Player Bio: Chad Taylor

Chad Taylor Class: Junior Hometown: Alamo, CA High School: DeLaSalle Height / Weight: 6-2 / 185 Position: Goalkeeper Experience: 2V Major: Economics

2003 Season (Sophomore): Named second team All-American by the American Water Polo Coaches Association (AWPCA) ... Also named second team All-MPSF ... Selected to the NCAA All-Tournament second team ... Also named to the All-MPSF Academic team ... A starter in all 27 games ... Collected 190 saves, ninth-best for a single season at Stanford ... His 6.11 goals against average was #4 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) ... Fifth in the MPSF in saves per game at 7.04 ... Snared a career-high 16 saves in the opening round of the MPSF Tournament against UC Irvine ... Collected 12 saves against California ... His 12 saves against the Golden Bears earned him MPSF Player of the Week honors ... Collected ten or more saves in four games.

2002 Season (Freshman): Backed up four-year starting goalkeeper Nick Ellis ... Saw time in seven games, and earned one start against UC Santa Cruz in the NorCal Tournament opener ... Collected 13 saves during the season ... Posted a season-high five save performance against UC Davis ... Closed out the NCAA semifinal match against UC San Diego.

2001 Season: Redshirted.

High School: A two-time first team North Section player from De La Salle High School in Concord ... Helped his team win the North Central Section CIF title as a senior and was named NCS MVP ... A two-time All-American in water polo and swimming ... Captain of his water polo and soccer teams during his senior season ... Also lettered twice in track ... A finalist for the De La Salle High School Athlete of the Year in 2001.

Cardinal Catalogue: Economics major.