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Triple Taylor Block, Taylor Treacy, Taylor Fricano, Taylor Borup

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Taylor Fricano

Position:
MH
Height:
6-4
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Palatine, Ill.
High School:
Palatine
Prev School:
Wisconsin

Career Honors:
2017:
» Preseason All-ACC

2016:
» All-ACC Second Team
» All-ACC Academic Team
» ACC Academic Honor Roll

2015:
» ACC Academic Honor Roll

2014 (at Wisconsin):
» Academic All-Big Ten

Career Notes: Played in 87 matches (290) sets over three seasons at North Carolina after beginning her career at the University of Wisconsin • Totaled 413 kills (1.42/s), 305 blocks (1.05/s), 22 aces, 88 digs and nine assists as a Tar Heel • Recorded a career .229 hitting percentage • Saw the most action as a junior, starting every match at middle hitter where she would go on to tie UNC’s single-season block assists record and earn All-ACC Second Team honors • Finished just outside the top 10 at Carolina in blocking, ranking 12th all time with 1.05 career blocks per set and finishing 11th in total block assists (284) over just three seasons.

2017 (RS Senior): Appeared in 26 of 28 matches (93 sets), playing opposite, middle and occasionally outside hitter • Tallied 127 kills and 102 blocks, averaging 1.10 blocks per set • Added 23 digs, four assists and two aces on the season • Registered nine matches with six or more blocks, including hitting .636 with seven kills and a season-high eight blocks against Virginia • Hit .526 with 11 kills, five blocks and a career-high five digs against LIU Brooklyn • Tallied a season-best 12 kills with five blocks at Wake Forest (11/22).

2016 (RS Junior): Transitioned to middle hitter during training camp and emerged as one of the best blockers in the ACC and in UNC history • Started all 33 matches in the middle, playing in 118 of 125 sets • Tied a 16-year-old record for block assists with 142 • Hit .327 with 158 blocks, 173 kills, 49 digs and 20 aces • Ranked fourth in the ACC and 28th in the nation in blocks per set (1.34) • Ninth in the ACC in hitting percentage • Averaged 1.49 blocks per set during ACC played, good for third in the conference • Came on strong defensively in the second half of the season, totaling seven or more blocks in 10 of the final 15 matches, including 10 stuffs against Pittsburgh • Hit .500 or better in 10 matches, including going 7-for-8 (.875) against Clemson (11/11) • Matched her career high in kills against her former teammates, hitting .407 with 15 kills and seven blocks in UNC's marquee victory over No. 2 Wisconsin • Set a Carolina NCAA Tournament record against Coastal Carolina by stuffing four solo blocks (eight total), while also hitting .500 with eight kills and no errors to help UNC to its best team hitting percentage in the postseason at .310 • Her strong blocking and efficient hitting helped UNC to set a new single-season team record for block assists while also posting the second-highest team hitting percentage in program history • Developed a potent jump serve and became the eighth Tar Heel in the rally-scoring era to land five aces in a match on Nov. 18 against Virginia • All-ACC Second Team.

2015 (RS Sophomore): Played in 28 matches (79 sets) at opposite hitter in her first season at UNC • Totaled 113 kills, 45 blocks and 16 digs • Started 14 matches but saw lessened playing time after the injury to setter Jordyn Schnabl changed Carolina's rotation • Used primarily as a blocker late in sets after the team was forced to move to a 5-1 rotation • Posted a career-high 15 kills in five sets against No. 18 Florida State.

2013-14 (at Wisconsin): Redshirted the 2013 season • Played in seven sets across six matches in 2014 • Recorded first career kill and point against Florida A&M (9/6) • Notched her third kill against Washington (9/19) in a top five matchup • Recorded a fourth kill vs. Rutgers (10/10) • Named Academic All-Big Ten.

Prep: Ranked 33rd on the Senior Aces list by PrepVolleyball.com • Named 2012 PrepVolleyball.com special mention All-America • Selected 2012 first-team all-state by the Champaign News-Gazette • Earned all-area honors by the Daily Herald and Chicago Sun-Times • Named the Mid-Suburban League Player of the Year • Recorded 293 kills, while hitting .339, and added 231 digs, 43 blocks and 41 service aces as a senior • Guided the Pirates to conference and regional championships her final season • Played with Sky High Volleyball Club under coach Scott Harris • Finished fifth at the 2012 AAU Junior Championships and 19th at the 2012 USA Junior Nationals.

Personal: Born Taylor Linn Fricano on Feb. 4 • Daughter of Linn and Anthony Fricano • Has an older brother, Anthony, Jr., and a younger brother, Joe • Nicknames are Tay or Frick • Participates in the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy in the Veteran Leaders program • Enjoys photography, painting, sketching/drawing, auto-mechanic repairs and rehab • Volunteered as a coach and photographer for her local park district • Majoring in psychology.

Career Highs:
Kills: 15, 2x-last vs. Wisconsin (9/9/16)
Attacks: 39 vs. Florida State (10/16/15)
Assists: 2 vs. Florida (9/3/17)
Aces: 5 vs. Virginia (11/18/16)
Digs: 5 vs. LIU Brooklyn (9/8/17)
Solo Blocks: 4 vs. Coastal Carolina (12/3/16)^
Total Blocks: 10 at Pittsburgh (10/30/16)

^UNC NCAA Tournament record

Career Statistics
Year	MP-SP	K	K/S	E	TA	PCT.	A	A/S	SA	SA/S	SE	RE	D	D/S	BS	BA	TB	B/S	PTS	P/S
2013*	0-0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014*	6-7	4	0.57	7	25	-.120	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00	4	0.57
2015	28-79	113	1.43	49	328	.195	2	0.03	0	0.00	0	0	16	0.20	3	42	45	0.57	137	1.73
2016	33-118	173	1.47	54	364	.327	3	0.03	20	0.17	43	0	49	0.42	16	142	158	1.34	280	2.37
2017	26-93	127	1.37	65	378	.164	4	0.04	2	0.02	10	1	23	0.25	2	100	102	1.10	181.0	1.95
at UNC	87-290	413	1.42	168	1070	.229	9	0.03	22	0.08	53	1	88	0.30	21	284	305	1.05	598.0	2.06
Career	93-297	417	1.40	175	1095	.221	9	0.03	22	0.007	53	1	88	0.30	21	284	305	1.03	602.0	2.03