Tara Cousins

Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
New Hope Academy
Hometown:
Washington, D.C.
Major:
International Business

WHY DELAWARE?
"The program immediately made me feel at home and like a family. Everyone at Delaware, not just on our team, but the whole athletic department supports us and shows love no matter what."

HONORS
• CAA Player of the Week (Dec. 4, 2023)
• 2023 Dean Ehlers Leadership and Sport Excellence Award Winner
• 2023 Academic All-District Women's Basketball Team, selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC)

2023-24 SEASON
• Named CAA Player of the Week (Dec. 4)
• Started in 29 of her 30 appearances and finished the season averaging 10.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest
• Scored her 501st career point in a Blue Hen uniform against Hampton and finished her career totaling 618 points, 237 rebounds, 147 assists and 74 steals
• Her career-best six made triples currently sits tied for third in school history
• Has had 12 double-digit games this season (longest streak: five games)
• Set career highs with 23 points and nine rebounds at American as part of her homecoming; Tied her career high 23 points again at Duquesne
• Has had five 20+ points performances this season
• Team Captain

2022-23 SEASON
• Fourth Blue Hen in program history to be named Dean Ehlers Leadership and Sport Excellence Award
• Named 2023 Academic All-District Women's Basketball Team, selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC)
• Started in all 27 of her appearances and finished the season averaging 7.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game
• Scored in double figures 13 times this season (longest streak: five games)
• Dished out a career-best eight assists vs. American (Dec. 21)
• Scored a season-best 15 points and grabbed career-high six rebounds against Columbia (Nov. 10) while shooting 6-11 from the field and 3-4 from three-point range
• Team Captain

2021-22 SEASON
• Member of the 2021-22 CAA Championship Team
• Appeared in 27 games, including making her first-career start against Northwestern (Dec. 11)
• Made her debut in the Blue & Gold in the season opener against Chestnut Hill (Nov. 9) and poured in 15 points off the bench
• Scored a career-high 19 points, shooting 7-11 from the field and 5-7 from deep at Northeastern (Feb. 11)
• Averaged 3.5 points and 1.1 rebounds per game

2020-21 SEASON
• Member of the 2020-21 CAA Regular-Season Championship Team
• Missed the entirety of the season with an injury

HIGH SCHOOL
• Helped lead New Hope Academy to a 23-8 record as a senior under head coach Sam Caldwell
• Previously played at Woodrow Wilson High School where she averaged 22.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game as a junior
• 2019 DCIAA Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference, First Team All-State

PERSONAL
• Tara McCartney Cousins, Name is pronounced "Tar-uh"
• Born November 21, 2002 in Washington, D.C.
• Daughter of Joelle Gore and Christopher Cousins
• Mother is a Division Chief for NOAA (National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) and father is a physical therapist
• Has an older sister, Krishna, who is a cross country and track & field student-athlete at Earlham College
• Father also played basketball at Earlham College
• Family owns a vacation house in the Dominican Republic
• Was the only girl in a travel boys soccer league for six years
• Majoring in Biological Sciences with career goes of becoming a doctor and working in public health policy to make health care for accessible for all