Taylor Kilgore
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 176
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- Hometown:
- Kingsport, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- High School:
- Dobyns-Bennett High School
Bio
High School: Landed in the top 3 of the High School Pre-Season Mike Mills Invitational at The Country Club in Morristown... Led the Indians to both a Conference and District Tournament title after finishing at third in both events... Won the Tri-Cities Junior Amateur, as well... Led the Indians team to an eighth-place finish at the Tennessee Large School State Tournament... Was tabbed a three-time Big 11 All-Conference team selection... Added on Region 1 All-Region team honors in both 2019 and 2020.
Personal: Comes from a strong Carson-Newman bloodline that includes grandfather David Barger, a 1970 C-N alumnus who joined the Athletic Department as the Director of Athletic Promotions in 1980 before serving as Athletic Director from 1990-2012, and was inducted into the South Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame in 2013... Continues the C-N legacy of student-athletes in his family. His father, Matt, played baseball for the Eagles and was a first-team All-SAC selection in 1996 as a catcher. Three of his uncles also hold connections to C-N – Paul and Philip Barger were members of the baseball and spirit teams, respectively, while Joe Dobyns played basketball.