Shawn Taggart

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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| name = Shawn Taggart

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 229

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| team =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|3|26}}

| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

| high_school = Mount Zion Christian Academy
(Durham, North Carolina)

| college =

• Iowa State (2005–2007)
• Memphis (2007–2009)

| draft_year = 2009

| career_start = 2009

| career_end = 2017

| career_position =Power forward / center

| years1 = 2009–2010

| team1 = Ironi Nahariya

| years2 = 2010

| team2 = Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto

| years3 = 2010

| team3 = Henan Jiyuan

| years4 = 2010

| team4 = CB Murcia

| years5 = 2011

| team5 = Shanxi Zhongyu

| years6 = 2011–2012

| team6 = Tenis E.Dagcilik Istanbul

| years7 = 2012

| team7 = Springfield Armor

| years8 = 2013

| team8 = Hapoel Gilboa Galil

| years9 = 2013–2016

| team9 = Al Jaysh

| years10 = 2016

| team10 = GlobalPort Batang Pier

| years11 = 2017

| team11 = Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

| highlights =

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Shawn Larell Taggart (born March 26, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

As a junior power forward/center for the Memphis Tigers, he averaged 10.4 PPG and 7.6 RPG in the 2008–09 season. He was a member of the team as a sophomore when the Tigers went to the NCAA National Championship in 2008, which they lost in overtime to the Kansas Jayhawks.

Taggart signed an agent for the NBA draft, but went undrafted. Taggart competed in the 2009 NBA Summer League with the Toronto Raptors.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nbadraft.net/node/8843 |title=2009 NBA Summer League Rosters |access-date=2013-01-09 |archive-date=2012-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309055840/http://www.nbadraft.net/node/8843 |url-status=dead }}

On November 6, 2012, Taggart joined the Springfield Armor.[http://www.nba.com/dleague/springfield/springfield_armor_training_cam_2012_11_06.html Springfield Armor Training Camp Roster] On January 7, 2013, he was traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors in exchange for Paul Carter.[http://www.nba.com/dleague/santacruz/warriors_acquire_shawn_taggart_010713.html Santa Cruz Warriors Acquire Forward Shawn Taggart From Springfield][http://www.nba.com/dleague/springfield/springfield_acquires_paul_cart_2013_01_07.html Springfield Acquires Paul Carter] He was then waived by the Warriors on January 8.[http://www.nba.com/dleague/santacruz/warriors_waive_taggart_010813.html Santa Cruz Warriors Waive Shawn Taggart]

In March 2016, Taggart was signed as the new import for GlobalPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association in the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup, replacing Calvin Walner.{{ cite news |last=Sacamos |first=Karlo |title=GlobalPort makes yet another import change, signs tall Shawn Taggart to replace Warner |url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/globalport-makes-yet-another-import-c#gPqLXjLddveSEOow.01 |work=Spin.ph |date=March 11, 2016 |accessdate=March 11, 2016 }}

In March 2017, he was signed by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters as their import for the 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup.{{Cite web |url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/smb-takes-chance-on-untested-charles-rhodes-as-justin-brownlee-set-for-another-tour-of-duty-with |title= SMB takes chance on untested Charles Rhodes as Ginebra sticks with Justin Brownlee |last=Ramos |first=Gerry |publisher=spin.ph |publication-date=March 2, 2017 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}