Taylor Huff

Taylor Brooke Huff (born August 16, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Tennessee Volunteers and the Florida State Seminoles, winning the 2023 national championship with the Seminoles.

Taylor Huff

Huff with Florida State in the 2024 ACC Championship
Personal information
Full name	Taylor Brooke Huff[1]
Date of birth	(2002-08-16) August 16, 2002 (age 22)[1]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder / forward
Team information
Current team	Bay FC
Number	7
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2022	Tennessee Volunteers	41	(15)
2023–2024	Florida State Seminoles	38	(17)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2025–	Bay FC	0	(0)
International career‡
2023–	United States U-23	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 9, 2025

Early life

Huff was raised in Mansfield, Ohio, the middle of three daughters born to Zac and Amy Huff.^[1][2] She started playing soccer at age three, with her father coaching her youth and high school teams.^[2] She played multiple other sports growing up, including basketball, softball, volleyball, and track, running the 400 meters at the state championships in her senior year of high school.^[2] She played club soccer for Internationals SC.^[1]

Huff played high school soccer for Division II school Madison Comprehensive High School, where she was a four-time United Soccer Coaches All-American selection.^[1] She scored 34 goals with 21 assists as a freshman in 2017, leading her team to the state semifinals, followed by 31 goals and 19 assists as a sophomore in 2018, when they were upset in regionals.^[3][4] She contributed 34 goals and 26 assists to help reach the state final as a junior in 2019, being named the Division II player of the year.^[5] She led her team to win the state championship in 2020, recording 34 goals and 27 assists, and was named Ohio Ms. Soccer, the Gatorade Ohio Player of the Year, and the United Soccer Coaches national player of the year.^[4][6] She set an all-time school scoring record, with 133 goals, and the all-time state assists record, with 93.^[6]

College career

Tennessee Volunteers

Huff verbally committed to the Tennessee Volunteers as a high school freshman.^[4] She played in all 23 games (22 starts) in her freshman season in 2021, leading the Volunteers to win the Southeastern Conference East title and the SEC tournament, beating Arkansas in the final. She finished the season with 10 goals and 5 assists and was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and second-team All-SEC. In the NCAA tournament, she scored two goals with one assist as Tennessee reached the third round.^[1][7] She trained with the Washington Spirit the following summer.^[8] In her sophomore season, she scored 5 goals and led the team with 7 assists in 18 games, being named first-team All-SEC and third-team All-American. The Volunteers were SEC East co-champions but lost in their opening matches in the SEC and NCAA tournaments.^[9][10]

Florida State Seminoles

Huff transferred to the Florida State Seminoles for her junior season in 2023, reuniting with head coach Brian Pensky, her former coach at Tennessee.^[10] She scored 7 goals and led her new team with 14 assists (fourth in the country) in 17 games, earning second-team All-ACC and All-American honors. She had two goals and two assists in the NCAA tournament as Florida State finished the season as undefeated national champions.^[11][12] In her senior season, she scored a team-high 12 goals and added 10 assists in 21 games. She scored in both the semifinals and final of the ACC tournament, being named tournament MVP as Florida State won their fifth ACC championship in a row.^[11][13] In the NCAA tournament, she made her penalty kick in a shootout loss to Vanderbilt in the second round.^[14] She was named first-team All-ACC and first-team All-American at the end of the season.^[11]

Club career

Bay FC

Bay FC announced on January 9, 2025, that they had signed Huff to a three-year contract with a club option for an additional year.^[15]

International career

Huff was invited to training camps with the United States under-16 team in 2018 and the under-20 team in 2022.^[1] She played internationally for the under-23 team in 2023.^[16] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing alongside the senior national team, in January 2025.^[17]

Honors and awards

Tennessee Volunteers

• SEC women's soccer tournament: 2021

Florida State Seminoles

• NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament: 2023
• ACC women's soccer tournament: 2023, 2024

Individual

• All-American: 2024 (first team), 2023 (second team), 2022 (third team)
• All-ACC: 2024 (first team), 2023 (second team)
• All-SEC: 2022 (first team), 2021 (second team)
• SEC Freshman of the Year: 2021
• NCAA tournament all-tournament team: 2023
• ACC tournament MVP: 2024
• ACC tournament all-tournament team: 2024

References

1. "Taylor Huff – Soccer". Tennessee Volunteers. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
2. Walsh, Chuck (August 25, 2023). "Taylor Huff: Chasing Greatness". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
3. Furr, Jake (December 3, 2018). "Madison's Taylor Huff earns title of All-American, again". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
4. Furr, Jake (November 20, 2020). "Madison's Taylor Huff caps off career with 2020 Ms. Soccer award". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
5. Phillips, Larry (November 11, 2019). "Huff family spearheads 12 area players on All-Ohio soccer team". Richland Source. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
6. Furr, Jake (June 15, 2021). "Madison's Taylor Huff named Gatorade Ohio Girls Soccer Player of the Year". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
7. Hall, Cora (November 1, 2021). "Brian Pensky of Tennessee named SEC Coach of the Year; Taylor Huff is Freshman of the Year". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
   "No. 10 Tennessee Wins SEC Championship With 3-0 Win Over No. 5 Arkansas". Tennessee Volunteers. November 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
8. Hall, Cora (November 1, 2022). "'How did this happen?': UT soccer's Taylor Huff, Becky Edwards on NWSL's reckoning with abuse". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
9. Hall, Cora (November 1, 2022). "Reigning SEC Tournament champion Tennessee soccer falls 2-0 in quarterfinals to Georgia". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
   Sylvia, Ryan (November 11, 2022). "Tennessee women's soccer eliminated by Xavier in 2OT of NCAA Tournament". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
10. Hall, Cora (December 30, 2022). "Tennessee soccer loses top player Taylor Huff, who rejoins Brian Pensky at Florida State". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
11. "Taylor Huff – 2024 – Women's Soccer". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
12. Furr, Jake (December 6, 2023). "Madison legend Taylor Huff feels validation with National Championship at Florida State". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
13. "Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
14. Joffer, Prince Akeem (November 23, 2024). "FSU soccer falls in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Vanderbilt". Tomahawk Nation. SB Nation. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
15. "Bay FC signs three-time All-American Taylor Huff to first professional contract". Bay FC. January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
16. "U-23 Women's National Soccer Team". United States Soccer Federation. March 18, 2023. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024.
17. "Emma Hayes Names 24 Players to the 2025 Futures Camp Which Will Run Concurrently With USWNT Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.

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