TRANSFER ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2008-09 SEASON...a transfer from the Hillsdale College (Mich.) who practiced with the Musketeers this past season...becomes eligible for game action in the 2008-09 season...will have three seasons of eligibility remaining beginning with the 2008-09 season.

2006-07 SEASON AT HILLSDALE COLLEGE (AS A FRESHMAN)...played in all 26 games, starting 25 times for Hillsdale, a Division II school in Michigan...team finished the season with a 15-11 record...averaged 12.0 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 57.8 percent (111-of-192) from the field as a freshman...led the team in scoring five times and in rebounding nine times...scored in double figures 19 times as a freshman...basketball coach: Ed Douma.

AT ST. JOHN'S JESUIT...played four years on the varsity...averaged 15.0 points and eight rebounds as a senior...played with current Xavier teammate B.J. Raymond at St. John's Jesuit...basketball coach: Ed Heintschel.

PERSONAL...a business management major...born July 30, 1987 in Toledo, Ohio...parents are Steve and Diana Taylor.