![]() Taylor with Ohio State in 2024 | |
No. 6 – Indiana Fever | |
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Position | Guard |
League | WNBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Queens, New York, U.S. | June 20, 2001
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 167 lb (76 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College |
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WNBA draft | 2024: 2nd round, 15th overall pick |
Selected by the Indiana Fever | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Celeste Yvonne Taylor (born June 20, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at Texas, Duke, and Ohio State.
Taylor played varsity basketball for Valley Stream South High School in Valley Stream, New York in seventh grade. One year later, she transferred Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School in Brookville, New York, where she became a starter as a freshman.[1] As a senior, Taylor was named New York Gatorade Player of the Year. She was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game and Jordan Brand Classic.[2] Taylor was named Newsday Long Island Player of the Year in her final two years.[3] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to playing college basketball for Texas over offers from Stanford, Notre Dame, Ohio State and South Carolina, among other programs.[4]
As a freshman at Texas, Taylor averaged 9.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, leading the team with 31 three-pointers. She was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.[5] She averaged 12.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game as a sophomore, earning All-Big 12 honorable mention. For her junior season, Taylor transferred to Duke and averaged 11 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.[6][7] In her senior season, Taylor was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-ACC, while averaging 11.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game. She set a program single-game record with 10 steals in a second-round loss to Colorado at the 2023 NCAA tournament.[8] Taylor transferred to Ohio State for her fifth season.[9]
Taylor won a gold medal with the United States national under-16 team at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship in Argentina. She started in all five games and averaged 4.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.[10] Taylor played at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Belarus, averaging 6.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game en route to a gold medal.[11] She won a third gold medal with the national under-19 team at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Thailand, where she averaged five points and 2.6 rebounds per game.[12]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage |
FT% | Free throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | ° | League leader |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2024 | Indiana | 2 | 0 | 2.6 | – | – | – | - | 0.5 | - | - | 0.5 | - |
Career | 2 | 0 | 2.6 | – | – | – | - | 0.5 | - | - | 0.5 | - |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2019–20 | Texas | 30 | 26 | 27.9 | 34.0 | 28.4 | 70.8 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 9.3 |
2020–21 | Texas | 28 | 26 | 32.0 | 35.3 | 29.7 | 58.9 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 12.3 |
2021–22 | Duke | 23 | 22 | 28.5 | 38.8 | 33.3 | 69.0 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 11.0 |
2022–23 | Duke | 33 | 33 | 28.9 | 39.4 | 32.1 | 67.5 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 11.4 |
2023–24 | Ohio State | 32 | 32 | 28.7 | 40.9 | 32.0 | 64.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 10.1 |
Career | 146 | 139 | 29.2 | 37.6 | 31.1 | 66.3 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 10.8 |