Taylor-Paige Stewart is in her second season as the Badgers' volunteer assistant coach.
As a player for the Badgers:
Honors & Awards: Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (March 3, 2014) ...
NFCA Great Lakes All-Region second team (2014, 2016) ... second team All-Big Ten (2014, 2016) ... Academic All-Big Ten (2014, 2015, 2016) ... named
NFCA Division I All-America Scholar-Athlete (2013, 2014, 2015) ... 2016 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... 2016
CoSIDA Academic All-District ... 2016 recipient of the team's Strength Award
Of note: Member of the New Zealand National White Sox 2016 team
Career: Ranks first in saves (7), fourth in strikeout ratio (5.37), fifth in wins (46), sixth in strikeouts (436) and complete games (55), seventh in appearances (117), innings pitched (568) and shutouts (7), eighth in opponent batting average (.266) and ninth in walks allowed per game (3.34) and WHIP (1.52)
2016: Finished her career as a member of the third-winningest class in program history (129 wins) with the third-highest winning percentage … clinched the UW single-season record for saves (4) and the UW career record for saves (7) … continued as the team’s leader in ERA (2.64) and strikeouts (145) for the third-straight year and the leader in wins (17), appearances (42), saves (4) and innings pitched (183.0) for the second-straight year … ranked third in the program’s single-season records for her 42 appearances, ninth in strikeouts (145), 10th in wins (17) and 10th in winning percentage (17-12, .586) … ranked second among all Big Ten players for relief games (22) and first for relief games in conference play (15) … ranked among some of the best pitchers in the Big Ten as third for saves (4), fifth for appearances (42) and wins (17), sixth for ERA (2.64) and innings pitched (183.0), seventh for strikeouts (145) and also ranked for her opponent batting average (2.27) and innings pitched (86.1) in conference-only games … placed sixth in UW records for dealing four strikeouts in the Big Ten tournament … her 10.0 innings pitched was the highest amount in any Big Ten game, a team season high and the third-highest amount in UW single-game records … shut out Santa Clara 8-0 (3/11) … picked up wins against … threw back-to-back one-hitter shutouts against Green Bay (4/24) … clinched wins against three ranked teams: No. 21 California (3/4), No. 22 Minnesota (4/9) and No. 24 Ohio State (4/3)
2015: Appeared 33 times, starting 28 on the mound ... recorded a team season-high 124 strikeouts ... also recorded a season-best two saves ... hit the first home run of her career vs. Iowa (April 11) ... earned a team season-high 11 strikeouts vs. Valparaiso (4/8) ... pitched a career-high 10.0 innings vs. Iowa (4/12) ... allowed a career-best zero runs and only three hits in 5.2 innings pitched vs. DePaul (3/1) ... notched a career-high three RBI vs. TAMUCC (2/12)
2014: Made 30 appearances, starting in 26 games ... .682 winning percentage (15-7) is third best single-season mark in school history ... strikeout ratio (5.94) is eighth best ... tossed two shutouts ... strukout out five or more batters 12 times ... won eight-straight decisions from March 21-April 25 ... pitched first career no-hitter vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/8) ... struck out 10 batters and allowed just one run against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2/28) ... fanned a career-high 12 batters against Washington at the Judi Garman Classic (3/7) ... led UW to victory at Minnesota, allowing just one run and six hits in 7.0 innings of work (4/6) ... picked up 11 strikeouts, while walking none vs. North Dakota (4/9) ... shut out Penn State, giving up three hits, while striking out seven and not allowing a walk (4/19) ... helped Wisconsin win two of three games at Michigan, allowing 13 hits and eight runs in 13.0 innings pitched (5/2, 5/4)
2013: Named NFCA Division I All-America Scholar-Athlete ... played in 29 games, making 12 starts ... made first career start against Presbyterian (2/9) ... posted a 4-0 record in the circle, earning first win over Presbyterian (2/9) ... picked up the save against Boston University (2/23) ... posted three shutouts ... recorded an inning of work against BYU in NCAA tournament (5/17) ... recorded first career hit and scored first career run against Boston University (2/23) ... was 2-for-4 at the plate in UW's 4-0 win over Stanford
Personal: Parents are Joe and Rosemary Stewart ... has a younger brother, Dylan ... enjoys watching movies, going to the beach, traveling, scrapbooking and spending time with family and friends