Lewis University Athletics

Scott Taylor built the inaugural Lewis University women's bowling program as the Flyers concluded their eighth year of competition in 2025-26.

The 2025-26 squad made it three straight seasons with a tournament victory, winning the Unicorn Classic. The previous day they finished runner-up at the Br. Pat Lacey Memorial.

In 2024-25 the Flyers set a new standard with two tournament wins in a season. They took home the title at the Daemen Classic with a program-record final day and defended their title at the Viking Classic.

The 2023-24 Flyers raised the bar for the program, winning three matches at the GLVC Tournament, including a win over McKendree for the first time in program history to finish third in the conference. They fell in a tiebreak best of seven to a top-10 and eventual GLVC champion Maryville squad. They also claimed the program's second tournamnt title at the Viking Classic.

In 2022-23 the Flyers went 55-53 and had back-to-back runner-up finishes for the first time in program history, placing second at the Peacock Classic and Saints Invite.

The women's team had a successful campaign in 2021-22, going 49-43 and finishing the season ranked No. 20 in the country and No. 4 in the Division II/III poll. They also finished with the 10th best GPA in the country (3.6) and had an eighth place finish in the Addison Sectional. They took home their first tournament title in program history, winning the Flyer Classic. Kylie Johnson became the first First Team All-GLVC member as the Flyers had a program-record four receive All-GLVC honors.

In 2020-21 the Flyers finished the season 24-26 with a No. 8 ranking in the Division II poll. They took home seventh place in the Addison Sectional on the USBC side.

The 2019-20 season saw the Flyers enter the Division II/III poll for the first time in program history as the Flyers finished the season ranked No. 10 in the poll. They ended the season with a 53-36 record and qualified for their first sectional, which was canceled due to covid. In the inaugual season, the Flyers posted a 36-40 record.

Overall Taylor has guided Lewis to five tournament titles and eight runner-up finishes in eight seasons. He has posted more than 300 wins and has had 15 all-conference performers.

Taylor also spends time working with as an athletic communications assistant. In his role he has been the media contact for a NCAA Division II women's volleyball regional, assisted at a NCAA Division II men's basketball regional and MIVA Conference title game, as well as multiple GLVC Tournaments. He writes all of the bowling stories for the lewisflyers.com website and assists in writing other stories for the website. He has also stated soccer, softball and baseball games for Lewis.

Taylor is a 2007 graduate of Lewis where he majored in journalism and received a minor in coaching. He was a basketball manager for four years and was sports editor for The Flyer for two years. He earned a Masters in Business Administration from Benedictine University in 2010.

He lives in Joliet, IL with his wife Mandie, a Lewis graduate and volunteer bowling coach, son Knox (12) and daughter Charlotte (8).