American University Athletics

Tara Stradling


Hometown: Woodbine, Md. High School: Glenelg	Height: 5-9 Position: S/DS

2006: Played in all 32 American matches while splitting time with Christina Nash ... recorded career-highs in digs per game, 2.17, and hitting percentage, .167 ... had a season-high 16 assists in the Sep. 20 win at Lehigh ... recorded double-digit digs in four of five matches between Oct. 5 and Oct. 21 ... named to PL Academic Honor Roll.

2005: Split time with freshman Christina Nash at setter ... had a five-game career-high 46 assists in the team's 3-2 loss to Pitt ... passed a three-game career-high 38 assists in the team's win over Loyola ... had her best all-around performance of the year against Army at the Patriot League Championships, notching a double-double of 37 assists and a team-high 14 digs ... named to PL Academic Honor Roll.

2004: Spent most of the year backing up senior All-PL First Team Courtney Mulford at setter ... had then career-highs in assists and digs with eight and four respectively Oct. 14 against Lehigh.

High School: Gained experience setting for one of the top club teams in the East ... named Player of the Year by the Washington Post after her junior and senior seasons ... led her Glenelg squad to consecutive appearances in the Maryland class 2A championship match ... averaged 8.1 assists per game in her junior season ... notched 44 assists in the state semifinal match her senior season ... named the Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year after her senior season ... also named Player of the Year and All-County Player of the Year by the Baltimore Sun.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Cheryl Stradling ... majoring in business while specializing in accounting.

  Season              GP       K   K/G       E    TA    Pct     A    A/G     SA   SA/G     SE
  2004                15       0  0.00       0     0   .000    28   1.56     0    0.00      1
  2005                35      17  0.15       9    49   .163   529   4.56     23   0.20     35
  2006                32       3  0.03       1    12   .167    47   0.53     10   0.11     12
  Totals              82      20  0.09      10    61   .164   604   2.71     33   0.01     48

  Season              GP      RE   DIG     D/G    BS     BA    TB    B/G     BE    BHE
  2004                15       1    10    0.56     0      1     1   0.06      1      0
  2005                35       8   188    1.62     0      8     8   0.07      1     14
  2006                32      18   193    2.17     0      1     1   0.01      0      2
  Totals              82      27   391    1.75     0     10    10   0.04      2     16