AT SAN JOSÉ STATE: Played five seasons with the Spartans after the 2019-20 season was cut short due to COVID-19…strong left-handed player...played doubles with former teammate Sybille Gauvain in the 2018 Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic...lost 6-3, 6-3 to top-50 ranked players in the world Mihaela Buzarmescu of Roumania and Heather Watson of Great Britain.
ACADEMIC AWARDS: Elusive five-time Academic All-Mountain West award winner and MW Scholar Athlete...two-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021)…2021 San José State President’s Scholar…2020 San José State University Dean's Scholar.
2021: Recorded a 6-5 doubles record…1-1 at #1 doubles with Savannah Sendar and 1-0 at #2…teamed with Irena Muradyan to go 1-2 at #2 and 2-1 at #3…was 1-1 at #2 doubles with Alba Pedrero Galindo…0-2 at #3 singles…recorded her 100th career victory with a 6-1 win at #2 doubles with Pedrero Galindo versus Nevada on April 1.
2019-20: Played #2, #3 and #4 singles and either #1 or #2 doubles during the dual match season...was 3-13 in singles and 1-5 in dual matches...8-8 in doubles...was 7-4 in doubles during the fall tournament season.
2018-19: Played most of the dual match season at #1 singles...posted a 7-19 record in singles and a 10-12 mark in doubles.
2017-18: Primarily played #2 singles...compiled an 13-14 singles record and 10-22 in doubles...notched one three-match singles winning streak...won both the singles and doubles bracket at the San Diego’s Spring Invitational.
2016-17: Shared the team lead for total victories with her 43-26 overall win-loss record...led the team in singles victories with a 22-11 win-loss mark...21-15 in doubles... played primarily at #4-singles during the dual match season...won her singles flights at the 2016 Gopher Invitational and the 2016 Saint Mary's Invitational...teamed with Miyo Kobayashi to become the first San José State doubles pair to advance to a championship semifinal of the ITA Northwest Regional Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2016 graduate of University of Nebraska High School (Lincoln, Neb.)
MORE ON TAMARA: Graduated with a degree in civil engineering and currently pursuing a master’s degree in civil engineering...would like to be a structural engineer…enjoys swimming, reading and traveling...native of Tampa, Fla. ...now calls Laurel, Md., her hometown.
Season | Singles | Doubles | Total |
2016-17 | 22-11 | 21-15 | 43-26 |
2017-18 | 13-14 | 10-22 | 23-36 |
2018-19 | 7-18 | 10-12 | 17-30 |
2019-20 | 3-14 | 8-9 | 11-23 |
2020-21 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 6-7 |
Career | 45-59 | 55-63 | 100-122 |