2026 Beach Volleyball Roster

16 Natalie Taggart

  • Position Blocker
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Bella Vista HS
  • Hometown Fair Oaks, Calif.

Biography

2026 - Grad. (ULM) 
  • Finished 1-9, competing across courts two, three and four
  • Earned her lone win against Sam Houston, taking her match in sets two (21-14) and three (15-12) against Kate Smith and Payton Rink (Feb. 21)
2025 - Senior (Eastern Kentucky)
  • Finished the season with a 4-6 record
  • Went 1-3 on court three, 3-2 on court four, and 0-1 on court five
  • Collected all three of her wins on court four at the Carolina Challenge, including vs. Coastal Carolina's Celia Ryan and Karis Gordon (11-21, 21-15, 15-9) (March 15-16)
  • Picked up her lone win on court three vs. Austin Peay's Jordyn Beneteau and Alyson Cooper (21-16, 21-11) (April 4)
2024 - Junior (Eastern Kentucky)
  • Finished the season with a record of 8-7
  • Went 3-5 on court two, 0-1 on court three, 2-0 on court four, and 3-1 on court five
  • Earned two of her court two wins vs. Liberty and Morehead State (February 23)
  • Won a tightly contested matchup on court four vs. Tarleton State's Isabel Gonzaba and Mel Maldonado Ortiz (21-18, 22-20) (March 30)
  • Outlasted Liberty's Brie Olson and Kinley Phillips (21-15, 24-26, 15-13) (April 6)
2023 - Sophomore (Cabrillo College)
  • Played a role in securing an 18-4 team record
2022 - Freshman (Sierra College)
  • Helped lead the Seahawks to a third place finish in the state
Bella Vista HS
  • Recorded 389 assists as a junior to lead the Capital Valley Conference
Personal
  • Daughter of George and Lynn Taggart
  • Has one sister, Jillian