Taylor Love
Taylor Love is a Shreveport native, graduating from C.E. Byrd High School in 2012 where he played both baseball and soccer. He received both a baseball and an academic scholarship offer from Louisiana Tech, a Division 1 college located in Ruston, Louisiana where he went on to play 4 years with the Bulldogs from 2012 - 2016. He graduated in 2015 with a Finance degree, and he completed his Master's in Business Administration (MBA) in 2016 on a dual undergraduate and graduate academic track.
Love played Shortstop throughout his career with a little time at Second base. He earned All-Conference Honors in 2014 and 2015, and he was voted hardest worker by his teammates all 4 years in Ruston. During Love's senior year in 2016, he helped lead the Bulldogs to their first Regional appearance in almost 30 years, where they came in second place in the Regional Championship behind Mississippi State. In 2020, Love was one of 9 players named to the Louisiana Tech Baseball All-Decade Team.