TaylorPuryear

2016 Scratch Award Winner (Catspys)

2015 All-SEC Team

2015 SEC Academic Team

2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2016 (Junior): Named “Scratch Award” winner (top walk-on) at Kentucky’s annual CATSPYS awards banquet … Competed in all 13 meets on floor … Posted season-best 9.9’s on floor in back-to-back meets against Florida (3/4) and Iowa State (3/11) … Scored back-to-back 9.85’s on floor at the SEC Championships (3/18) and NCAA Regionals (4/2) … Led UK on floor a team-high nine times, earning four individual floor titles (Ball State, 9.875, 1/8; Auburn, 9.825, 1/15; Missouri, 9.875, 2/12; Iowa State, 9.9, 3/11) … Enters the 2017 season with seven career event titles, all on floor … Scored a 9.85 on floor in the postseason at the NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa (4/2) … Helped Kentucky to the second and third highest team scores in program history against Arkansas (196.7; 2/26) and Florida (196.65) in back-to-back weeks …  Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll. 

2015 (Sophomore): Was named to the All-SEC Team for the first time in her career … Earned SEC Academic Team accolades for the second consecutive season … Competed in every meet on floor and twice on beam … Won three event titles, all on floor, in her sophomore season and led UK a team-high eight times on the event … Capped the season with a team-high-tying 9.850 on floor at the NCAA Regionals … Posted a session-high-tying 9.900 at the SEC Championships, a season-best score on floor … Earned a 9.850 vs. Arkansas on Feb. 20 and a 9.850 at Missouri on Feb. 6 to win her first two floor event titles of her career … Notched a career-high-tying 9.800 on balance beam in her season debut on the event on Jan. 16, Excite Night.

2014 (Freshman): Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Competed in 12 meets for UK as a freshman in 2014, 12 times on floor and three times on balance beam … Led UK on floor twice in her freshman season … Scored a career-high 9.800 on balance beam at the NCAA Regionals, tied for fourth … Claimed a meet-high score of 9.900 on floor in UK’s win over California and Centenary on March 7 … Posted a career-best 9.925 on floor in UK’s upset win over Auburn on Feb. 28, tied for the Wildcats’ second-highest score on the event in 2014.

Pre-College: Won the all-around title at the 2009 Columbia Challenge and the Frederick Classic… Finished sixth at the 2010 State Championships… Won the all-around title at the 2010 Unique Classic… Finished third at the 2011 Maryland Classic… Won beam at the 2011 State Championships… Won the all-around title while finishing first on beam at the 2012 Circle of Stars meet… She finished second all-around and first on floor at the 2013 Maryland Classic… Won the all-around title and finished first on floor at the 2013 March Madness Invitational… Finished fourth all-around at the 2013 State Championships… Finished fourth on bars at the 2013 Regionals. 

Personal: Full name is Taylor Annette Puryear… Parents are Charles and Deborah Puryear.