Basketball
A four-year letter winner and starter on the men’s basketball team, Stephen Taylor is one of the top defenders in MIAC history. A first-team All-MIAC selection following the 1991-92 season, he was named to the conference’s five-player All-Defensive Team in both 1990-91 and 1991-92. He collected at least 70 steals during each of his four years donning the maize and blue, leading the conference each time. He set the MIAC single-season record by taking the ball away 93 times during the 1990-91 campaign and added 78 more steals the following year. Three decades after graduating, Taylor still owns two of the top-five single-season steal totals in recorded MIAC history and continues to possess the conference record of 314 career steals. In fact, only two other MIAC players are known to have even come within 100 steals of Taylor. He also established the MIAC single-game record with nine steals against Saint John’s on Dec. 5, 1990. He was more than a simply defensive whiz, however, as he totaled 977 points and 402 rebounds in his career to go along with then-school records of 346 assists and 52 blocked shots. He came close to posting a quadruple double after tallying 20 points, 9 steals, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists in a 74-69 win over Saint Mary’s on Jan. 21, 1989. He moved from shooting guard to point guard during the 1990-91 campaign and notched a double-double (30 points, 10 rebounds) in the win over Saint John’s on Jan. 23, 1991. He finished fourth in the conference that season at 3.8 assists per game. His senior year, Taylor doled out a then-school record 16 assists as Carleton defeated rival St. Olaf in the regular-season finale to clinch a playoff berth and maintain possession of the famed Goat Trophy. He broke his own school record with 148 assists that season and ranked second in the MIAC with 5.7 assists per game. In both 1991 and 1992, Taylor received the Matteson Memorial Basketball Award, which is given annually to the member of the Carleton basketball team judged to possess the most outstanding abilities in basketball and scholarship and the highest qualities of character and sportsmanship.