Celeste Taylor

As of August 11, 2022

USA Basketball Notes

Gold Medals: 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup, 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup, 2017 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.
International Tournament Title: 2018 Latvia U17 International Invitational.
Member of the 2022 USA Basketball 3x3 U23 Nations League Team, which competed at the FIBA 3x3 Nations League Americas conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Named as a trials participant for the 2022 USA Basketball 3x3 U23 Nations League Team.
Member of the 2019 USA U19 World Cup Team that finished with a 7-0 record and captured the gold medal with a 74-70 overtime victory over Australia in Bangkok, Thailand; averaged 5.0 ppg.
Member of the 2018 USA U17 World Cup Team that captured gold with a perfect 7-0 record in Minsk, Belarus; averaged 6.1 ppg. and 4.1 rpg.
Aided the USA to a three-game sweep of Canada, China and Latvia in a pre-U17 World Cup exhibition tournament in Leipaja, Latvia.
Helped the 2017 USA U16 National Team capture the FIBA Americas U16 Championship gold medal with a perfect 5-0 record in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which qualified the U.S. for the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup.
Participated in the 2015 USA Women’s U16 National Team Trials.

McDonald’s All-American (2019).
USA Today All-New York first team (2019) and second team (2018).
Gatorade State Player of the Year (2019).
WBCA High School All-America honorable mention (2019).
MaxPreps High School All-America honorable mention (2018, 2019).
New York Newsday Long Island Player of the Year (2017, 2018, 2019) and All-Long Island first team (2017, 2018, 2019).
All-New York State first team (2018, 2019).
New York State Sportswriters Association Class AA first team (2017, 2018, 2019).

Attends Long Island Lutheran High School in Brookville, New York, and has played on her school's varsity team since seventh grade.
As a senior in 2018-19, averaged 16.3 ppg., 8.3 rpg. and 5.9 apg. in leading her team to the 2019 New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Class AA championship.
As a junior in 2017-18, averaged 23.8 ppg., 6.8 rpg. and 4.5 spg.
As a sophomore in 2016-17, averaged 15.9 ppg. to help her team to an 18-4 record and the state Federation Class AA semifinals.
As a freshman in 2015-16, helped her team to a 19-6 record.
Also played softball.

Born in Flushing, New York, now resides in Valley Stream, New York.
Daughter of Selene Navarro and Alex Navarro; has one brother Isaiah Taylor, and two sisters, Alexis Navarro and Ariel Navarro.
Twitter: @_celeste62
Instagram: @celeste620
Father played football at Albany.
Maintained an A average in the classroom.
Has volunteered locally on behalf of the Salvation Army and a youth mentoring program.
First played basketball in kindergarten.