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2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster

22 Taylor Gleason

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Goodrich
  • Hometown Grand Blanc, Mich.

Biography

2017-18:
• Earned Horizon League All-Academic Team honors for the second straight season as a 4.00 graduate student majoring in exercise science
• Started all 31 games at point guard
• Ranked second in the league in assists (4.6) and assist/turnover ratio (2.0), tied for fourth in steals (2.3) and fifth in minutes played (33.9)
• Ranked eighth in 3-point field goal percentage (36.6), 14th in 3-point field goals made per game (1.6) and 16th in scoring (11.8 ppg)
• Selected as a member of the 16th annual Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) "So You Want To Be A Coach" program class in partnership with the Alliance of Women Coaches. Gleason is one of just 62 student-athletes from all three NCAA Divisions to be chosen and only the second student-athlete in program history to receive this honor following Victoria Lipscomb who was the first in 2014. 
• Recorded five or more assists in 13 games while scoring in double figures in 21 games.
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Scored 14 pts helping Oakland to first Horizon League Tournament win vs UIC (3/1)
Scored 19 points with career-high 11 rebounds with six assists vs UIC (2/17) for second career double-double
First in the league in assists (4.8) and fifth in steals (2.3)
Scored season-high 17 points at Canisius
Dished season-high 8 assists vs UM-Dearborn (12/10) and vs Niagara (11/15)
Recorded four or more steals in six games including career-high (6) at Cornell (12/16)
Dished season-high 9 assists vs UDM (1/27)

2016-17:
Started in 28 of 30 games
• Scored 20 points or more four times and double figures 19 times
• Horizon League Academic All-League Team selection with 3.89 GPA majoring in integrative studies
• Named to Basketball Coaches of Michigan (BCAM) Academic-Athletic Team
• Named Horizon League Player of the Week after scoring 20 points against #21/24 Green Bay (2/2) in Oakland's upset win over the Phoenix and Milwaukee (2/4)
• Led the team in three-pointers (46), second in scoring (11.7 ppg) and assist per game (3.0) (which both ranked 14th in the league) fourth in steals per game (2.1), sixth in three-point percentage (37.7)
• Scored a career-high points (22) and field goals (10) against North Dakota State (12/5)
• Set career-high in 3-pointers made (4) with 15 points vs Valparaiso (12/31)
• Tied career-high with six steals at Fort Wayne (11/19)
• Also Grabbed career-high in rebounds (7) against Milwaukee (2/4) and tied season-high in assists (8) at YSU (2/23)
•  Played career-high 48 minutes at CMU (11/22) and ranked eighth in minutes played (33.8)

2015-16:
•  Scored in double figures 16 times in 24 starts
•  Scored 15 pts with a career-high 10 assists for her first career double-double with 5 steals at UIC (1/7)
•  Had 14 pts in upset win over GB (3/5)
•  Scored career-high 19 pts matching career-best in field goals (8) at CSU (2/6)
•  Posted 17 pts, with career-high in field goals (8) and steals (6) vs WSU (1/16)
•  Had career-best with six free throws while tying career-high with five rebounds at WSU (2/18)
•  Made first career start with career-high six of Oakland's 11 steals vs Dartmouth (12/1)
•  Made season debut vs YSU (11/28) scoring 13 points with four assists and three rebounds
•  Granted waiver from NCAA to compete week of 11/24

Academic Honors:
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2016)

Illinois
• Played in 35 games over two seasons, including eight starts
• Averaged 3.4 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in 13 minutes
• During freshman campaign, averaged 4.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists
• Had career night against Nebraska with 13 points, six assists and three 3-pointers in 33 minutes

High School:
• Runner-up for Miss Michigan after senior season
• Four-time All-State selection
• Led team to back-to-back state championships
• Averaged 21.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, 5.1 steals and 4.3 assists per game during senior year

Personal:
Full Name: Taylor Paige Gleason
Birthdate: Feb. 7, 1995
Parents: Pete and Shawn Gleason
Siblings: Jake and Libbie

Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland
1. Wanted to be a part of something special
2. Very close to home
3. Great academic institution

CAREER BESTS
POINTS
- » 22 vs North Dakota -  (12/5/16)
REBOUNDS
- » 7 vs Milwaukee (2/4/17)
ASSISTS
- » 10 -  at UIC (1/7/16)
FIELD GOALS
- » 10 -  vs North Dakota -  (12/5/16)
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTS
- » 17 vs. Wright State -  (1/16/16 )
3-PT. FIELD GOALS
- » 4 (3 times) Last vs #21/24 Green Bay -  (2/2/17)
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTS
- » 8 (3 times) Last vs Milwaukee (3/5/17)
FREE THROWS
- » 6 vs. UIC (2/13/16)
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTS
- » 8 vs UIC -  (2/13/16)
STEALS
- » 6 (4 Times) Last vs. Youngstown State (1/22/17)
BLOCKS
- » 2 (2 Times) Last at Northern Kentucky (1/27/17)
MINUTES
- » 48 at Central Michigan (11/22/16)
MISCELLANEOUS
- » -  20-pts -  Scoring Games: -  4 Times
- » Double-Figure Scoring Games: -  35 Times
- » Double-Figure Assists Games: -  1 Time

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2015-16Redshirt Sophomore

    Guard
    5'8"
    22
  • 22

    2016-17Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    22
  • 22

    2017-18Redshirt Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    22