2026 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 5
Taylor de Boer
- Position:
- Outside Hitter/Opposite
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Kelowna, British Columbia
- High School:
- Okanagan Mission Secondary School
 2025 All-Big Ten Second Team |
Redshirt Sophomore - 2025
- All-Big Ten Second Team
- AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team
- Academic All-Big Ten
- CSC Academic All-District
- Recorded double-digit kills in 23 of the Illini’s 29 matches
- Led the Illini in kills (368), kills/set (3.57), points (385.0), and points/set (3.74) while ranking eighth in the Big Ten in kills/set
- Posted a team-high 15 kills on a .344 clip against South Dakota State (8/29/25)
- Set a then career-high with 17 kills on a. 350 clip, in addition to four digs and two blocks, while making her first career start versus Vanderbilt (8/31/25)
- Logged 10 kills, three digs, and two blocks at Notre Dame (9/5/25)
- Tallied a career-best 18 kills across four sets at #3 Louisville (9/7/25)
- Registered 17 kills with a .382 hitting percentage, a dig, and an assist in a sweep against Cincinnati (9/12/25)
- Finished with 10 kills, two digs, and a block in a road sweep over Illinois State (9/14/25)
- Led the Illini in kills with 13 in the team's home opener vs. Iowa State (9/20/25)
- Finished with 15 kills with a season-high .429 hitting percentage and two digs in a win against Oregon (9/26/25)
- Logged 17 kills, one dig, and one block at #10 Purdue (9/28/25)
- Registered 13 kills, with a .360 hitting percentage, and three digs at #7 Wisconsin (10/2/25)
- Equaled her career-high with 18 kills while hitting at a .366 clip vs. Michigan State (10/5/25)
- Tallied 11 kills and one block in the Illini's road win at Maryland (10/10/25)
- Recorded 16 kills with a .379 hitting percentage and two blocks at Rutgers (10/11/25)
- Posted 17 kills with three digs and two blocks in the Illini's road win at Ohio State (10/17/25)
- Finished with 14 kills in a road sweep at Northwestern (10/19/25)
- Totaled 14 kills, three digs, and one block vs. #11 Purdue (10/24/25)
- Finished with 17 kills and one block against Michigan (10/25/25)
- Registered 13 kills, with a .346 hitting percentage, and two total blocks at #20 Minnesota (10/29/25)
- Amassed 11 kills and two blocks against Iowa (11/2/25)
- Recorded eight kills and equaled her career-high with three blocks at #1 Nebraska (11/6/25)
- Tallied 14 kills against #25 Penn State (11/9/25)
- Finished with 15 kills in the Illini’s win over Washington (11/14/25)
- Logged 11 kills and four digs against #15 Indiana (11/26/25)
- Recorded 12 kills, one dig, and one block versus Northwestern (11/28/25)
SOPHOMORE - 2024
- Made collegiate debut against Illinois State (9/3/24)
- Logged three kills playing one set against Toledo (9/6/24)
- Collected a kill against Wake Forest (9/8/24)
- Posted a pair of digs, a kill and a solo block at Lipscomb (9/21/24)
- Recorded her first kill in Big Ten play at Nebraska (10/25/24)
- Tallied a block at Northwestern. (11/1/24)
- Posted three kills and an assist against Wisconsin (11/3/24)
- Recorded two kills and a block assists at Indiana (11/29/24)
- Made appearance in NCAA Tournament match against [8] UNI (12/6/24)
Freshman - 2023
- Did not play
Prior to Illinois
- Trained with Team Canada Junior Team from 2021-22
- Named the Canadian Junior Team U19 Captain in 2022
- Took part in the National Excellence Program.
- Participated with Team Canada at the 2023 Girls' U19 NORCECA Pan American Cup
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