Taylor Bush Class: RS Junior Hometown: Santa Clara, Calif. High School: Archbishop Mitty High School Height: 5-6 Event: Throws Birthdate: 11/26/1989

ARIZONA

2010: Perhaps the team's most improved athlete as a sophomore...Won the UA-ASU-NAU Dual meet with a career best throw of 54.93m (180-2), the seventh best mark in Arizona history...Earned All-Conference honors with her sixth place finish at the Pac-10 Championships with a throw of 52.56m (172-5)...Advanced to the first round of the NCAA Championships... 2009: After coming to the school as sprinter, Bush made the transition to the throws after her redshirt season..As a freshman, had a season's best throw of 50.28m (164-11)...Finished 14th at the Pac-10 Championships in the event in her just her first season as a thrower...

HIGH SCHOOL

Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, Calif.: Was the varsity team captain and won the Coach's Award two years in a row...

PERSONAL

Taylor Alexandra Bush...Born 11-26-1989 to Michael and Nancy Bush in Mountain View, Calif...Father played football at Cal-Poly and briefly for the Minnesota Vikings...Aunt, Michelle, ran track at UCLA...Enjoys music, weightlifting and community service...Plans to study physiology and wants to eventually become a athletic trainer for the NFL...

PERSONAL BESTS

Hammer: 54.93m (180-2)