Taylor Brooke Huff (born August 16, 2002) is an American college soccer player who plays as a midfielder or forward for the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). She previously played for the Tennessee Volunteers before winning the NCAA championship with the Seminoles in 2023.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taylor Brooke Huff[1] | ||
| Date of birth | August 16, 2002[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Florida State Seminoles | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Tennessee Volunteers | 41 | (15) |
| 2023– | Florida State Seminoles | 17 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | United States U-23 | 2 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 18, 2023 | |||
Early life
editHuff was raised in Mansfield, Ohio, the middle of three sisters born to Zac and Amy Huff.[1][2] She started playing soccer at age three, with her father coaching her junior and high school teams.[2] She played multiple other sports growing up, including basketball, softball, volleyball, and track, running the 400 meters at the state championships in her senior year of high school.[2] She played club soccer for Internationals SC.[1]
Huff played high school soccer for Division II school Madison Comprehensive High School, where she was a four-time United Soccer Coaches All-American selection.[1] She scored 34 goals with 21 assists as a freshman in 2017, leading her team to the state semifinals, followed by 31 goals and 19 assists as a sophomore in 2018, when they were upset in regionals.[3][4] She contributed 34 goals and 26 assists to help reach the state final as a junior in 2019, being named the Division II player of the year.[5] She led her team to win the state championship in 2020, recording 34 goals and 27 assists, and was named Ohio Ms. Soccer, the Gatorade Ohio Player of the Year, and the United Soccer Coaches national player of the year.[4][6] She set an all-time school scoring record, with 133 goals, and the all-time state assists record, with 93.[6]
College career
editHuff verbally committed to the Tennessee Volunteers as a high school freshman and signed for the team in 2020.[4] She started for the team throughout her freshman season in 2021, leading the Volunteers to win the Southeastern Conference East title and the SEC tournament, beating Arkansas in the final. She recorded 10 goals and 5 assists and was selected as the SEC freshman of the year and second-team All-SEC. She scored two of her goals in the NCAA tournament, helping reach the third round.[1][7] She trained with the Washington Spirit the following summer.[8] She scored five goals and led the team with seven assists in 2022, being named first-team All-SEC and third-team All-American, but the Volunteers made early exits in the postseason after being SEC East co-champions.[9][10]
Huff transferred to the Florida State Seminoles for the 2023 season, reuniting with head coach Brian Pensky, her freshman coach at Tennessee.[10] She scored seven goals and led her new team with 14 assists, fourth in the country, and earned second-team All-ACC and United Soccer Coaches All-American honors. She was part of an undefeated season ending in the NCAA championship, where she was named to the all-tournament team.[11][12]
International career
editHuff was invited to training camps with the United States under-16 team in 2018 and the under-20 team in 2022.[1] She played internationally for the under-23 team in 2023.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Taylor Huff – Soccer". Tennessee Volunteers. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ a b c Walsh, Chuck (August 25, 2023). "Taylor Huff: Chasing Greatness". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Furr, Jake (December 3, 2018). "Madison's Taylor Huff earns title of All-American, again". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ a b c Furr, Jake (November 20, 2020). "Madison's Taylor Huff caps off career with 2020 Ms. Soccer award". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Larry (November 11, 2019). "Huff family spearheads 12 area players on All-Ohio soccer team". Richland Source. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ a b Furr, Jake (June 15, 2021). "Madison's Taylor Huff named Gatorade Ohio Girls Soccer Player of the Year". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Hall, Cora (November 1, 2021). "Brian Pensky of Tennessee named SEC Coach of the Year; Taylor Huff is Freshman of the Year". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"No. 10 Tennessee Wins SEC Championship With 3-0 Win Over No. 5 Arkansas". Tennessee Volunteers. November 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2024. - ^ Hall, Cora (November 1, 2022). "'How did this happen?': UT soccer's Taylor Huff, Becky Edwards on NWSL's reckoning with abuse". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Hall, Cora (November 1, 2022). "Reigning SEC Tournament champion Tennessee soccer falls 2-0 in quarterfinals to Georgia". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
Sylvia, Ryan (November 11, 2022). "Tennessee women's soccer eliminated by Xavier in 2OT of NCAA Tournament". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024. - ^ a b Hall, Cora (December 30, 2022). "Tennessee soccer loses top player Taylor Huff, who rejoins Brian Pensky at Florida State". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "Taylor Huff – 2024 – Women's Soccer". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Furr, Jake (December 6, 2023). "Madison legend Taylor Huff feels validation with National Championship at Florida State". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "U-23 Women's National Soccer Team". United States Soccer Federation. March 18, 2023. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024.