2018 Women's Lacrosse

27 Taryn Gallagher

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Episcopal Academy
  • Hometown Haverford, Pa.

Biography

2017 (Junior): Appeared in six games (five starts) before season-ending injury ... Finished with two goals.

2016 (Sophomore): Seven goals and three assists ... Appeared in 15 games, starting two.

2015 (Freshman): Scored one goal, her first career goal Mar. 4 in 12-8 win at Bryant ... Made varsity debut Feb. 25 in 18-6 win vs. Quinnipiac ... Limited to five games by injury.

Episcopal Academy:  Co-captain senior year … Team was Inter-Ac Champions all four years … Episcopal Academy Champions Team of 1995 Girls’ Lacrosse Bowl award 2014 … First team All-American 2014 … … First team All-Delco 2014 … First team All-Inter-Ac 2014 … Led team in draw controls and assists 2014 … Second team All-Main Line 2012 and 2013 … Honorable Mention All-Delco 2012 and 2013 … Honorable Mention All-Inter-Ac 2013… Main Line Athlete of the Week 2013 … Delco Times Player of the Week 2013 … First team All-Inter-Ac 2012 … Also played three years of field hockey … Episcopal Academy Mind, Body, and Spirit Award in field hockey 2013 … First team All-Inter-Ac in field hockey 2013 … All-Delco honorable mention in field hockey 2013 … Second team All Main Line in field hockey 2013 … All Main Line honorable mention in field hockey 2012 … Field hockey team was 2012 PAISAA champions and Inter-Ac champions … Also played four years of squash … Co-captain of squash team senior year … Episcopal Academy Mind, Body, and Spirit Award in squash 2014 … Inter-Ac Athletic Director’s Award 2014.

Club Team: Played for Phantastix.

Notes: Volunteer at Philabundance, a soup kitchen in Philadelphia ... Summer counselor at two lacrosse camps and one field hockey camp ... Interested in photography … For high school senior project, produced photography book with friend capturing culture of Philadelphia … Very interested in medicine and has volunteered at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Pa. … Multiple college varsity athletes in her immediate family … Father played football for Johns Hopkins … Uncle played baseball for the US Air Force Academy … Grandfather played football for Rutgers … Great grandfather played football for Penn.

Why Yale? “I chose Yale because it offers a unique combination of outstanding academics and athletics.  I wanted a school that would challenge me and further my development as a person, and I knew Yale would do just that.”

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Historical Player Information

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