31 vs. Miami, Aug. 25 vs. UC Irvine and Nov. 9 against Arizona) ... Had season-best efforts with five blocks against Arizona (Nov. 9) and UC Irvine (Aug. 25) ... Totaled a season-best 39 assists against Arizona and finished with 11 digs for a double double (Nov. 9) ... Picked up 20 assists against Utah (Oct. 26) ... Finished with 35 assists and 14 digs against Illinois State (Sept. 1) ... Finished with 34 assists in back-to-back matches (Aug. 31 vs. Miami and Sept. 1 vs. Presbyterian) ... Had 12 digs against the Hurricanes ... Finished with 26 assists and 12 digs against UC Irvine (Aug. 25).

2011 (Redshirt Freshman)
Tayla Woods played eight total sets opening weekend, coming in against Gonzaga (Aug. 27) to earn two kills, 19 assists, an ace and three digs for 4.0 points ... Tallied back-to-back double-doubles against CSU Bakersfield (Sept. 4) and Loyola Marymount (Sept. 4) with 36 assists and 13 digs in her first two career starts at setter ... Racked up a pair of blocks against Seattle (Sept. 5) ... Named to the Long Beach State Baden Classic All-Tournament Team ... Earned 50 assists against SMU (Sept. 9) .... Dug a career-high 14 balls at No. 22 Long Beach State (Sept. 10) with a career-high four blocks ... Played in a 6-2 offense with Megan McBride beginning against No. 7 Washington (Oct. 21) and Washington State (Oct. 22).

2010 (Freshman)
Redshirted her true freshman season ... Received the 2010 Johnny Carpenter Female Prep Athlete of the Year 4A-1A Award at the 59th Annual Oregon Sports Awards.

Santiam Christian High School
Lettered four years in volleyball at setter for coach Kim McLain ... Led team to OSAA 3A title as a senior, placing top eight the three previous years ... As a senior, Oregon state Player of the Year ... Two-time Player of the Year in the PacWest League ... Two-time first team All-State selection ... Three-time All-PacWest League First Team honoree ... As a freshman, named second team All-League ... Also lettered four years in basketball at point guard for coach Mellisa McLain ... Led team to runner-up finish as a junior, third place as a senior ... Named Oregon state Player of the Year as a senior ... Two-time conference Player of the Year ... Two-time first team All-State honoree ... Four-time first team All-League ... As a sophomore, named to the state second team.

Personal
Daughter of Steve and Terri Woods ... Has one older sister, Kiley, and one younger sister, Darci ... Sister, Kiley, attended Oregon State and was a manager for the volleyball team ... Education and Psychology major ... Honor Roll ... Chose Oregon State because "I liked the atmosphere of the volleyball team and coaches. It's a pretty campus, and it's next to my friends and family."