Honors
· 2013 second-team All-Western Athletic Conference
· 2013 Women’s Golf Coaches Association’s All-American Scholar Team
· 2013 WAC All-Academic selection
· 2011-12 second-team All-Southland Conference
· 2011-12 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Senior (Fall 2013)
Competed in all four fall tournaments … ranked third on the team with a 75.09 stroke average … broke the program record for the low 36-hole total by firing a 139 at The Alamo Invitational … posted a career-best 54-hole score of 213 (69-70-74) en route to a seventh-place finish at the event … helped the Roadrunners register a school-record four-under-par 860 in finishing fifth at The Alamo Invitational … carded a 74-75—149 to tie for 39th at the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate.
Junior (2012-13)
Named second-team All-Western Athletic Conference … member of the WAC All-Academic Team and Women’s Golf Coaches Association’s All-American Scholar Team … played in all 11 tournaments and ranked third on the team with a 76.03 stroke average … recorded a 227 (73-79-75) at the WAC Championship to tie for 12th … tied for 15th at The Alamo Invitational with a 216 (72-73-71) … carded a 72-78-71—221 to tie for 23rd at the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate … posted 67 birdies which ranked second on the team.
Sophomore (2011-12)
Earned second-team All-Southland Conference honors and was named to the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the second consecutive year … one of four players to appear in all 11 tournaments and recorded the third-best stroke average on the squad (76.88) … recorded a three top-10 finishes, including her first career victory at the Islanders Classic … carded a 220 at that event and The Alamo Invitational for her low 54-hole scores of the season … low round of 70 came in the final 18 holes of The Alamo Invitational, where she finished in 16th place … her 61 birdies ranked fourth on the team and fired an eagle in the first round of the Insperity Lady Jaguar Invitational.
Freshman (2010-11)
Named second-team All-Southland and finished the year with a 76.28 stroke average in 11 tournaments… notched five top-15 finishes in her rookie campaign … averaged the most pars per round while her 48 birdies ranked third on the squad … tied for fourth in her first collegiate tournament, the Chip-N Club Invitational … helped UTSA set school records for lowest round and 54-hole score with a 13-place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Women’s Championship … set personal bests for low round (69) and 54-hole score (217) at the event … finished fourth at the Southland Championship to help UTSA secure its first team title.
Prior To UTSA
Finished tied for 10th place at the Optimist International Junior Championships … four-year letterwinner at Wakeland High School … won the Texas 4A State Championships individual title with a even-par score of 144 (72-72), while her team finished fourth as a senior … also claimed the 4A District and Regional individual crowns that year … four-time winner of the Most Dedicated for Golf Award … named State Farm Texas Scholar Athlete … four-time all-district, all-region and all-state repicient … won the United State Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award.
Amateur
Runner-up at the 2012 Women’s Texas Golf Association Amateur Championship … she opened the event with a 66 for the top qualifying score before four match-play wins, including a victory over 2010 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Champion Mina Hardin, in the semifinals … tied for 11th at the 2011 Texas Women’s Open with a 175 (73-72) … qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and tied for 144th with a 163 (80-83).
Personal
Full name is Taylor Newlin… born on Aug. 2, 1990, in Houston, Texas … daughter of Chad and Kim Newlin … has one sister, Payton … her father played golf at Sam Houston State from 1985-87 and her mother played softball for the Bearkats from 1984-88 … double major in accounting and marketing.