2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

Edward Jacobs, Jr.
Colorado Mesa Athletics

20 Taylor Hicken

  • Position MB
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Dakota Ridge
  • Hometown Littleton, Colo.
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Fall 2021: AVCA Honorable Mention All-America ... AVCA First-Team All-Region ... D2CCA First-Team All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/6, 9/20, 11/1) ... Mountain Lion Classic Tournament MVP ... Oredigger Classic All-Tournament Team ... Played in all 30 matches including all 108 sets for Mines as a starting middle blocker ... Closed the year boasting 345 kills at 3.19 kills per set on .410 hitting while adding 87 digs, 68 total blocks, 35 service aces and 17 assists ... Finished the season ranked #1 in the RMAC and #6 in the nation in hitting percentage ... Also ranked top-10 in the RMAC in six statistical categories including hitting percentage, total kills, kills per set, total service aces, total points and points per set ... Single-season hitting percentage ranked #2 all-time at Mines - behind her own mark of .423 in the spring of 2021 ... Produced five different single-match performances that appeared in the program record book ... Knocked down 17 kills on two differnent occasions and racked up double-digit kills in 22 of Mines' 30 matches ... Also notable was four matches with double-digit kills and zero attack errors ... Arguably the top two outings of the season included 14 kills on .667 hitting, six service aces and two blocks at Colorado Christian on Oct. 15 followed by nine kills on .692 hitting with four service aces, six digs and two blocks at UCCS on Oct. 30 ... Finished her Oredigger career boasting 946 kills, 215 total blocks, 162 digs and 44 aces.

Spring 2021: First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC All-Tournament Team ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (3/2, 3/8) ... Started all 15 of Mines' matches and appeared in all 54 sets as a middle blocker for the Orediggers ... Finished the season touting 174 kills, 37 total blocks, 22 digs, nine service aces and two assists while hitting .423 on the attack ... Ranked first in the RMAC in hitting percentage and kills per set while sitting second in total kills and points per set ... Her .423 hitting percentage ranked sixth in the nation while also ranking 47th in the country in total kills ... Top performance of the season was 18 kills, two blocks, two digs and one service ace while hitting .471 at Westminster on Feb. 25 ... Committed just three attacking errors during the RMAC Tournament as she racked up 29 kills on 51 attempts ... Registered 11 outings with double-digit kills ... Also notched 15 kills, seven blocks, three digs and two service aces at Western Colorado on Feb. 11 ... Broke the program's single-season hitting percentage record as well.

2019: RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... D2ADA Academic Achievement Award ... Mountain Lion Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Appeared in 76 sets over 28 matches as a middle blocker for the Orediggers ... Racked up 181 kills and 38 blocks at 2.38 kills per set while hitting .299 ... Also added 19 digs and three assists ... Top outing of the year featured 13 kills on .545 hitting against Angelo State on Sept. 14 ... Hit .800 for four kills against Colorado Mesa in the first round of the RMAC Tournament ... Produced double-digit kills on eight occasions and had five blocks in a single match twice.

2018: Honorable Mention All-RMAC ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (11/5) ... Played in 106 sets over 29 matches ... Finished the season third on the team with 246 kills ... Posted Mines' #10 single-season hitting percentage at .307 on the year ... Finished the season with 72 blocks, 34 digs and six assists ... Best match of the year featured 18 kills and seven blocks with two digs against UCCS (11/2) ... Hit .786 with 11 kills on 14 attempts at New Mexico Highlands.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Played both outside and middle in her career … Played outside at Dakota Ridge, where she was a three-year varsity letterwinner and a 2017 CCGS All-State honoree … Three-year Offensive Player of the Year … Three-time all-conference selection, including first team in 2017 … 2017 MVP … Played four years with Colorado Juniors as a middle, and was the team's kills leader hitting .460 with 472 kills … 2017 National Hispanic Scholar winner … President's Education Award winner … Honor roll student ... Majoring in computer science at Mines.
 

Match Career Highs
Kills: 18 - 2x, last at Westminster (2/25/21)
Attacks: 37 vs. West Texas A&M (12/2/21)
Attack Percentage (min. 5 kills): 0.786 (11-0-14) - 2x, last at Colorado Christian (1/30/21)
Blocks: 7 at Western Colorado (2/11/21)
Service Aces: 6 at Colorado Christian (10/15/21)
Digs: 8 vs. Washburn (9/11/21)
Assists: 2 - 3x, last at Westminster (9/18/21)

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    MB
    6'0"
    20
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    2019Sophomore

    MB
    6'0"
    20
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    2020Junior

    MB
    6'0"
    20
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    2021Senior

    MB
    6'0"
    20