Doc Taylor Class: Senior Hometown: Bedford Heights, Ohio High School: Bedford Last College: DePaul Height / Weight: 6-5 / 225 Position: Guard Birthdate: 01/06/1978

Has the potential to close out his collegiate career in style...Very athletic player...Consistency will be a key...Gives the Vikings size in the guard ranks.

1999-2000 - as a junior: Improved tremendously at the free throw line where he dropped in 80.7 percent of his attempts...Ranked sixth in the MCC in free throw percentage...Put together a string of 16 straight free throws made in mid-December...Entered the season as a career 58.4 percent shooter from the line...Played in all 29 contests and started 22...Averaged 22.8 minutes an outing...Equalled a career-high by grabbing 10 boards against Butler on Jan. 13...Reached double digits in scoring six times, including a season-high 15 against Oakland on Dec. 20.

1998-99: Sat out 1998-99 to complete NCAA residency requirements... Practiced with the team.

1997-98 - as a sophomore at DePaul: Saw action in 26 games, starting 19 contests...Led the Blue Demons in rebounding on three occasions and in scoring once.

1996-97 - as a freshman at DePaul: Led all Conference USA freshmen in scoring at 10.3 ppg and was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team...Also paced the Blue Demons in scoring, becoming just the seventh player in school history to average in double figures as a freshman and the first since Rod Strickland in 1985-86...In addition, ranked second in minutes played, assists and steals as a rookie...Played in every game, starting 25...Led the team in scoring five times and assists seven times...Scored a career-high 25 points against St. Louis on 3-1-97, DePaul’s regular season finale...Grabbed a career-high 10 boards against UNC-Charlotte on 2-4-97...Dealt out a career-best six assists versus Tulane on 2-19-97...Won the coveted “Slam Dunk” contest at the Blue Demons’ Midnight Madness.

HIGH SCHOOL: Named Northeast Ohio’s Division I Player-of-the-Year and first-team All-Ohio as a senior after averaging 28 points, eight rebounds and five assists...Honorable mention All-American by Street & Smith’s...Named the 41st best high school player by Athlon Magazine... Bearcats finished 18-5 overall and 14-0 in the GCC his final campaign...Also achieved first team All-Northeast Ohio honors as a junior and senior...Named special mention all-state as a junior...Team MVP and team captain his last two seasons...Was named to the All-Greater Cleveland Conference team three times...Earned all-scholastic mention for two seasons.

PERSONAL: Majoring in communication...Son of Gretchen Taylor who is the athletic director as well as a teacher and senior advisor at Cleveland’s Glenville High School...Born January 6, 1978 in Cleveland, OH...Has two sisters - Tamika and Marcia...High school coach was Everett Heard.