‘Oh my gosh, you’re on SportsCenter’ — Life after a viral fence-clearing catch

Olivia Taylor made among the best performs anyone has seen on any degree of sport in current reminiscence, and you recognize it since you couldn’t miss it this previous weekend.

Taylor, a senior heart fielder for Bear River Excessive College in Utah, made a full-extension leap over the fence to haul in a home-run-saving seize within the second recreation of a three-game collection for the 4A state championship towards Tooele to assist protect her workforce’s 4-1 lead within the fourth inning.

The video was posted after Bear River received that recreation, and it received the third of the collection later that Saturday to safe the championship.

Taylor went viral.

“My coach truly known as me and was like, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re on SportsCenter!’” Taylor mentioned. “And so my buddies had informed me and I used to be identical to, ‘There’s no approach,’ till I truly noticed it.”

Taylor was within the SportsCenter High 10, touchdown at No. 2. Simone Biles, who made historical past with a Yurchenko double pike vault in return to competitors on the U.S. Basic, understandably completed No. 1.

“I’ll take a cross to Simone Biles,” Taylor mentioned.

The catch had additionally been posted throughout social media, together with on SportsCenter’s Instagram.

“SportsCenter’s insane, there’s like 23 million followers on that, so I used to be simply thoughts blown as soon as it truly had set in what had simply occurred and that it was going viral.”

ESPN spoke with Taylor on Monday afternoon. Her telephone was nonetheless blowing up.

“I in all probability had tons of of textual content messages, and simply DMs on Instagram was in all probability the most important factor. My Instagram’s blown up with comply with requests as a result of I’ve a non-public account, after which simply folks DMing me about it.”

“It’s simply been a whirlwind. I preserve anticipating it to die down, and it simply retains getting greater and greater and simply getting shared extra on social media, and simply retains blowing up.”

With the social media consideration got here fame in school. Taylor was simply crucial individual at Bear River Excessive College when the primary bell rang on Monday morning.

“It was fairly loopy,” she mentioned. “It simply felt everyone’s speaking about it and hyping me up, and quite a lot of the boys are all simply loopy about it performing like I’m all well-known and that.”

And whereas the eye she has deservedly gotten has been neat for her, she’s nonetheless bowled over by how huge the second was that she made the sensational catch in.

“I feel it was extra so thrilling as a result of it was such a giant recreation,” she mentioned. “Had it been every other recreation it was nonetheless a cool catch, however didn’t matter as a lot. However because it was the state championship, and prefer it helped with the rating of the sport and the end result and the momentum shift. I feel that was the most important factor is it actually shifted momentum for the sport. And the subsequent recreation going into it after we received.”

It was Bear River’s third 4A title prior to now 5 years (the 2023 season was canceled).

Taylor’s profession received’t be over as soon as she graduates in June — she shall be taking part in on the School of Southern Idaho.

So in the event you see one other viral catch out of Twin Falls, Idaho, and the Golden Eagles over the subsequent couple of years, it’s in all probability Taylor.