UNLV REBELS

Tara Bendt

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Class: Senior Hometown: Kearns, Utah High School: Kearns HS

Last College: Salt Lake CC Height: 5-3 Position: OF Birthdate: 03/28/1988 Experience: 1L Bats/Throws: L/R

UNLV: Transferred to UNLV after playing two years at Salt Lake Community College (2007 and 2008) ... A one-time Mountain West Academic All-Conference Team member, also earned the scholar-athlete award once.

2009: Started 25 of 37 contests played in with 14 starts in the outfield and 11 as the designated player ... Led the team in batting average (.379) ... Had 25 hits (one double), three RBI and 13 runs ... Had five multiple-hit games with two hits in each ... Had one multiple-run game with two runs scored against Dartmouth (March 20) ... Had an eight-game hitting streak that began against Texas Tech (Feb. 6) and included a .500 batting average, 11 hits, six runs and two RBI ... Had one game-winning hit, a one-run single against Sacramento State (March 13) ... Had one game-winning run scored against UC Santa Barbara (March 7) ... Walked eight times with one multiple-walk game against San Jose State (March 14).

2007/2008: Salt Lake - Helped SLCC to a 79-28-3 combined record and a 60-18 mark in Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) play over her two years played for the Bruins ... Helped the Bruins to back-to-back SWAC regular-season titles and a fourth place (2007) and second place (2008) finish in the Region 18 Tournament ... Helped SLCC to a #5 ranking in the 2008 NJCAA polls ... Named to the 2008 NJCAA All-America Second Team and the Easton All-America Third Team ... Selected the 2008 SWAC Player of the Year, while earning first team honors ... Chosen to the 2008 Region 18 First Team and All-Tournament Team ... Named a 2007 All-Region Second Team member ... Earned back-to-back Academic All-Region honors, while obtaining Academic All-American and Distinguished All-American honors in 2008 ... Started and played in all 105 contests at SLCC ... Held a .411 batting average with 132 hits (two triples and 13 doubles) ... Had 43 RBI and scored 96 runs ... Stole 38 bases.

High School: A 2006 graduate of Kearns HS in Kearns, Utah ... Helped the Cougars to three straight runner-up finishes in 5A Region 3 and one third-place showing ... Earned all-state first team honors twice (2005 and 2006) and second team once (2004) ... Chosen all-region first team three times and second team once (2003) ... Ranks in the Utah state record book for career hits, doubles in a season and career, singles in a season and batting average in a season ... Tied the state record for hits in a game with five ... Played ASA travel ball, most recently with the UT Thunderbirds.

Personal: Tara Ann Bendt was born March 28, 1988, in Rapid City, S.D. ... The daughter of Michael and Shellie Bendt ... Has two sisters, Kara (twin) and Sara ... Kara plays softball at Southern Utah ... Majoring in communications.