High School and/or Club Experience: Named all-state, all-region and all-district while leading Elizabethtown High School to a district championship and a region runner-up finish as a senior in 2011 ... also helped the Lady Panthers win the SON Cup and the Lexington Catholic Lady Knight’s Challenge Cup in 2011 ... was a captain on her club team, the Mockingbird Valley SC, and led the team to a state championship in 2011.
Get to Know Taylor Perkins …
One thing people probably don’t know about her: She is a picky eater
Her best non-soccer Olympic sport would be: Handball
Her favorite place to eat in Richmond: Olive Garden
Her favorite song, currently: “Pontoon” by Little Big Town
Her favorite social media forum: Twitter, to keep in touch with friends
One place in America she would like to road trip to: Hawaii, because she’s never been there
Her favorite non-sport outdoor activity: Building slip n slides
Items on her bucket list: Go to the World Cup and go skydiving
Her professional goals: Become an occupational therapist
She chose Eastern Kentucky because: It was close to home and she loves the campus
