Taylor Posner

Gabby Lantier

/ Softball

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
Utility
Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
High School:
Downingtown West
Hometown:
Downingtown, Pa.
Club Team:
R/R

Senior Year (2025): Posner appeared in 42 games this season, making 37 starts … She finished season second on the team in RBIs with 23 ...Posner collected 2 RBIs and 1 run against TENNESSEE TECH (2/14)... Playing TENNESEE TECH (2/15) again, Posner scored 1 run and 1 RBI... In her first multi-hit game of the year, she helped the Orange to a walk-off triumph against QUINNIPIAC (3/1) … Posner plated two in a win against LE MOYNE (3/26) … Her two-run home run in game one against GEORGIA TECH (4/4) was her 100^th career hit … She produced a RBI in game three at GEORGIA TECH (4/5) … She was 2-for-4 at the plate against BOSTON COLLEGE (4/25), her sixth game of the season with multiple hits … Posner led 'Cuse to a 16-2 win over BOSTON COLLEGE (4/26) with a grand slam and a season-best four runs driven in ... She earned Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better semester grade-point-average).

Junior Year (2024): She started 50 of the 51 contests she played in, primarily in left field ... Posner and Angel Jasso were the only two players to appear in all 51 contests ... She posted career-highs in games (51), batting average (.283), runs scored (40), hits (43), doubles (seven), home runs (11), RBI (42), walks (10) and hit by pitch(six) ... She topped the team with 12 multi-RBI contests, tied for the fourth-most at Syracuse in a season ... Posner equaled the sixth-most season RBI in program history and totaled the most since 2017 ... Her 11 round-trippers tied for the eighth-most in program history ... Posner became the first Syracuse player since 2012 to have 10 stolen bases and 10 home runs in the same season ... She recorded four multi-RBI performances across a five-game span (2/16-2/23) ... She homered twice versus SAM HOUSTON (2/25) ... She had a career-high five RBI at NORFOLK STATE (3/11) ... Posner went 3-for-4 with two runs, three RBI and a home run at BOSTON COLLEGE (3/24) ... She produced at least a hit in all three games at PITTSBURGH (4/19-4/21) ... Posner was 3-for-5 with three runs against the PANTHERS (4/20) ... She plated two in the team's run-rule win against #14 FLORIDA STATE (5/4) ... Posner earned Fall 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll .

Sophomore Year (2023): Played in 41 games with 28 starts in the outfield … She recorded an RBI-single in a 10-4 win against NORTH FLORIDA (2/10) … Her first career home run came against JACKSONVILLE (2/12) in a 5-2 victory … She contributed a double against PURDUE (2/17) … Posner tallied a base hit against UC SAN DIEGO (3/12) … She crushed her second home run of the season in against NORTH CAROLINA (4/15) … She produced a two-run home run in an 11-1 win against LAFAYETTE (4/23) ... Posner was named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Team (3.0 g.p.a. in the most recent semester, 3.0 cumulative g.p.a.) ... She was selected to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the full academic year) ... Posner earned Spring 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2022): She was in the starting lineup in 26 of the 27 contests she played in ... Her first collegiate appearance came in a win against MOREHEAD STATE (2/11) ... She had her first Syracuse hit and scored once ... Posner followed that up with two hits, a run, an RBI and a stolen base against MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (2/11) ... When the Orange defeated SOUTHERN (2/11), she had two hits, three runs scored and three stolen bases ... She had RBI in consecutive outings against SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-EDWARDSVILLE (2/12), STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (2/13) and TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI (2/18) ... Posner tripled, drove in two runs and scored a run against ALABAMA STATE (2/20) ... She was 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in Syracuse's 9-3 win against NC STATE (3/5) ... She scored twice in game one against COPPIN STATE (3/16) and drove in two runs in game two ... The Orange swept the twinbill ... Posner had a double and an RBI in a pinch-hitting appearance versus IONA (3/20) ... She had two hits in a victory at HOFSTRA (3/20) ... She entered an encounter with NORTH CAROLINA (5/8) as a pinch runner and eventually crossed the plate ... She was named to the 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: She was a four-year letter winner at Downingtown West High School ... She played third base and catcher for Coach Joseph Germani ... Her scholastic career numbers included a .446 batting average, eight home runs and 20 stolen bases ... Posner helped Downingtown West to a 20-2 record her senior season... She hit .519, had six home runs and stole 15 bases ... She served as the Whippets' team captain during junior and senior years... Downingtown West won the Ches-Mont League crown and District 1 title in 2019 ... She earned 2019 All-Ches-Mont League honors ... Posner played club softball with the PA Strikers.

Personal: Taylor Anne Posner was born March of 2003... She is the daughter of Steve and Tammy Posner ... She has two brothers, Stephen and James. Posner is enrolled in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and is majoring in human development and family sciences.