Record: 27-7 Home: 14-1 Away: 6-5 Neutral: 7-1 TranSouth: 11-5
#15 Tara Deatheridge
Tara Deatheridge Image
Height: 5-6
Class: SR
Position: G
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
Previous School: Ezell-Harding Christian
 
Major: Nursing

08-09: Started 32 games, averaging a team high 36.1 minutes per game…was second on team in scoring with 13.4 points per game…also was third in rebounding (5.3) and second in assists (3.1) and steals (2.5)…was a first-team all-conference selection and a second-team NAIA All-American…set school record for 3-pointers in a game with nine against Bryan (Tenn.) College on Dec. 13, while scoring a career-high 28 points…shot 78.4 percent from the free throw line…named a TranSouth Conference scholar athlete for second straight year.

07-08: Named NAIA All-Tournament 2nd team after averaging 11.5 points per and connecting on 10-of-17 from 3-point range during FHU's run to the Fab Four...scored career-high 24 points against Lambuth University on March 7, 2008...averaged 7.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 44 assists, and 23 steals in 28 games and shot 40.6 percent from 3-point range...named a TranSouth Conference scholar athlete.

06-07: Started in 19 games...scored season-high 19 points versus Mid-Continent College...grabbed career-high 12 rebounds against Bethel College...dished out career-high five assists versus Union University...averaged 6.6 points, 1.9 assists, and 4.2 rebounds in 29 games.

Before FHU: Prepped at Ezell-Harding Christian School where she averaged 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 assists her senior season...member of 2002 Class A State Championship team and led her team to the Class AA Final Four in 2006...voted All-District for three years and District MVP twice...named All-Region, All-State, All-Midstate, and TSWA All-State her senior season...scored 1,625 points over her career as a Lady Eagle making her the second all time leading scorer at Ezell-Harding...had jersey retired at EHCS in 2006...was a member of FCA, Beta Club, LaMitie Club, Spanish Club, Art Club, and Girls Chapel Committee...chosen "Who's Who Among American High School Students"...played No. 1 seed on varsity tennis team and set school record for most wins...voted Homecoming Representative her freshman year and Homecoming Queen her senior year...named Miss EHCS.

Career Highs
POINTS: 28 (12/13/08 vs. Bryan College)
FIELD GOALS MADE: 9 (two times)
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED: 21 (2/7/09 vs. Blue Mountain College)
3-PT FG MADE: 9 (12/13/08 vs. Bryan College)
3-PT FG ATTEMPTED: 15 (12/13/08 vs. Bryan College)
FREE THROWS MADE: 7 (four times)
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED: 10 (two times)
REBOUNDS: 12 (2/1/07 vs. Bethel College)
ASSISTS: 8 (12/17/08 vs. Benedictine College)
STEALS: 6 (two times)
BLOCKS: 1 (two times)

2009-10 Women's Basketball Roster
#NameCl.Pos.Ht.HometownPrevious School
5Hannah ParsleySOG5-8Rector, Ark.Rector HS
12Brittney WilliamsFRG5-6Jackson, Tenn.Trinity Christian Academy
15Tara DeatheridgeSRG5-6Nashville, Tenn.Ezell-Harding Christian
20Leslie MorganFRG/F5-10Philadelphia, Miss.Neshoba Central HS
22Kristal EdneyJRG5-8Linden, Tenn.Perry Co. HS
24Jessica LightFRG5-7Dyersburg, Tenn.Dyersburg HS
32Maria BagwellFRG/F5-7Nashville, Tenn.Hume-Fogg Magnet HS
33Whitney JohnsonJRG5-4Lexington, Tenn.Lexington HS
35Natalie ShumpertFRG5-4Paducah, Ky.Paducah Tilghman HS
40Summer WaggonerFRF5-10Chapel Hill, Tenn.Forrest HS
41Jana CrossSRF5-10Loretto, Tenn.Loretto HS
51Meribeth BoehlerJRP6-2Ramer, Tenn.McNairy Central HS
Dale Neal - Head Coach - 16th season
Lain Hinson - Assistant Coach - 3rd season
Meredith McLemore - Grad Assistant - 1st season
Rachel Bloomingburg - Student Assistant - 1st season
Kristin Clevenger - Student Assistant - 2nd season
Jasmine Dixon - Student Assistant - 2nd season
Chase Helton - Student Assistant
Nicole Osment - Student Assistant
Alex Woodward - Student Assistant
Kenzie Ziegler - Student Assistant