2024/25: Season-Highs (p-a-r-3s-b): 34-4-20-1-3
2023/24: Season-Highs (p-a-r-3s-b): 35-4-23-0-3
2022/23: Salato had a breakout season for Eastern. She was always first off the bench for the Warriors and did not disappoint. In the final LEC Stats, Taylor was second in Free Throw Percentage at 85% and 15th in Blocks averaging 0.6 per game. She led the team in Free Throw Percentage just edging out Julie Keckler (the program's all-time holder in FT %) by one percent. She was 45% from the field and averaged 5.3 rebounds per game. Taylor had a career game vs Plymouth State. She had 22 points, 13 rebounds, shot 6-6 from the Free Throw Line in only 20 minutes played. Taylor was named February 6th Little East Player of the Week. During the week, she averaged 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds off the bench. She shot 80% from the floor and 90% from the foul line with only two turnovers in 41 minutes vs Plymouth State and Keene State.
Season-highs: (p-a-r-3s-b): 22-3-13-0-3
2021/22: Salato had her best games of the season vs Baruch College and Babson College. In a game vs Baruch, Salato had 8 points and vs Babson, Salato played 27 minutes and had 9 big rebounds for Eastern Connecticut. Taylor had 39 points, 36 rebounds and 5 assists in the final season stats. Season-highs
(p-a-r-3s-b): 8-2-9-1-1
Career-Highs (Thru 24-25) 40 min, 35 pts, 23 rebs, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 3 steals, one 3-pointer...
High School- Two sport athlete who was a four-year member and three-year starter of the basketball team and played three years of volleyball…named senior captain in basketball…received multiple honors in basketball including: named all-county, all-conference, all-area, and all-state junior and senior years, and named all-conference as a sophomore…in volleyball she was named to the all-division team as a senior…assisted basketball team in winning the state championship a freshman…
Other: Played for the CT Starters in Middletown as a forward, played for the CBC/City Rocks as a forward, and played for Team CT out of New Haven as a forward…
PERSONAL: born
Taylor M. Salato May 2, 2003…
Parents: Nicole, Peter …
Sibling: Dominic…
Major: Criminology…
Career plans: Lawyer …
Residence: East Haven, CT…
TAYLOR... REVEALED
Your pre-game ritual: Eating an apple in the locker room before each game
Personal goal for the season: To be a 1000 point scorer
Your most overused phrase: “Are you joking”
If you could describe yourself in one word, it would be: Determined/Motivated
Biggest waste of money: Impulse buying
Biggest adjustment to college life: Balancing academics and athletics
If you were to choose a superpower what would it be?: To be able to read minds
Biggest crisis facing the world: Ourselves
Your dream job: Criminal Lawyer
If you could meet anyone (living or dead), who would it be?: A’ja Wilson
What could you give a 30 minute presentation on with absolutely no preparation?: WNBA Teams/Players
What are you most grateful for?: My support system
What dumb accomplishment are you most proud of?: Getting out of bed in the morning
What is something your friends would consider “so you”?: Chipotle
