Parents: Suzanne & Gerald Merritt
Sibling Names: Ryan, Katelyn, Andrew
DOB: August 26, 1993
Major: Biology

Awards in High School:
   2010 1st-Team All-Region
   2010 WGHS Captain Award
   2010 WGHS Best Defense Award
   2008 WGHS Student-Athlete of the Year Award
   4-time Honor Roll student

Nickname: Tay

Memorable Moment: Hitting my first home run in high school

Something you don’t know about me: I am Italian

Favorite Quote: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you cannot  do.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Favorite Food and Restaurant: Hot wings and Carrabba’s

Favorite Place: The beach

Favorite TV Shows: Mob Wives, That 70’s Show and Criminal Minds

Favorite Sports Team: Duke Blue Devils

Favorite Professional Athletes: Brain McCann and Chipper Jones