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Former Diamond Dawg Johnathan Taylor appointed to State board

By Sravanthi Meka

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Former Georgia baseball player Johnathan Taylor was appointed to the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board by Governor Nathan Deal earlier this month.

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    • Taylor was recruited by fellow board member Louise Hill, who is the public service and outreach faculty member of UGA’s J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development.

    "“I’ve known Louise Hill for a while, and she asked me if I wanted to be nominated for the board because they need some younger people with my perspective,” Taylor said. “I thought about it and felt like it would a good thing to help out. I could provide input from my generation. She said I still had to be appointed by the governor, and I was excited when I got the call. I went down to the capitol and I was like wow, I’m getting sworn in by the governor.”"

    GVRSB serves the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA), whose mission is to help individuals with disabilities become competitively employed and participate fully in their communities. 

    Taylor was the second of two University of Georgia baseball players to be paralyzed. His injury occurred during a game against Florida State on March 6, 2011. Both he and his teammate, Chance Veazey, who was paralyzed in a scooter accident in 2009, spent months at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta to recover from their accidents and undergo rehabilitation.

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    Graduating from the University of Georgia in December 2013, Taylor holds a bachelor’s degree in Consumer Economics. Recently, he passed the exam to be qualified to be a life insurance agent and now has turned his sights on the Series 65 Exam which will allow him to act as an investment advisor. Taylor has been under the guidance of Active Financial Group in Kennesaw.

    A three-year letterman on the Georgia baseball team, Taylor appeared in 117 games before his injury. He posted a .312 career batting average with 36 stolen bases and was a 33rd round draft pick of the Texas Rangers. After his recovery and rehabilitation, he returned to UGA in January of 2012 to complete his degree. Taylor received the Courage Award from the Tempe Sports Foundation in 2012 along with the 2013 UGA Inspiration Award.

    Taylor resides in Kennesaw and said he is looking forward to contributing to the monthly meetings as a member of the GVRSB.

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