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Women's Basketball
   3    Mandy Deal
   5    Anna Ramey
   15  Tonya McKenzie
   21  Heather Schilling
   22  Shannon Thomas
   32  Kelly Wagner
   33  Andrea Rudmann
   34  Shannon Leasure
   42  Becky Babione
   44  Tara Walker
   45  Karen Diehl
   50  Tricia Harvey
 
 
2005 Women's Basketball 

 

# 44
Tara Walker
6-1
Senior
Center
Hillsboro, OH
Hillsboro High School
 
Coach's Comments -- "Tara is our best post player. She has great hands and uses her body well inside. She's a very strong, competitive player.  She has the potential to be a real force on the interior for us this season."

2005 - 2006 Season --  Tara started in all 33 games.  She had 10 double-doubles on the season.  She was the leading scorer for  the team (19.5 PPG), rebounds (267), and in field goal percentage at 66% (1st in AMC).  She scored a career-high 36 points in the 83-64 win over Ohio Dominican. 

2004 - 2005 Season -- Tara had a breakout junior season nearly tripling her scoring average from the previous season.  She had 17 double-doubles on the season, eighth most in NAIA Division II.  She had 8 straight double-doubles to close out the season including a 27 point, 20 rebound effort in the season-ending loss to Roberts Wesleyan.  She was named 1st Team All-American Mideast Conference.

2003 - 2004 Season -- Tara played in all 32 games for the Bears as a sophomore and made 5 starts.  She set a career-high with 12 points in a win over Kentucky Wesleyan on December 20.  She matched her career-high in a win at Mt. Vernon on January 6.  She grabbed 10 rebounds and had 3 steals in a win over Seton Hill on November 14. 

2002 - 2003 Season -- Tara played in 21 games and made 2 starts.  She had a career-high of 7 points in a win over Wilberforce on December 3.  

Hillsboro High School -- Tara played basketball, softball, and soccer at Hillsboro.  She earned All-League, All-District, and League Player of the Year honors in basketball. 

Career Stats

  GP-S FG-A FG% 3FG-A 3FG% FT-A FT% Reb A S Pts PPG
2002-03 21-2 16-28 .571 0-0 --- 5-10 .500 25 5 10 37 1.8
2003-04 32-5 73-122 .598 0-1 .000 20-40 .500 111 4 14 166 5.2
2004-05 34-33 237-404 .587 0-0 --- 75-138 .543 317 26 41 549 16.1
2005-06 33-33 278-421 .660 0-1 .000 87-152 .572 267 27 39 643 19.5
Career 120-73 604-975 .619 0-1 .000 187-340 .550 310 62 104 1395 11.6

Career Highs

Points 36 Ohio Dominican 02/07/2006
Rebounds 20 Roberts Wesleyan 03/01/2005 
Assists 4 @ Wilberforce 02/12/2005 
Steals 6 @ Pikeville 11/26/2005 
Blocks 3 on six occasions   
 
 
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