2009: Played in 53 games, starting all 53 ... hit .330 with three homers and 33 RBIs ... swatted 16 doubles as well ... posted 20 multi-hit games ... went 3-for-4 against Charlotte (2/25) ... turned in a 2-for-2 effort with two doubles against Charlotte (2/26) ... went 4-for-5 with a double against Dallas Baptist (3/7) ... hit a three-run homer against Eastern Michigan (3/15) ... went 3-for-5 against Michigan (4/1) ... went 3-for-4 against Central Michigan (5/11) ... went 4-for-7 with three RBIs against Bowling Green (5/12) ... turned in a 3-for-5 performance against Centenary (5/15).
2008: A second team all-Summit League selection ... saw action in 44 games, starting all 44 ... hit .303 with three homers and 29 RBI ... had 12 multi-hit games ... went 2-for-4 in the season opener at Kentucky (2/26), driving in a run ... went 4-for-5 against Tennessee Tech (3/2) ... a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI against George Washington (3/9) ... belted his first homer of the year against South Dakota State (4/11) ... went 3-for-4 with two doubles against Central Michigan (4/15) ... turned in a 3-for-3 performance, driving in three runs and scoring two against Olivet (4/29) ... went 3-for-5 against IPFW (5/4) ... turned in another 3-for-5 performance against Southern Utah (5/16), belting a home run.
2007: Saw action in 25 games, starting nine ... hit .176 with nine RBI ... had two multi-hit games ... turned in perhaps his best performance of the year against Morehead State (3/3), going 2-for-6 with four RBI and one double... drove in two runs against Bowling Green (3/21) and Rochester College (4/16) ... scored two runs three times.
2006: Did not see action in a game.
2005: Redshirted.
High School: Was a three-year letterman at Rochester HS ... captained the Falcons as a senior ... team ranked eighth in the state during his junior year ... named Rochester Eccentric All-Area honorable mention in 2004 ... received the 2004 Army Scholar Athlete Award ... played for the Oakland Cubs summer league, which went 16-16 ... was voted the team MVP for the Cubs squad ... a member of the National Honor Society ... graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rochester.
Personal: Born Taylor Nathanial Traub on November 11, 1986 in Rochester, Michigan ... parents are John and Jacquie Traub ... his dad has been on the PGA and Senior PGA Tour and was the 1980 Club Pro Champion ... his favorite television show is Seinfeld ... the profession he most admires are all the soldiers overseas.
