Tara Trammell

Position:
Center
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
High School:
P.V. Moore
Hometown:
Constantia, N.Y.

As a Senior
Played in 28 games this season, starting 10 … Led the team in blocked shots (9) … Averaged 1.9 points and 2.0 points in 10.3 minutes per game … Tied a career-high with 12 points versus Drake in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Scored nine points on 4-of-6 shooting versus Notre Dame in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament … Played a career-high 29 minutes in the game, recording two rebounds, a career-best two assists, a blocked shot and a career-high two steals … Made her first start of the season versus Michigan … Scored four points, grabbed three rebounds and blocked one shot versus the Wolverines … Grabbed a season-high five rebounds in 19 minutes at Seton Hall before fouling out … Scored six points in SU’s win at 25th-ranked Cincinnati … Also grabbed four rebounds versus the Bearcats … Started her fifth game of the season versus Providence … Tied a season-high with five rebounds in the game … Started the regular-season finale verus St. John’s and scored five points in 11 minutes … Also had three rebounds and an assist.

As a Junior
Played in 10 games … Scored six points, grabbed eight rebounds and had one block against Akron … Had five rebounds in only nine minutes at Long Island … Averaged 1.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and 4.9 minutes.

As a Sophomore
Played in 26 games, starting four times … Started her first collegiate game against Villanova on January 19 … Averaged 11.3 minutes per game … Earned team's Most Improved Post Player award … Recorded a career-high 12 points in SU's win against Marquette ? Came on strong late in the year, averaging 7.0 rebounds in the last three games of the year … Recorded a career-high nine rebounds against Miami, only to post a new career-high of 10 rebounds three days later against Boston College … Had single-season career highs in points (79), rebounds (61), assists (8), blocked shots (8) and steals (4) … Member of the Central team which won the bronze medal at the 2000 Empire State Games … Member of SU's Athletic Director?s Honor Roll in both the fall and spring and the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team … Averaged 3.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.

As a Freshman
Played in 10 games … Had a season-high four rebounds and added two points against Long Island … Had a then career-high five points against Notre Dame … Averaged 1.1 points and 0.7 rebounds per game.

High School
Two-time first-team all-league selection … All-Central New York First-Team and All-State sixth-team selection as a senior … WIXT-Channel 9 and WTVH-Channel 5 Athlete of the Week … 1996-97 first-team All-League, second-team All-Section, and seventh-team All-State selection … Member of the 1,000 Point Club … Served as team captain as a senior … 1997-98 Zebra Classic All-Star Game MVP … 1996-97 Zebra Classic All-Star Game participant … 1996 and 1997 Empire State Games participant - silver medalist both years … 1997 State Fair Games Senior All-Star Game participant … First-team All-League and All-Section in the shot put and discus as a senior … Holds the school record, the County Meet record and the sectional record in the shot put and discus … Post Standard Track & Field Athlete of the Year … Member of the National Honor Society and Athletes Caring Together.

Personal
Born April 3, 1980 … Daughter of Sid and Judi Trammell … Three brothers, four sisters … Brother, Brett, played football at the University of Maryland … Career goal is to become a television sports broadcaster … Majoring in broadcast journalism and political science.