Bio

Taylor fired a 72 to lead the GSU golfers in the 2025 season opening Jaguar Fall Tuneup Sept. 4 at the University Park Golf Course (Par 72, 6711 yards).

Casey finished second in the tournament and the Jaguars team placed second behind tournament team winner - Judson University  291- (GSU 297)

Casey Taylor Bio

Was a Four-year member of golf team at Marian Catholic High School. Helped the Chicago Heights school advance to the Class 2A sectional three times. Also played baseball. Majoring in communications.

{More about Casey}: His dad, Mike, was the boys basketball coach at Marian Catholic for 20 years. Among his standout players were former Panther Malik Tidwell (now at Georgia Southern), Tyler Ulis (Kentucky/Phoenix Suns), Ahron Ulis (Iowa) and Quentin Jones (Cal Poly). His uncle, Sean, guided Moline to the 2023 Class 4A boys basketball state title in Illinois.

Casey’s brother, Sean, is the Director of Operations and Video Coordinator for the men’s basketball program at Valparaiso University. Casey has spent time coaching where his duties included working with the scout team, offensive scheme, film breakdown and in-game adjustments.

His interests away from golf are basketball. His favorite quote is Yoda’s “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate and hate leads to suffering.” Favorite athlete is Lebron James. Casey’s three must-have apps are SnapChat, Instagram and TikTok.