Taylor McDonald


Taylor Rae McDonald is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. McDonald plays second for team Laura Walker. McDonald previously played second for team Kelsey Rocque, with whom she won gold at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships and the 2017 Winter Universiade.

Career

Juniors

McDonald began her junior curling career in the 2011–12 on team Kelsey Rocque. She won gold representing Canada at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships during her final season with the team.

Women's

For the 2014–15 season, McDonald joined team Chelsea Carey at second, with Laura Crocker as third and Jen Gates as lead. McDonald appeared in her first Grand Slam of Curling event, the 2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic. She was reunited with her old skip Kelsey Rocque for the 2015–16 season, with the remainder of the team remaining the same. The team won the 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships in 2016 with the University of Alberta, qualifying them for the 2017 Winter Universiade. The team made the decision to miss the 2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts to participate in the Universiade. The team won gold at the Universiade, beating Russia's Victoria Moiseeva 8–3 in the final.
In March 2018, McDonald announced she was joining a Winnipeg-based team skipped by Allison Flaxey, with third Kate Cameron and lead Raunora Westcott. The team participated in two Slams and finished sixth at the 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts. McDonald was invited to be Team Fleury's and team Manitoba's alternate at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. She played in one game, Draw 11 against Nunavut, where she curled 75%. McDonald also spared for Fleury at the 2019 Players' Championship where they had a quarterfinal finish.
On March 15, 2019, it was announced that McDonald would join the new team of Laura Walker, Kate Cameron and Nadine Scotland for the 2019–20 curling season. They did not qualify for the playoffs in their first two events, the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker and the Booster Juice Shoot-Out before winning the 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic after posting a perfect 7-0 record. McDonald won her first provincial title this season as well, defeating former teammate Kelsey Rocque 7-4 in the 2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts final. Representing Alberta at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team finished pool play with a 3-4 record, failing to qualify for the championship round. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personal life

McDonald currently lives in Edmonton. She is employed as a mortgage broker for Mortgage Design Group. She is engaged to Kirt Dell.

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