Taylor Soule | |
Team: | Free Agent |
League: | WNBA |
Position: | Forward |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Birth Date: | 5 January 2000 |
Birth Place: | West Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S. |
High School: | Kimball Union Academy (Meriden, New Hampshire) |
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Draft League: | WNBA |
Draft Year: | 2023 |
Draft Round: | 3 |
Draft Pick: | 28 |
Draft Team: | Minnesota Lynx |
Career Start: | 2023 |
Team1: | Chicago Sky |
Team2: | Minnesota Lynx |
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Taylor Soule (born January 5, 2000) is an American professional basketball player who played for the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted in the third round of the 2023 WNBA Draft by the Lynx. She played college basketball at Boston College and Virginia Tech.
Soule signed to play her college basketball at Boston College.[1] Soule spent four years with the Eagles and was named to the ACC Second Team numerous times during that span.[2] [3] [4] She scored 1,522 points, grabbed 671 rebounds, and had 194 assists during her Boston College years.
Following her season season, Soule decided that she would transfer and use her extra year elsewhere. She ended up transferring to Virginia Tech.[5]
Prior to the season, Soule was named to both the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List and the Wooden Award Watch List.[6] Soule started every game in her season with the Hokies. She helped guide Virginia Tech to the first ever Final Four in their programs history.[7] Soule was once again named to the All-ACC Second Team for her final season.[8]
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2018–19 | Boston College | 29 | 229 | .538 | .000 | .616 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 7.9 |
2019–20 | Boston College | 32 | 465 | .540 | .000 | .720 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.5 |
2020–21 | Boston College | 19 | 299 | .430 | .143 | .752 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 15.7 |
2021–22 | Boston College | 33 | 529 | .513 | .182 | .683 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 16.0 |
2022–23 | Virginia Tech | 36 | 392 | .517 | .240 | .726 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 10.9 |
Career | 149 | 1914 | .507 | .184 | .702 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.8 |
Soule was selected 28th overall in the third round of the 2023 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx.[9] Soule competed in training camp with the Lynx and was one of the last players waived by the Lynx, ultimately not making the roster.[10]
Soule signed a Hardship Contract with the Chicago Sky in June 2023, after the Sky had some injuries and their roster fell below the required amount to play.[11] Soule made her WNBA debut on June 9, 2023, recording 1 minute against the Los Angeles Sparks. Soule scored her first WNBA points a few days later against the Las Vegas Aces.
|-| align="left" | 2023| align="left" | Chicago| 15 || 0 || 3.5|| .143 || .000 || .625 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.6|-| align="left" | 2024| align="left" | Minnesota|2||0||1.5||—||—||—||0.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.0|- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | Career| align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams| 17 || 0 || 3.3 || .143 || .000 || .625 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.5
|-| align="left" | 2023| align="left" | Chicago| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || — || — || — || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || — || — || — || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0