2011-12 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Taylor Wootton
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Rutherford, N.J.
- High School:
- Rutherford
Career Honors: CAA All-Academic (2010-11)
CAA Commissioner's Award Recipient
2012 Honorable Mention CAA All-Academic
2011-12: Helped anchor one of the nation's top defenses, and the best defense in Drexel women's basketball history as the Dragons allowed just 54.3 points per game...earned the team's Defensive Award for her efforts...finished fourth on the squad with 7.2 points per game...finished second on the team with 35 steals...set a career high with 20 points against La Salle on Dec. 19, hitting on 10-of-15 shooting...added 17 points in the home win over William & Mary on Feb. 23...led the team with an .861 free throw percentage, finishing the year hitting 12 of her last 13 from the charity stripe.
2010-11: Started all 32 games for the Dragons…finished second on the team with a .443 shooting percentage (104-for-235)…also finished second with 13 blocks on the year…averaged 7.3 points per game…set a career high with 18 points against James Madison on Jan. 27…finished two points shy of a double-double on Jan. 2 at UNC Wilmington, grabbing a career-high 10 rebounds and adding a personal-best five assists.
2009-10: Made two starts and played in 28 games as a freshman…the only freshman to start a game for Drexel in 2009-10, she earned her first career start on Dec. 17, 2009 against Princeton...scored a season-high 11 points on Jan. 3, 2010 against James Madison…handed out personal best four assists at William & Mary on March 3 in the regular-season finale.
Background: A three-time All-League selection at Rutherford High…named First Team All-County and Second Team All-State as a junior…led her team two back-to-back undefeated conference championships…named “Best of N.J. Top Junior” by the Bergen Record after scoring her 1,000th career point in her junior year…ranked among top 70 forward recruits in her class by Scouts.com.
Personal: Daughter of Larry and Lori Wootton...majoring in sport managment.
