Taya Nelson '27 Recruiting Profile

Thank you for reading my profile. My name is Taya Nelson, I am 14 years old and  I will graduate in 2027 .   I have loved basketball since I did my first basketball camp just after Kindergarden.  I was named team leader and player of the camp which was the first time a younger player recieved those awards.  I feel I have a huner to play basketball,  I really love it.   I play for both my school team in Oregon and a competetive club team in Boise Idaho.  In the spring and summer I will be playing with a 16U Elite program .   I have speed and a great read of the court,  I love to make the perfect pass that creates an assist and score.   I can find the hole in the defense and drive through or can pull up and shoot.   I enjoy playing up with older kid and have even played some with a high school boys program.   I am adaptable and coachable I will play were a team needs me.  

I also like other competative sports and play volleyball and run track.   I like being with other athletes and spending time working out. 

Outside sports I like working with Livestock.  I am the Vice President of Harney Horns and Hoofs Livestock club.   I have raised and shown pigs, goats, steer and heifers.   I have won Grand Champion Showmanship at the Harney County Fair.   I have also won Grand Champion Breeding  Heifer at Beef jackpots and the Harney County Fair.    My other love is my Horse.   I compete in various horse competitions but my favorite is cutting and reining cow horse.   Riding horses competatively takes great core and leg muscles and quick decision making  just like basketball.   

I am doing well with a 4.0gpa and like school.  I like math and am thinking about a possible career in Engineering.  I also like helping others and have been helping to coach younger kids at a private gym and local basketball camps.  I could see myself teaching , tuitoring and or coaching in the future,  but most of all I want to play basketball every chance I get.