Biography:
Taylor Cummings is a lacrosse midfielder, formerly for the University of Maryland’s women’s lacrosse team. Winning the Tewaaraton Trophy in 2014, 2015, and 2016, Cummings was once regarded as the best female collegiate lacrosse player in the country. She helped the Maryland Terrapins win two National Championships in 2014 and 2015. In 2015, Cummings was nominated for the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award. She is also a 2015–2016 U.S. National team member. Cummings finished her collegiate lacrosse career for Maryland in the spring of 2016 as a senior captain. While Cummings pushed through the season with an undefeated record, the Maryland Terrapins fell short on May 29, 2016, in the NCAA National Championship to the Carolina Tar Heels. While at Maryland, Cummings was the first-ever three-time recipient of the Honda Sports Award for women’s lacrosse, awarded to the top player in a Division I school.
Early years
Cummings grew up in Ellicott City, Maryland. She was born to Carol Cummings and Michael Cummings, who played soccer at the College of William and Mary. She has a younger sister, Kelsey Cummings, who also plays on the women’s lacrosse team for the University of Maryland. Cummings attended the McDonogh School, a private, K-12 prep school, in Owing Mills, Maryland. While there, she helped the school’s lacrosse team win four state championships. In her sophomore, junior, and senior years, the lacrosse team went undefeated. Although lacrosse was her focus, Cummings was a three-sport athlete, winning two state championships with soccer and one state championship with basketball. At McDonogh, she was an honor roll student and made the dean’s list.
In high school, Cummings won the following awards:
– ESPN High School First Team – 2011
– Inside Lacrosse Top Rising Senior – 2011
– Baltimore Sun Athlete of the Year and Lacrosse Player of the Year – 2011, 2012
– Lacrosse Magazine National and Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year – 2011, 2012
– Under Armour All-American and MVP – 2012
– Inside Lacrosse No. 1 Rising Freshman
Cummings studies finance in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.
College career
In the fall of her senior year at McDonogh, Cummings committed to play for the University of Maryland’s women’s lacrosse team as the nation’s top recruit. She plays the position of midfield.
Freshman year (2013)
In Cummings’s freshman year, she scored 43 goals and had 14 assists. She posted a team-high of 94 draw controls, registered 28 ground balls, and caused 21 turnovers.
Sophomore year (2014)
Cummings won the Tewaaraton Trophy her sophomore year, becoming the youngest woman to win the award and earning the distinction as the most outstanding female collegiate lacrosse player. She started in