FNF Southern Quality Ford Dealers Scholar-Athlete of the Week: Holy Cross LB Michael Taylor

Holy Cross linebacker Michael Taylor does it all – shining on the football field and in the classroom with a 4.45 GPA and 31 on the ACT.

“He does everything. I’m in awe of his ability to handle the academics and the extracurriculars,” Holy Cross head coach Scott Wattigny said.

Michael devotes a lot of his time to the band. He’s preparing for music auditions at Alabama and hopes to major in music therapy there.

That, along with making his mark on the Tiger community, are important to him.

“The Holy Cross man is the creed that I have to live by, and it’s the creed I choose to live by every day,” Taylor said. “Whenever we say it on Fridays, it is huge to me. My dad is my example in life, and he graduated in 1993, so to carry out that legacy 32 years later is huge to me.”

“He’s a true example of what we want as a holy cross man from a stupid standpoint and who we want to put out to the community as a holistic human being,” Wattigny said.

Holy Cross’s Michael Taylor– our Friday Night Football Scholar Athlete of the Week, brought to you by your Southern Quality Ford dealers.