15 Taylan Keefer
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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Council Bluffs, Iowa
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- Position:
- L/DS
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- Previous School(s):
- Abraham Lincoln HS
Honors and Awards
- 2023, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- 2023, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2023, Second team all-NSAA
- 2023, NSAA Defender of the Week (Aug. 21, Oct. 2, Oct. 9)
- 2022, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- 2022, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2022, NSAA Defender of the Week (Oct. 3)
- 2021, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021, Honorable mention, Omaha World-Herald NAIA all-Nebraska
- 2021, NSAA Defender of the Week (Aug. 23, Oct. 25)
- 2020, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
2023 Season (Senior): Earned second-team all-NSAA honors ... Starting libero in all 36 matches ... Led the team with 642 digs (5.10 dps) ... In NSAA matches only, ranked second with 5.95 digs per set ... Third on the team with 91 assists ... Named the NSAA Defender of the Week on three occasions ... Twice recorded a career-high 45 digs in matches against Mayville State and Valley City State, which ties for the second-highest single-match dig total in school history ... Finished her BU career ranked eighth in school history with 1,721 career digs ... Earned Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete and NSAA Scholar-Athlete honors.
2022 Season (Junior): Missed 13 matches due to a hand injury ... Led the team with 4.71 digs per set ... Recorded 386 digs and 12 service aces on the season ... Second on the team with 97 assists ... Named the NSAA Defender of the Week on Oct. 3 after averaging 6.88 digs per set in BU's road wins over Dickinson State and Valley City State ... Registered double-figure dig totals in 20 matches ... Collected a career-high 41 digs in the Bruins' five-set win at Valley City State on Oct. 1 ... Earned Daktronics-NAIA and NSAA Scholar-Athlete honors.
2021 Season (Sophomore): Led the team with 557 digs and 4.53 digs per set ... Second on the team with 110 set assists ... Recorded 18 service aces on the season ... Registered double-figure dig totals in 29 matches ... Twice earned NSAA Defender of the Week honors (Aug. 23, Oct. 25) ... Tallied a season-high 37 digs in BU's five-set loss at Dakota State on Oct. 13 ... Compiled 63 digs in BU's three NAIA National Tournament final site matches, including 24 digs in the Bruins' four-game victory over No. 8 Corban on Dec. 1.
2020 Season (Freshman): Started as the team's libero for the final seven matches of the season ... Appeared in 17 matches and 52 sets during her freshman campaign ... Fifth on the team with 136 digs ... Recorded 19 assists and two service aces ... Tallied a career-high 29 digs in Bellevue's five-set loss to No. 16 Dordt at the NAIA National Tournament on April 27 ... Finished the season with five-straight matches in double figures in digs ... Collected 19 digs and four assists in BU's four-set victory over Dakota State on April 6.
High School: A four-year letterwinner at Abraham Lincoln High School under coach Katie Darrington ... Helped lead the Lynx to an appearance in the 2019 Iowa State Tournament in Iowa's largest class (5A) ... A two-time team captain ... Earned all-city, all-conference, all-district, and honorable mention all-state honors in 2019 ... Named the Missouri River Conference's defensive player of the year in 2019 ... Recorded over 1,000 digs in her career and finished her senior campaign with a state-leading 562 digs (5.68 digs per set) ... Qualified for the Iowa State Track and Field Championships in 2016 and 2017 in the shuttle hurdle relay ... Also qualified for the prestigious Drake Relays in 2018 in the 4x100 relay ... Played club volleyball for Southwest Iowa Third Degree Volleyball Club under coach Sam Bohnet.
Personal: Daughter of Wayne and Amy Keefer ... Born on Mar. 22, 2002 ... Majoring in Health and Human Performance with a Minor in Athletic Coaching.
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nov 9 | vs. Waldorf | W, 3-0 |
| Nov 10 | vs. (RV) Valley City State | W, 3-1 |
| Nov 11 | vs. #5 Viterbo | L, 3-0 |
| Nov 18 | (RV) Indiana East | W, 3-1 |
| Nov 30 | vs. St. Ambrose | W, 3-2 |
| Dec 1 | vs. #1 Northwestern | L, 3-0 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 36 | 12 | ||
| Sets | 126 | 43 | ||
| Kills | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kills per set | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||
| Errors | 3 | 2 | ||
| Total Attacks | 18 | 7 | ||
| Hitting Percentage | -.111 | -.286 | ||
| Assists | 91 | 38 | ||
| Assists per set | 0.72 | 0.88 | ||
| Service Aces | 2 | 2 | ||
| Service Errors | 5 | 2 | ||
| Service Aces per set | 0.02 | 0.05 | ||
| Receptions | 656 | 213 | ||
| Reception Errors | 26 | 5 | ||
| Digs | 642 | 256 | ||
| Digs per set | 5.10 | 5.95 | ||
| Block Solo | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block Assist | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block Total | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blocks per set | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Block Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Points | 3.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Points per set | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Matches started | - | - | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17 | at Our Lady of the Lake | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 18 | vs. #23 Texas Wesleyan | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 18 | vs. Loyola | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 19 | vs. #1 Jamestown | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 25 | at St. Francis (Ill.) | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 26 | vs. Cumberlands (Ky.) | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 26 | vs. (RV) Indiana Tech | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 31 | Doane | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 1 | Missouri Valley | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 1 | #18 Central Methodist | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 2 | (RV) IU Kokomo | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 7 | at McPherson | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Sep 13 | Dakota State | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Hastings | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Kansas Wesleyan | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. (RV) MidAmerica Nazarene | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 20 | #6 Viterbo | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 22 | Waldorf | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 29 | at Mayville State | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Oct 5 | Dickinson State | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 6 | (RV) Valley City State | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 10 | at Dakota State | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 13 | #21 Ottawa | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 13 | #10 Montana Tech | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 14 | Grand View | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 19 | at Waldorf | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 20 | at #5 Viterbo | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 27 | at Dickinson State | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 28 | at (RV) Valley City State | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nov 3 | Mayville State | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Waldorf | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nov 10 | vs. (RV) Valley City State | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. #5 Viterbo | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nov 18 | (RV) Indiana East | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nov 30 | vs. St. Ambrose | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dec 1 | vs. #1 Northwestern | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
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| 2020-21 | 17 | 52 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5 | -.200 | 19 | 0.37 | 2 | 0.04 | 258 | 14 | 136 | 2.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 2021-22 | 34 | 123 | 3 | 0.02 | 0 | 12 | .250 | 110 | 0.89 | 18 | 0.15 | 528 | 29 | 557 | 4.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.0 | 0.2 |
| 2022-23 | 23 | 82 | 1 | 0.01 | 4 | 6 | -.500 | 97 | 1.18 | 12 | 0.15 | 403 | 26 | 386 | 4.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 13.0 | 0.2 |
| 2023-24 | 36 | 126 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 18 | -.111 | 91 | 0.72 | 2 | 0.02 | 656 | 26 | 642 | 5.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 110 | 383 | 5 | 0.01 | 8 | 41 | -.073 | 317 | 0.83 | 34 | 0.09 | 1845 | 95 | 1721 | 4.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 39.0 | 0.1 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
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| Total | 36 | 126 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 18 | -.111 | 91 | 0.72 | 2 | 0.02 | 656 | 26 | 642 | 5.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Conference | 12 | 43 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 7 | -.286 | 38 | 0.88 | 2 | 0.05 | 213 | 5 | 256 | 5.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Home | 14 | 48 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | -1.000 | 33 | 0.69 | 1 | 0.02 | 236 | 11 | 223 | 4.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Away | 9 | 32 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 9 | .111 | 26 | 0.81 | 1 | 0.03 | 160 | 4 | 189 | 5.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| Neutral | 13 | 46 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 32 | 0.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 260 | 11 | 230 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Wins | 26 | 88 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 13 | -.077 | 63 | 0.72 | 2 | 0.02 | 424 | 14 | 450 | 5.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses | 10 | 38 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5 | -.200 | 28 | 0.74 | 0 | 0.00 | 232 | 12 | 192 | 5.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| August | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 12 | 0.43 | 0 | 0.00 | 124 | 2 | 118 | 4.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 11 | 40 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 6 | .000 | 28 | 0.70 | 1 | 0.03 | 192 | 7 | 210 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5 | -.200 | 26 | 0.79 | 0 | 0.00 | 168 | 7 | 179 | 5.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | -.500 | 21 | 0.95 | 1 | 0.05 | 139 | 9 | 124 | 5.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
