Samia Taylor Class: Junior Hometown: Madison, Wis. High School: LaFollette Event: Jumps Major: Criminal Justice

2012 Indoor: Continued to add to already extensive resume with league titles in both triple jump and long jump ... broke her own school record in triple jump with a leap of 41-7 1/4 (12.68m) at Carthage Invitational ... set the Klotsche Center record to 41-3 1/4 (12.58m) against Marquette ... finished first all but twice on the year ... took third at NCAA Qualifier ... set Klotsche record in long jump as well, clearing 19-5 1/2 (5.93m) against Marquette ... took first every time competing on the season ... named Horizon League Field Athlete of the Week Jan. 23. Outdoor: Won her fourth-straight league title in triple jump with mark of 40-9 (12.42m) ... posted season-best mark of 40-11 3/4 (12.49m) in season-opening Vanderbilt Black & Gold ... won the event at the Big Blue Classic ... finished outside of top-five once on the season ... distance of 19-3 1/4 (5.87m) in long jump at league meet was good enough for sixth in UWM history ... finished in the top-five all but once on the season.

2011 Indoor: Broke her own school record in the triple jump with mark of 40-10 1/4 against Marquette ... that mark also stands as the new Klotsche Center record ... league champion in same event ... cleared 40-3 four times on the season ... took second in triple jump at the NCAA Qualifier in Ames, Iowa ... also finished sixth in long jump at league championships ... cracked top-10 in school history with mark of 18-10 3/4 at Marquette Dual Meet. Outdoor: Shattered old school record by nearly one foot with jump of 42-4 1/4 at NCAA West Preliminaries in Eugene, Ore. ... finished 18th at NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa ... also broke the Horizon League record with mark of 42-1 1/4 at league championships ... cleared 40 feet in all but one jump, taking first every time she did so ... also took third in long jump at league meet ... finished no worse than fourth in same event on the season.

2010 Indoor: Broke school record in the triple jump twice on the season ... first Panther woman to ever triple jump 40 feet when she reset her own mark by nearly a foot with a 40-9 1/2 jump at the Iowa State Cyclone Classic ... took second at the meet ... named Horizon League Athlete of the Week three times (Jan. 26, Feb. 10, Feb. 17) ... took third in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump at the league championships ... won the triple jump at the UWM Panther Tune-Up and vs. Marquette, when she first broke the school mark. Outdoor: Was runner-up in the triple jump and third in the long jump at the league meet ... took second at the Rankin Invitational in the triple jump with a leap of 40-2 3/4, the second-best jump in school history ... was fourth in the event at the Eastern Illinois Invitational.

High School
Qualified for the state meet her final three years ... as a senior, placed fourth in the triple jump ... also competed with both the 4x100m and 4x200m relays ... made three relay appearances over her sophomore and junior seasons ... holds school record in the triple jump ... lettered four times in basketball, as well ... named to first-team all-city as a senior.