SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Francis Marion University senior post player Lauryn Taylor has been selected as the Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year for the 2023-24 season.
The Spring Valley product is a first-team All-Conference selection for the second consecutive year and also repeats as the Player of the Year.
Taylor is second in the conference in scoring at 17.9 points per game and she leads the nation with 15.0 rebounds per contest. She is second in NCAA Division II with 21 double-doubles, and has posted 12 games of 20 or more points.
During the regular season, Taylor was named the league’s player of the week on seven occasions and twice earned defensive player of the week honors.
Taylor is ninth on the school’s career scoring list with 1,632 points and sixth in career rebounds with 1,008, while totaling 48 career double-doubles. She was also selected as the D2CIDA National Player of the Week on two occasions. She was recently named to the Academic All-Conference Team as well.
On Feb. 15 against North Greenville University, she set the NCAA (all divisions) single-game rebounding record with 43.
During her time at Spring Valley, Taylor helped the Vikings win the 2018 state championship before finishing runner-up the following season.