Taylor Heckman

Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Utica, Ohio
Last School:
Utica
Height:
5-3
B/T:
L/R

Follow on Social Media
Twitter: @taybren__
Instagram: @taybren__

Ohio State Overview
• An OSU Scholar-Athlete who graduated in May of 2024 with her degree in early childhood education
• Played in 106 games over her four-year career with 53 starts
• Had 52 career hits, six home runs, 39 RBI and a .294 batting average

Honors & Awards
• Second Team All-Big Ten (2024)
• OSU Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

As a Senior (2024)
• Started 46 of the 48 games that she played in and hit .328 with five home runs, 27 RBI, a .443 on-base percentage and 28 runs scored
• Was a second team All-Big Ten selection by the league coaches
• Hit .369 in Big Ten games with four home run and 17 RBI
• Drove in four runs over a three-game series sweep of Maryland (4/19-4/21)
• Was 2-for-2 with a home run and four RBI in the opening game of a doubleheader vs. Minnesota (4/6)
• Had 11 multi-hit games, the third-most on the team

As a Junior (2023)
• Played in 22 games and started three times
• Had a three-run bases-clearing double in a 12-0 win over CSUN (2/24)
• Drove in runs in Big Ten wins over Illinois (4/14) and Nebraska (5/7)

As a Sophomore (2022)
• Appeared in 22 games and started four times
• Hit her first career home run in the season-opener vs. Northern Illinois at FAU
• Drove in five runs over the first three games of the season, including back-to-back multi-RBI games vs. Northern Illinois and Louisville
• Had pinch hits in two postseason games: vs. Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament and Campbell at the Knoxville Regional.
• Finished with two RBI in a 10-0 win over Campbell (May 21)

As a Freshman (2021)
• Played in 14 games, all as either a pinch hitter or pinch runner
• Scored runs against Maryland (3/27), Michigan (4/10), and Purdue (5/1)
• Had a pinch-hit single and scored the winning run in a 3-2 victory over Michigan (4/10)

Prior to Ohio State
• First Team All-Licking County League and All-Central District performer every year
• First Team All-Ohio as a junior
• Helped Utica to three consecutive Licking County League Championship crowns
• Played club ball for the Lasers Blue
• Also earned all-conference and all-district recognition as a member of the basketball team

Personal
• Daughter of Kevin and Jamie Heckman
• Has four siblings – Zach, Lilli, Braxton and Brayden