Taylor Pischke

Pischke at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada

Personal information

Full name

Taylor Mackenzie Pischke

Born

April 18, 1993 (age 24)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Height

183 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

69 kg (152 lb)

College(s)

UCSB
University of Manitoba

Beach volleyball information

Current teammate

Years	Teammate	Tours (points)
2012-2016	Melissa Humana-Paredes	2,414.0

Taylor Mackenzie Pischke (born April 18, 1993) is a female Canadian volleyball player.

Pischke was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the daughter of Garth Pischke, a two-time Olympian with Canada men's national volleyball team, and a current coach of the University of Manitoba's male team, and mother Cindy Shepherd, a Canadian Junior National team athlete and three-time CIS National Champion. Pischke first competed in rhythmic gymnastics at the national level before taking up her parents' sport at the age of 14. After attending Fort Richmond Collegiate, Pischke played university volleyball for UCSB, and later the University of Manitoba. Her departure from UCSB, California, after one semester on the indoor team, occurred because there was no opportunity to play beach during the second semester when the NCAA sand program at UCSB did not become a collegiate sport. Pischke was on a double scholarship at UCSB to play on their indoor and beach volleyball teams. With Manitoba, she won the CIS National Championship Title in 2014 making it her 7th Canadian national title in volleyball (4 indoor volleyball championships including CIS and Canada Games championships) and 3 beach volleyball championship titles.

Pischke played on Team Canada's beach volleyball squad with Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto from 2012-2016. John Child, who competed in three Olympic Games and won a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games, was the team's coach. Along with Humana-Paredes, Pischke won two bronze medals at the under 23 World Championship (2013 and 2014), and seven medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit between 2013 and 2015. Both reached the semi-finals at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto and the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.

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