18  Taylor Kidd Class: Sophomore Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada High School: River East Collegiate Height: 5-11 Position: MF Experience: 1L

MINER NOTE: 2013 C-USA Academic Honor Roll.

2012 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 20 matches as a midfielder, including starting eight of the final 10 ... earned the most minutes (864) among the freshmen on the squad ... credited with the game-winning assist in a 3-1 victory against Southern Miss (10/12) ... took four shots on the year, but none of them were on target ... played 50+ minutes in 10 contests, including all 90 minutes at both Marshall (9/23) and SMU (9/28) ... named to the Conference USA Academic honor roll (min. 3.0 GPA).

PRIOR TO UTEP:Played five years at Premier Winnipeg Club Team FC NorthWest where she was a standout midfielder coached by Al Peacock ... age advanced within FCNW at an early age, being two years advanced when she was 15, and three years when she was 16 ... 2010 Manitoba Provincial Champions ... 2010, U18 Premier Division League Champions ... 2010, U18 Winnipeg City Champions ... 2010 Las Vegas Mayor's International Finalist ... 2010 USA Cup Champions, scoring winning goal ... 2009 Grand Cities Tournament Champions ... played senior women's soccer in Winnipeg for Alex Estevez and Jabronis soccer club ... from 2006 to 2010 was member of Manitoba Provincial Team ... from 2006 to 2012 was member of Canadian RTC/NTC Program ... represented Manitoba at Four Canadian National All Stars Tournaments, 2007-Montreal, 2008-Edmonton, 2009-Montreal, 2010-St John's ... recognized by her student peers as being a leader, 2009.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Trevor and Tiffany Kidd ... her father was a goaltender in the NHL for 12 years ... has two younger sisters ... enjoys photography, music, water sports, and the outdoors ... is a pre-science major ... ... born 2/25/94 (Calgary, Alberta).