Background
Maria was born on May 12, 1987.
Maria was born on May 12, 1987.
She covers college football, college volleyball, and college men"s and women"s basketball. Maria received an athletic scholarship to the University of Georgia, where she continued to play volleyball and basketball from 2005-2009. By the time her playing days were done in the fall of 2008, Taylor ranked fourth all-time in program history in career kills with 1,729 and was fourth all-time in total points with 2,020.
She is 6"2" in height.
Maria Taylor is in her third season as a college analyst & reporter and joined the Securities and Exchange Commission Network in 2014. She is a college football reporter on Securities and Exchange Commission Network with commentator Brent Musburger and Jesse Palmer.
She is also an analyst on other Securities and Exchange Commission telecasts, including volleyball and women's basketball. In 2013, she was the sideline reporter on ESPN2’s weekly Saturday night primetime college football telecast in addition to the Orange Bowl, her second consecutive year covering the annual bowl game.
She has been an analyst on the National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Basketball Selection Show, National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament Preview Show and also Entertainment and Sports Programming Network’s coverage of both the National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament and Women's Volleyball National Championship for the previous two years.
Prior to 2012, Taylor was reporter and host for Image College at the University of Georgia for three years. She also appeared on various studio shows including Dawg Report, Securities and Exchange Commission Men's Basketball Tonight, and SportsNite.
Among the awards were being a member of the Atlanta Tip-Office Team of the Year, being a Fulton County Scholar Athlete of the Year, Offensive Most Valuable Player of her High School volleyball team for three years, a three-time All-Region Selection, and being named All-State as a senior. Taylor also got to be a member of the 2004 United States of America Volleyball Junior National A2 team While at Georgia she was named a member of the All-Securities and Exchange Commission team each season.