Taylor Pavlika Season 2015

Honors/Awards
American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week (8/29/16)
American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (10/19/15)
OCSA Academic All-Ohio First Team (2016)
OCSA Academic All-Ohio Second Team (2015)

Quick Notes: Enters her senior campaign with eight career assists and needs eight more to reach the program’s all-time Top 10 listing.
 
2016 (Junior): Named a starter in 19 of the 20 matches she played… collected four assists and four points on the season… led the team in assists after recording four for the second year in a row… three of her assists came on the game-winning goal for the Bearcats… assisted on Bailey Wilson’s winner at Evansville (3-2), Vanessa Gilles’ winner at UCF (2-0) and Gilles’ winner vs. Temple (2-1)… her remaining assist came on the lone goal in a 2-1 setback at Purdue… was selected as the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week (8/29/16)… a mainstay on the defensive line that helped UC allow just 21 goals, the fewest since 2006 (19) while recording nine shutouts… collected OCSA Academic All-Ohio First Team honors following the conclusion of the season.
 
2015 (Sophomore): Started all 24 matches on the year… tallied four assists, the third-most on the team, for four points… assisted on the game-winning score against East Carolina (10/16)… was selected to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (10/19) following that match… assisted on the first of two late scores against top-seeded UConn in the conference semifinal game, helping start a string of comebacks on the way to winning the American Athletic Conference title… wasted no time picking up her first point at UC by assisting on the season-opening goal against No. 21 DePaul… assisted on the game-winner in a 3-2 decision at Duquesne… earned a place on the American Athletic Conference All-Academic team (2015-16 academic year)... also earned OCSA Academic All-Ohio Second Team honors.

2014 (Freshman/IPFW): Played in all 18 games, starting 17 of them… was named to the Summit League All-Freshmen team after co-leading the team in goals (2)… was also third on the team in assists (1) and points (5)… first career goal came in a 6-4 win over Northern Kentucky on August 31… second goal on the season came on a penalty kick in the first half against IUPUI (10/12) at home… recorded the assist in a 3-3 double overtime draw against South Dakota State at home (10/10)... registered 15 shots on the season, with six coming on goal… had a season-high four shots in the season-finale at Oral Roberts (11/2)… played at least 58 minutes in 17 games on the season… played a season-high 110 minutes in both double overtime games against South Dakota State (10/10) and Western Illinois (10/17) at home… tied for second for most games played by a freshman in program history.

High School: First Team All-State as a senior… also named all-region, all-conference, and all-district… was a three-sport athlete at Novi, competing in soccer, basketball, and track & field… was named all-conference and all-region in basketball and all-state in track & field… sister Sam also played for the Bearcats, capping her goalkeeping career in 2015.