University of Delaware Athletics
2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
Tara Cousins
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- New Hope Academy
- Hometown:
- Washington, D.C.
- Major:
- International Business
HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2x CAA Player of the Week
• 2x CSC Academic All-District Team (2022-23, 2024-25)
• 2024-25 All-CAA Second Team
• 2024-25 Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention
• 2022-23 Dean Ehlers Leadership and Sport Excellence Award Winner
2024-25 SEASON
• Named CAA Player of the Week (Feb. 10)
• All-CAA Second Team
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention
• Started all 30 games, leading the team in scoring (11.2 ppg) and assists (4.0 apg), while chipping in 2.8 rpg and 1.4 spg
• T-1st on the Hens with 20 double-digit point showings, including eight at 15 or better, and a pair at 20-plus
• Scored a season-high 21 points on 8-of-15 from the floor with six rebounds and four assists in 49 minutes played at Hofstra. Her 49 minutes are the second-most in program history behind Elena Della Donne's 50 on January 17, 2010
• Tallied her only-career double-double, dropping 12 points with a career-best 11 dimes. Her 11 assists are tied for third-most in a single-game by a Blue Hen
• Team Captain
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
Bio: 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... 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
