Taylor Gates

Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Salem HS
Hometown:
Conyers, Ga.

High School

Gates was a four-year varsity player at Salem High School inConyers, Ga…She was named to the Georgia All-Region 8 AAAATeam her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons…Gates wasalso named the Offensive Player of the Year at Salem twice('07-'08, '08-'09). The Seminoles were three-time Region 8 AAAAChampions during Gates time there and a state semi-finalist in2008…Led the Seminoles her freshman, sophomore (24 goals, 13assists) and junior (24 goals, 14 assists) seasons… TaylorGates has played club soccer for Georgia Futbol Club and mostrecently with the Gwinnett Soccer Assocation (GSA)…She won aState Championship with GSA this past year and went on to win theU.S. Youth Soccer Region Championships and captured a third placefinish at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships…Herteam was ranked third in the country the past season…Gatesalso has experience with the Georgia Olympic Development Programand was a guest player with the Atlanta Silverbacks – aprofessional women’s soccer team.

Personal

Is the daughter of Leigh and Eric Booth…Was recruited bya number of schools including Ole Miss, UAB, Appalachian State,Georgia State, Columbus State, Birmingham Southern andEmory…Chose Mercer because of the soccer program and headcoach Grant Serafy…Plans on majoring in Early ChildhoodEducation at Mercer.