Taylor Svehla (pronounced “Suh-vey-la”) joined the Jackrabbits as a graduate assistant coach on May 15, 2019 and is in her first season with the program.
A recent graduate of Georgia College, she played four years with the Bobcats and was a 2018 AVCA honorable mention All-American, earning All-Region honors in her final two seasons while finishing as the 2018 Peach Belt Conference Co-Player of the Year She led the team with 397 kills (3.48 per set) and 116 blocks (28 solo) as a senior, starting all 30 matches for GC.
Svehla, who was also the Peach Belt Conference’s Freshman of the Year in 2015, became the school’s first-ever member of the 1,000 kill and 300 block clubs during her final year, finishing as the all-time leader in kills (1,276) and blocks (384).
She earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a teaching concentration in May 2019.