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2007 Women's Volleyball Roster

3 Tara Hittle

3 Tara Hittle

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Doherty HS
  • Hometown:
    Colorado Springs, CO

Summary

Biography

2008 (Senior): Played in 35 matches and 109 games...recorded 17 kills on the season and posted 35 assists...also tallied 22 services aces...posted a season-high eight kills at San Jose State (9/29)...added a season-high 17 digs vs. Boise State (11/20)...recorded five kills and 12 digs vs. Wyoming (9/5).

2007 (Junior):
Played and started all 33 matches as an outside hitter…earned second-team all-WAC honors…averaged 2.26 kills and 3.30 digs per game…earned WAC Player of the Week honors on Oct. 8…posted seven double-doubles…had 17 kills and 17 digs vs. Michigan (Aug. 24)…posted 12 kills, 12 digs and six blocks vs. Kansas State (Aug. 31)…had 17 kills and 12 digs vs. Louisville (Sept. 2)…hit .706 with 13 kills and nine digs vs. Nevada (Oct. 5)…had 11 kills and 18 digs vs. Fresno State (Oct. 7)…posted 13 kills and 21 digs in the WAC Championship match at New Mexico State (Nov. 17)…hit .429 with 11 kills and 15 digs vs. Loyola Marymount (Nov. 21)…academic all-WAC.

2006: Earned a medical hardship…started five matches before missing the rest of the season…had 17 kills and 21 digs vs. Pepperdine (Aug. 25)…posted 15 kills and 17 digs vs. Pepperdine (Aug. 26)…hit .464 with 14 kills vs. Colorado (Sept. 2)…named to the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Classic All-Tournament Team.

2005 (Sophomore): Played in 32 matches, starting 24 as a left-side hitter and four as a libero…named second team all-WAC…averaged 2.06 kills and 2.93 digs per game…put up nine kills and 13 digs vs. Washington (Sept. 17) in her first match in the front row…posted 18 digs at Idaho (Oct. 13)…hit .467 with 15 kills at San Jose State (Nov. 12)…named to the all-WAC Tournament team after posting three double-digit kill matches…had best match of the year in the NCAA regional semifinal, putting away 19 kills with 16 digs vs. Missouri (Dec. 9)…academic all-WAC.

2004 (Freshman): Played in all 31 matches, starting 28 at right-side hitter…named WAC Freshman of the Year…averaged 2.63 kills per game and 1.97 digs per game while adding 0.65 assists per game and 0.54 blocks per game…had nine double-doubles in kills and digs…named WAC and CVU.com National Player of the Week after putting up performances of 22 kills, 10 digs and a .625 hitting percentage at Fresno St. (Sept. 30) and 19 kills and a .545 hitting percentage at Nevada (Oct. 2)…had a 14-kill, nine-dig, four-block match in the WAC Tournament championship match at Nevada (Nov. 21)…academic all-WAC.

Women’s Basketball: Played the 2007-08 season for the Rainbow Wahine…joined the team after the 2007 volleyball season…played in 13 games, starting nine…averaged 7.3 points and 7.2 rebounds in 23.1 minutes per game…posted nine points and 14 rebounds vs. Nevada (Feb. 9)…scored 5 points against San Jose State (Feb. 23)…added a career-high 16 points against New Mexico State (Mar. 8) in the final regular season game.

Prep: A 2004 graduate of Doherty High School in Colorado Springs, Colo…played three years of volleyball, four years of basketball, one year of golf and one year of tennis…was a two-time all-state honoree in volleyball…named the 2003 State Player of the Year and the Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year…named to the Volleyball magazine Fab-50 list…led her Doherty High School volleyball team to the state championship in 2003…earned state tournament MVP honors in 2003…was also an all-area player in basketball…a member of the National Honor Society…was the school’s homecoming and prom queen during her senior year.

Personal: Born in Colorado Springs, Colo…has two brothers and a half-brother…parents are Linda Heffner and Steve Hittle of Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2004Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    3
  • 3

    2005Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    3
  • 3

    2006Redshirt Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    3
  • 3

    2007Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    3