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Class
Senior
Hometown
Huntington Beach,
California
Last School
Huntington Beach
Roster Years
2010-2013
Personal
- Son of Gary and Tammie Boyce
- Served an LDS mission to Madrid Spain from 2007-09
- Majoring in physical education and coaching
- Also recruited by Penn State and Pacific
- Married to wife Tara
Before BYU
- Played at Huntington Beach HS for coach Rocky Ciarelli
- Team captain and MVP
- All-Sunset League
- Placed third at the Junior Olympics with Surf City Volleyball Club
- Recognized as the "Best Setter" at Global Challenge
Stats
Career Match Highs
Kills: 1 vs. CS Northridge, 1/8/10
Attempts: 1 vs. CS Northridge, 1/8/10
Digs: 1 (two times)
Assists: 4 vs. CS Northridge, 1/8/10
Year | SP | K | K/G | E | TA | PCT | A | SA | SE | SA/G | RE | D | D/G | BS | BA | TOT | B/G |
2010 | 5 | 1 | .20 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | .40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 |
2011 | 48 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 5 | .400 | 183 | 2 | 5 | 0.04 | 0 | 14 | 0.29 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .025 |
2012 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.00 | 197 | 1 | 9 | 0.03 | 0 | 36 | 1.24 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .52 |
2013 | 113 | 9 | .080 | 8 | 27 | .037 | 1160 | 7 | 19 | 0.06 | 3 | 161 | 1.42 | 6 | 64 | 70 | .62 |
Total | 195 | 12 | .062 | 9 | 34 | .088 | 1546 | 10 | 34 | 0.05 | 3 | 213 | 1.09 | 8 | 89 | 97 | .50 |
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2010
- Played in five sets, tallying one kill, six assists, and two digs as a freshman
- Had a career night with one kill, one attempt and four assists against CS Northridge on 1/8/10
Sophmore Year
2011
- Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team
- Played in 48 sets while tallying two kills, a career-high 183 sets, two service aces, 14 digs and 12 total blocks
Junior Year
2012
- Played in 15 matches, started 5, and 29 sets
- Finished the season with 197 assists and 15 total blocks
- Season-high 48 assists recorded on Feb. 18 against Cal Baptist
- Season-high 10 digs recorded on Feb. 18 against Cal Baptist
- Season-high 5 blocks recorded on Jan. 7 at UC Santa Barbara
Senior Year
2013
- All-MPSF Second Team
- MPSF Scholar Athlete
- AVCA and MPSF Player of the Week (March 25)
- Recorded a career-high 6 block assists and total blocks vs. Hawai'i, then mathched it vs. UCI and CSUN
- Posted a season-high 57 assists vs. Stanford
- Recorded two solo blocks against #6 UCLA for a career high
- Set career highs with two kills and 11 digs at #1 UC Irvine
- Finished the season with 1160 assists, 6 solo blocks and 70 total blocks
- Led the team in solo blocks and was third in digs
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- M Volleyball | Apr, 27
Cougars clinch league title, automatic NCAA bid
- ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 18
Six Cougars honored by MPSF, including Player of the Year
- ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 05
Cougars clinch MPSF regular season title on road
- ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 30
Sander's sharp hitting leads BYU to sweep of USC
- ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 28
No. 1 BYU wins 10th straight
- ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 26
Boyce named AVCA and MPSF Player of the Week
- ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 26
Boyce named AVCA and MPSF Player of the Week
- ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 09
Sander breaks ace record, leads BYU to 3-1 victory
- ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 09
Sander and Patch lead BYU to 3-0 victory over UCLA
- ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 02
No. 1 BYU bounces back with win over No. 9 Northridge
- ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 01
No. 1 BYU falls to No. 7 Long Beach State in five-set thriller
- ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 18
Taylor Sander leads No. 3 BYU to 3-1 victory over No. 1 UC Irvine
- ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 18
#3 BYU Wins Fourth Straight over Cal Baptist
- ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 09
Road Victory for #3 BYU Volleyball