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Taylor Rae McDonald (born May 12, 1993) is a
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curler from
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. She currently plays
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on Team
Casey Scheidegger Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion and is currently a skip on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors Scheidegger won the 2009 Alberta Junior Curli ...
. McDonald previously played second for Team Laura Walker and Team
Kelsey Rocque Kelsey Elizabeth Rocque (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian curler residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. She is a two-time World Junior champion skip. Career In 2013, Rocque played for her first University Championship, at the 2013 CIS/CCA C ...
, with whom she won gold at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships and the
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.


Career


Juniors

McDonald began her junior curling career in the 2011–12 season on Team
Kelsey Rocque Kelsey Elizabeth Rocque (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian curler residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. She is a two-time World Junior champion skip. Career In 2013, Rocque played for her first University Championship, at the 2013 CIS/CCA C ...
. In 2014, her team of Rocque, third Keely Brown, lead
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and coach Amanda-Dawn Coderre won the 2014 Alberta Junior Curling Championship with a 6–5 win over 2012 Canadian Junior champion
Jocelyn Peterman Jocelyn Andrea Peterman (born September 23, 1993) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently plays second for the Kaitlyn Lawes rink. Career Juniors Peterman and her team of Brittany Tran, Becca Konschuh and Kristine Anderson ...
in the final. This earned them the right to represent Alberta at the
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in
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. Alberta went undefeated in their round robin pool which gave them a berth in the championship pool. They finished 9–1 after the championship pool, with their only loss coming at the hands of Nova Scotia's
Mary Fay Mary Fay (born June 7, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Chester, Nova Scotia. Curling career At just 15 years old, Fay and her young rink of Jenn Smith, Karlee Burgess and Janique LeBlanc won the 2014 Nova Scotia Junior women's championship. T ...
. This meant that the team would go directly to the final, where they would face British Columbia's
Kalia Van Osch Kalia Van Osch (born October 8, 1993 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Parksville, British Columbia. She skipped for British Columbia at the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships to place second. Van Osch also repre ...
. Alberta led the entire game and had an inturn hit for the win and the championship. They won in a 7–6 decision. At the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished the round robin with a 7–2 record, losing only to Russia and South Korea. They would then face South Korea in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff, but this time would win in a 7–6 decision. Team Rocque would play South Korea again in the final, but would win in a 6-4 decision to capture the gold medal and the championship. It was the first time a Canadian Women's team would win the championship since 2003.


Women's

For the 2014–15 season, McDonald joined Team
Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip. Career E ...
at second, with
Laura Crocker Laura Walker (born November 19, 1990 as Laura Crocker) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She is a two-time Canadian University champion, a national junior champion, world junior silver medallist and world mixed doubles bronze medalli ...
as third and Jen Gates as lead. The team would win two tour titles that season, the
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and the
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. Team Carey also played in three slams that season, making the playoffs in only the
2014 Canadian Open of Curling The 2014 Canadian Open of Curling was held from December 9 to 14 at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The Canadian Open was the third men's Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam and the fourth women's Grand Slam of ...
, where they lost in the quarterfinals. At the
2015 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2015 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Alberta's provincial women's curling championship, was held from January 21 to 25 at the Lacombe Arena in Lacombe, Alberta. The winning team Val Sweeting team represented Alberta at the ...
, the team would lose in the finals. Following the 2014–15 season, Carey formed a new team, and was replaced by McDonald's former skip Kelsey Rocque. In their first season together, the Rocque rink won the
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and the CCT Uiseong Masters on the tour. The team played in five slams, making it to the quarterfinals in four events. Team Rocque played in the
2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2016 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Alberta's provincial women's curling championship, was held from January 20 to 24 at the North Hill Curling Club in Calgary. The winning Chelsea Carey team represented Alberta at the 201 ...
, but failed to make the playoffs. McDonald played in her first
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at the 2015 Canada Cup of Curling, where her team finished with a 2–4 record, missing the playoffs. Also during the 2015–16 season, McDonald won the
2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships The 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships are held from March 20 to 23 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia. The host university of the event is UBC Okanagan. The winning teams will also represent Canada at the 2017 Winter Unive ...
with the
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, qualifying her and teammates Rocque,
Danielle Schmiemann Danielle Nicole Schmiemann (born May 29, 1996) is a Canadians, Canadian Curling, curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently plays Third (curling), third on Team Selena Sturmay. She is originally from Sundre, Sundre, Alberta but later moved to a ...
, Taylore Theroux and
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for the
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the next season. The following season, The Rocque rink had less success on the tour. They would play in four slams, making it to the quarterfinals in just one event, the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge. The team played in the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling, but once again missed the playoffs with a 2–4 record. The team made the decision to miss the 2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts so that Rocque and McDonald could participate in the Universiade. The team won gold at the Universiade, beating Russia's
Victoria Moiseeva Victoria Alexandrovna Moiseeva (russian: Викто́рия Алекса́ндровна Моисе́ева; born January 10, 1991) is a Russian curler. She won gold as an alternate of the Russian national women's team at the 2013 Winter Univer ...
8–3 in the final. In the 2017–18 season, Team Rocque would win the
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and would play in three slams, making it to the quarterfinals at just the 2018 Meridian Canadian Open. The team played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials, losing in the playoffs. Midway through the season, Walker took over skipping duties of the team, but remained throwing third stones. The Rocque rink played with the new arrangement at the 2018 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they narrowly missed the playoffs. The next month it was announced that the team would be splitting up. In their final event together, with Rocque off the team, the rink would lose in a tiebreaker at the
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with Walker skipping and
Kendra Lilly Kendra Lilly (born June 18, 1991) is a Canadian curling, curler from Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario. She is a three-time Northern Ontario junior champion skip. She is also the former skip of the Laurentian University women's curling team. Car ...
brought in to play third. In March 2018, McDonald announced she was joining a
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-based team skipped by
Allison Flaxey Allison "Alli" Flaxey ( Nimik; born February 13, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Caledon, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Carly Howard. She is a former Canadian Mixed champion, and World Mixed Doubles bronze medallist. Career Flaxey ...
, with third
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and lead
Raunora Westcott Raunora Westcott (born May 1, 1976) is a Canadian curling, curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Juniors Westcott played lead for Team Manitoba (skipped by Kristy McDonald, Kristy Jenion) at the 1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The ...
. 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
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. She played in one game, Draw 11 against
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, 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,
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and
Nadine Scotland Nadine Scotland (born October 4, 1990 as Nadine Chyz) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. Career Scotland's first breakout event was at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where she represented Team Alberta. She skipped ...
for the 2019–20 season. They did not qualify for the playoffs in their first two events, the
2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker The 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker was held from August 23 to 25 in Morris, Manitoba. It was the fourth event of the 2019–20 curling season. The total purse for the event was $7,480 on both the Men's and Women's side. In the ...
and the
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before winning the 2019
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after posting a perfect 7–0 record. McDonald won her first provincial title this season as well, defeating former teammate
Kelsey Rocque Kelsey Elizabeth Rocque (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian curler residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. She is a two-time World Junior champion skip. Career In 2013, Rocque played for her first University Championship, at the 2013 CIS/CCA C ...
7–4 in the 2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts final. Representing Alberta at the
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, 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
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and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the
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. Due to the pandemic, the 2021 Alberta Scotties were cancelled, so
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appointed the Walker rink to represent the province at the
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. Team Walker's regular lead
Nadine Scotland Nadine Scotland (born October 4, 1990 as Nadine Chyz) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. Career Scotland's first breakout event was at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where she represented Team Alberta. She skipped ...
, who was three-months pregnant, opted not to play in the tournament, which was being held in a "bubble" due to the pandemic. She was replaced by
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. At the Scotties, the team finished with a 9–3 round robin record, tied for third with Manitoba, skipped by
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. Alberta beat Manitoba in the tiebreaker, but lost in the semifinal against the defending champion Team Canada rink, skipped by
Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vic ...
, settling for a bronze medal. In just their second event of the 2021–22 season, Team Walker reached the final of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Saville Shoot-Out where they were defeated by Kim Eun-jung. Due to the pandemic, the qualification process for the
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had to be modified to qualify enough teams for the championship. In these modifications,
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created the 2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event, an event where five teams would compete to try to earn one of three spots into the
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. Team Walker qualified for the Trials Direct-Entry Event due to their CTRS ranking from the 2019–20 season. At the event, the team went 2–2 through the round robin, qualifying for the tiebreaker round where they faced British Columbia's
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. After being defeated by Brown in the first game, Team Walker won the second tiebreaker to secure their spot at the Olympic Trials. The team had one more event before the Trials, the 2021 National Grand Slam, where they lost in the quarterfinals to
Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born June 13, 1986, as Tracy Horgan) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season. In 2021, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling ...
. A few weeks later, they competed in the Olympic Trials, held November 20 to 28 in
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,
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. At the event, the team had mixed results, ultimately finishing in sixth place with a 3–5 record. A few weeks before the Alberta provincial championship, Team Walker won the Alberta Curling Series: Avonair tour event, defeating
Casey Scheidegger Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion and is currently a skip on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors Scheidegger won the 2009 Alberta Junior Curli ...
in the final. They then competed in the 2022 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they posted a 6–1 record through the round robin. This created a three-way tie between Walker, Scheidegger and the
Kelsey Rocque Kelsey Elizabeth Rocque (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian curler residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. She is a two-time World Junior champion skip. Career In 2013, Rocque played for her first University Championship, at the 2013 CIS/CCA C ...
rink, however, as Walker had to best draw shot challenge between the three rinks, they advanced directly to the final. There, they met the Scheidegger rink, who defeated Rocque in the semifinal. After a tight final, Walker secured the victory for her team with a draw to the eight-foot to win 6–5. This qualified the team for their second straight national championship. At the
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, the team could not replicate their success from 2021, finishing the round robin with a 3–5 record and missing the playoffs. Team Walker wrapped up their season at the
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where they missed the playoffs. On March 17, 2022, the team announced that they would be disbanding at the end of the 2021–22 season. It was later announced that McDonald and teammate Kate Hogan would be joining
Casey Scheidegger Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion and is currently a skip on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors Scheidegger won the 2009 Alberta Junior Curli ...
and
Jessie Haughian Jessie Haughian (born Scheidegger; November 10, 1990) is a Canadian curling, curler from Turin, Alberta. She currently plays Second (curling), second for her sister Casey Scheidegger. Career Juniors Haughian won two Alberta provincial junior tit ...
for the 2022–23 season. Scheidegger would skip the team, with Hogan playing third, Haughian at second and McDonald at lead.


Personal life

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


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