Celeste Taylor

Celeste Taylor

Taylor with Ohio State in 2024
No. 0 – Sydney Flames
Position	Guard
League	WNBL
Personal information
Born	(2001-06-20) June 20, 2001 (age 23) Queens, New York, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	167 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High school	Valley Stream South (Valley Stream, New York) Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, New York)
College	Texas (2019–2021) Duke (2021–2023) Ohio State (2023–2024)
WNBA draft	2024: 2nd round, 15th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career	2024–present
Career history
2024	Indiana Fever
2024	Phoenix Mercury
2024	Connecticut Sun
2024–present	Phoenix Mercury
2024–present	Sydney Flames
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-ACC (2023) Second-team All-Big Ten (2024) Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year – Coaches (2024) ACC Defensive Player of the Year (2023) ACC All-Defensive Team (2023) Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2024) Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2020) McDonald's All-American (2019)
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2019 Thailand Team FIBA Under-17 World Cup 2018 Belarus Team FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship 2017 Argentina Team

Celeste Yvonne Taylor (born June 20, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Sydney Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball at Texas, Duke, and Ohio State.