1. Celeste Yvonne Taylor was born on June 20,2001 and is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.
19 Facts About Celeste Taylor
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Celeste Taylor played college basketball at Texas, Duke, and Ohio State.
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Celeste Taylor grew up living with her maternal grandparents in a three-bedroom apartment in Astoria, Queens, where a total of nine people lived.
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Celeste Taylor became fluent in Spanish and visited Colombia once as a child.
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Celeste Taylor's athleticism was already noticed in elementary school, and in addition to basketball, she was a talented softball player.
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Celeste Taylor played varsity basketball for Valley Stream South High School in Valley Stream, New York in seventh grade.
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Celeste Taylor was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game and Jordan Brand Classic.
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Celeste Taylor was named Newsday Long Island Player of the Year in her final two years.
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Celeste Taylor was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.
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Celeste Taylor averaged 12.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game as a sophomore, earning All-Big 12 honorable mention.
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Celeste Taylor set a program single-game record with 10 steals in a second-round loss to Colorado at the 2023 NCAA tournament.
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Celeste Taylor made the roster and played in five games for the Fever before being waived on June 25,2024.
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On July 12,2024, Celeste Taylor signed a seven-day contract with the Phoenix Mercury.
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On January 22,2025, the Mercury and Celeste Taylor agreed to a one-year, non-guaranteed training camp contract deal.
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Celeste Taylor won a gold medal with the United States national under-16 team at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship in Argentina.
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Celeste Taylor started in all five games and averaged 4.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
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Celeste Taylor played at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Belarus, averaging 6.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game en route to a gold medal.
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Celeste Taylor won a third gold medal with the national under-19 team at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Thailand, where she averaged five points and 2.6 rebounds per game.
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Celeste Taylor graduated from college with a degree in child psychology and became the first person in her immediate family to graduate from college.