Tara Harbert
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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| Women's Baseball World Cup | ||
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2008 Japan | Team competition |
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2010 Venezuela | Team competition |
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2012 Canada | Team competition |
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2014 Japan | Team competition |
Tara Harbert (born October 18, 1983) is a member of the United States women's national baseball team. Her father, Roger Harbert played professional baseball in Australia during the 1960s.
Playing career
[edit]Baseball
[edit]In preparation for the Team USA tryouts in 2008, she was coached by former Major Leaguer and Colorado Rockies coach Walt Weiss. She would serve as the leadoff hitter for Team USA at the 2008 and 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup.
With the New England Women's Red Sox, she was part of the team that captured the 2012 Roy Hobbes Cup.[1]
She was announced as part of the roster for the Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games,[2] but was not in the final roster.[3][4]
Softball
[edit]As a teenager, she played for the Colorado Stars, who were part of the American Softball Association Gold League. Harbert earned a scholarship to the University of Hawaii. In her junior season, she hit .423, and .486 in conference play, earning All-Conference and All-America honors.[5]
Harbert transferred to Colorado State as a senior. She would steal 28 bases and earn All-Conference Team honors. In the summer of 2006, she was recruited to play softball in Europe by a team in Parma, Italy.[6]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup, Best Defensive Player[7]
Personal
[edit]Her sister, Tanya, earned a gymnastics scholarship to Denver University.
References
[edit]- ^ ”A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball”, p.258. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1
- ^ "U.S. Women's Pan Am Games roster announced". USAbaseball.com. USA Baseball. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "2015 Women's Pan American Games Roster". USAbaseball.com. USA Baseball. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
- ^ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: USA - United States" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
- ^ ”A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball”, p.120. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1
- ^ ”A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball”, p. 113. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1
- ^ ”A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball”, p.115. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1
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