Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Fall 2006: Became the first CCU player under Chris Powers to win first match in the ITA Regional Main Draw Singles, defeating Norfolk State[apos]s Miroslav Vlcek before falling to 17th-seeded Chris Noblitt from NC State in round two... Won the Gold Flight Singles Consolation Bracket at the UNC Wilmington Landfall Invitational... Picked up a win against Francis Marion... Won both rounds at the CCU Courtyard by Marriott Fall Invite and picked up two doubles wins with partner Andy Caress... Reached the semifinals of the A1 Singles Consolation Bracket at the South Carolina Fall Invitational and picked up a win in the B1 doubles with Caress... 2005-06: A member of the 2006 Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team.... Tied for team-best singles record, going 16-6...Had big singles wins agains conference rivals UNC Asheville, Liberty and Charleston Southern...Also had victories against Connecticut, James Madison, High Point and Birmingham-Southern...Went 14-6 in doubles with partner Andy Caress...Only lost two doubles conference matches... Won the doubles championship at the UNCW/Landfall Fall Invitational with Elliott Quibell on September 10 defeating Ciao Piancentini and Henrique Meloni of UNC Wilmington... Teamed with Andy Caress to win a doubles match against the Virginia doubles team of Darren Cohen and Stephen Rozek at the Wolfpack Invitational on September 17... Paired with Andy Caress to defeat The Citadel doubles teams of Medica/Lara and Dossetor/Eason on September 29-30 at the Planet Hollywood/Chanticleer Classic... 2004-05: Led the team in singles wins with a 10-13 record including a 1-6 mark in Big South play... Had a three-game singles winning streak from February 5-8... Defeated Liberty[apos]s Luis Rino in singles action on April 2... Had a 9-12 record in doubles play... Won three doubles matches in a row with Andy Caress from March 7-17... A member of the 2005 Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team...Won the Flight B bracket at the Charleston Southern Fall Tournament, defeating fellow Chanticleer Ryan Vrba 6-2, 6-1... Advanced to the Flight A semifinals of the UNCW Fall Invitational... Advanced to the consolation quarterfinals of the USC Invitaitonal... 2003-04: Won five singles matches and went 2-5 in the Big South ...Had five matches go to three sets... Teamed with Andy Caress for an 8-5 win in the Big South Tournament quarterfinal against Winthrop... Had a 5-3 singles record and a 5-5 doubles mark in the fall... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the UTC Baras Classic... Lost in the finals of the USC Fall Invitational doubles tournament with Darko Fridl... High School: A 2003 graduate of Queen Mary[apos]s College... Reached second round of the main draw in a British Tour event... Reached final round of qualifying at the Under 18 Grand Prix event in Aldershot... Represented Hampshire in the the Under 18 County Cup... Personal: Full name: Simon Howard Taylor... Son of John and Patricia Taylor... Is majoring in math.