Duke Taylor enters is second year on the Pioneer track and field coaching staff in 2018-19 after wrapping up a remarkable collegiate throwing career.
Taylor, the only three-time NCAA Division II First Team All-American in Malone athletics history, concluded his senior season by winning the NCAA Division II Discus National Title. With the performance, Taylor became the first Pioneer to capture an NCAA National Championship.
A native of East Canton, Ohio, Taylor was a two-time First Team All-American in the discus (2016, 2017) and became Malone’s first NCAA indoor track & field All-American with an eighth-place finish in the weight throw at the 2017 Indoor National Championship Meet.
He helped lead the Malone men’s team to a Great Midwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Title in 2017, as well as a runner-up finish at the conference’s 2017 Outdoor Championships. Individually, Taylor claimed conference titles in the indoor shot put and the outdoor discus and hammer throw competitions.
Taylor’s lengthy list of career awards includes four USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the discus in addition to being named the Great Midwest’s 2016-17 Male Athlete of the Year.
Taylor completed his degree in Social Work this past summer and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Organizational Leadership at the University.
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