Taylor Houck Class: Junior Hometown: Chalfont, Pa. High School: Germantown Academy Last College: Nebraska Height: 5-3 Position: Defense Birthdate: 01/21/1991 Experience: SO

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On Houck: Aggressive defender who played both outside and in the middle of the back line last season ... Local product with three years of eligibility remaining ... Will once again be in the mix for a starting role on the back line.

Awards: BIG EAST Academic All-Star (2010) ... Big 12 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2009).

2010: Played in all 19 games with 18 starts during the season ... Saw time as a central defender and on the outside ... Helped the defense post three shutouts during the year ... Took the majority of the team's corner kicks and finished the season third on the team with four assists ... Attempted one shot; BIG EAST: Started all 11 conference games, during which Villanova posted two of its three shutouts on the season ... Registered a season-high two assists against West Virginia.

University of Nebraska: First player from Pennsylvania to be recruited to play at Nebraska ... Red-shirted the 2009 season.

Club Team and ODP Experience: Team captain of the FC Bucks Vipers team that won the 2009 U-18 national championship, playing with current Villanova teammates Alexa Carugati and Heidi Sabatura ... The squad also won 2008 and 2008 Region 1 championships ... Eight-time Eastern Pennsylvania state champions ... Five-year member of the Pennsylvania state ODP ... Selected in 2009 as the No. 53 recruit in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer.

Germantown Academy: Received four varsity letters in soccer and one in lacrosse ... Three-time Team MVP and senior captain for a squad that won 17 consecutive Inter-AC league titles ... Selected to the ESPN-Rise All-Area first team ... Four-time all-league first team choice ... Named to the All-Southeastern Pennsylvania team by the Philadelphia Inquirer as a junior and a senior ... Three time All-Intelligencer first team pick ... Her squad was named Team of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2008.

Personal: Born 1/21/91 in Philadelphia ... Younger of two daughters of Terry and Linda Houck ... Has an older sister, Tierney (24) ... Majoring in Sociology.