Laura Taylor.

About Laura Taylor

Laura Taylor is an American softball coach and former player. From Hockessin, Delaware, she was an all-state catcher in high school before playing college softball for the Seton Hall Pirates as a catcher and first baseman from 2002 to 2005. She was the national home runs leader as a freshman and went on to break the school record with 59 career home runs, a mark that ranks in the top 20 in NCAA Division I history. Taylor was the Big East Conference Player of the Year as a senior and helped Seton Hall to two NCAA Tournament appearances. She was also selected to participate in the 2004 Olympic Team trials for softball. In 2005,Taylor played professional fastpitch softball for the New York/New Jersey Juggernaut in the National Professional Fastpitch League (NPF), the world's top professional fastpitch league at that time, and was named NPF Player of the Week for two consecutive weeks. In 2026, she was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame.