Career Stats
Major: Mass Communication
2015 MAC Player of the Year
AS A SENIOR (2016): Appeared in 30 matches and 82 sets...Second on the team in kills per set (2.60) and fourth in kills (213)...Recorded three double-doubles...Registered nine double digit kill matches and seven double digit dig totals...Made USF debut with six kills and six digs in three-set sweep of Campbell (Aug. 26)...Posted career-high 22 kills in four-set win over Mercer (Aug. 27)...Logged 12 kills, a .career-high .458 hitting percentage, and 13 digs in the four-set win versus Houston (Oct. 9)...Notched career-best 18 digs and 16 kills in five set match at Tulsa (Nov. 10).
AS A JUNIOR AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS (2015): Appeared in all 30 matches and 105 sets...Led the MAC in kills (445), kills/set (4.24), points (491.5) and points/set (4.68)...Set career-highs with 32.5 points and 31 kills in a 3-1 win at Toledo (Oct. 9)...Posted season best .550 attack percentage and 13 kills in the 3-0 sweep of Ball State (Nov. 7).
AS A SOPHOMORE AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS (2014): Appeared in 30 matches and 104 sets...Totaled 102 kills...Fifth most digs on the team (185)...Established new career-bests with 20 kills and 21.5 points in 3-1 win over Buffalo (Oct. 18)...Posted career-high 22 digs against Eastern Michigan (Nov. 15).
AS A FRESHMAN AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS (2013): Appeared in 15 matches and 38 sets...Recorded her first career kill in a 3-1 win over Belmont (Sept. 7)...Posted career high three digs at Ball State (Oct. 12)...Compiled four digs, two kills, a block and an ace in a 3-1 victory at Akron (Oct. 19)...Matched career best with three digs in 3-1 win at Eastern Michigan (Nov. 9).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner for head coach Suzzanne Bambull at Joliet Central High School...All-Area, All-Conference, Female Athlete of the Year at Joliet Central and team captain as a senior with 358 kills, 238 digs, 42 blocks and 34 service aces...Team most valuable player and team co-captain as a junior...Team MVP as a sophomore...119 blocks, 106 kills and 20 service aces as a freshman.
PERSONAL: Born T'ara Taunya Austin in Joliet, Ill....Parents are William and Tonya...Has one brother, Edgerrin, and one sister, Antoneya...Sister played volleyball at Elmhurst College.
