| Tara Frantz |
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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Santa Fe, Texas
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| High School:
Santa Fe
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| Height:
6-1
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| Position:
OH
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| Experience:
1L
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2009 (Sophomore)
Played in 84 sets with 22 starts, all at outside hitter... named first team All-Southland Conference... first UTA sophomore named first team All-SLC since 2002 (Olaya Pazo)... named first team Academic All-Southland Conference... selected all-tournament team at UTA Invitational (9/12) and UTA Hilton Invitational (9/18-19)... led team in kills (232) and kills per set (2.76)... posted a team-high .500 hitting percentage (15-3-24) in three sets against TCU (9/19)... posted four of the Mavs' top-10 single-match kill totals, including tied for the third most with 16 in five sets against Oklahoma (9/12)... had three of UTA's top five kill totals in a three-set match, including 15 twice (vs. Texas State; vs. TCU)... notched 45 attempts - second most on team - in four sets against Sam Houston State (10/3)... 39 attempts against Sam Houston State (11/5) was second most by a Maverick in a three-set match... led team with 163 kills and 2.91 kills per set in SLC matches... led team in kills nine times and was team leader in blocks once... recorded at least 10 kills in 14 matches... tallied season-high 16 kills twice with second 16-kill match also recording season-high 45 attempts against Sam Houston State in four sets (10/3)... posted season-high four blocks in four sets against UTSA (9/24)... member of the Capital One/Southland Conference 2009 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll... named to the UT Arlington Fall 2009 Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll.
2008 (Freshman)
Played in 50 sets with seven starts as an outside hitter... ranked fifth on the team averaging 1.82 kills per set and sixth in kills (91)... .357 hitting percentage (15 kills - 5 errors - 28 attacks) against Utah State ranked fifth on the team for a single match... 11 kills against SMU was tied for third on the team for a three-set match... recorded double-figure kills twice... led team in kills three times... season-high 15 kills against Utah State (9/5)... season-high 31 attacks at SMU (9/3)... season-high three digs in season-opener against Jackson State (8/29)... member of the Capital One/Southland Conference 2008 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll... named to the UT Arlington Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll.
High School
A four-year starter and letterwinner at Santa Fe High School for coach Anna Marie Milligan... three-time All-Galveston County selection... earned first team all-district honors in 2006 and 2007... selected Academic All-State as a senior and earned Academic All-District recognition in 2006... garnered 2006 All-Tournament team honors in 2006.
Personal
Daughter of Catherine Frantz and Michael and Cheryl Frantz... born Aug. 1, 1990... a kinesiology major at UT Arlington.
