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2009-10 Softball Roster

7 Tara Mickelson

  • Position Third Base/Catcher
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Wheat Ridge H.S.
  • Hometown Wheat Ridge, Colo.
  • Previous School Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Fort Wayne

Biography

2009: Joined Kellie Nishikida as the first All-Americans in school history ... named Daktronics first team All-America, Daktronics first team All-Central Region, NFCA second team all-region and first team All-RMAC ... set the school record with 22 home runs 74 runs batted in and batted .398 with 68 hits in 171 at bats ... added 45 runs scored and six doubles ... struck out just 13 times all season ... had an .819 slugging percentage and .448 on-base percentage ... drove in four runs and had a home run on Feb. 8 against Fort Hays State ... went 4-for-4 with three RBI and a home run on Feb. 21 vs. Concordia-St. Paul ... homered in consecutive games on Feb. 28 and March 1 against Mesa State ... hit a home run in three straight games from March 15 to March 21 ... went 3-for-3 with four RBI and a home run on March 15 against Western New Mexico ... also homered against Regis and Colorado Mines ... was named RMAC Player of the Week three times ... earned the award on April 7 after going 3-for-6 with four RBI and two home runs in two games against CSU-Pueblo on April 3 ... helped Metro State break the NCAA single game home run record with two in a 3-for-4 performance with four RBI in game two on April 10 at UC-Colorado Springs ... homered again on April 11 ... earned RMAC Player of the Week again on April 21 after going 7-for-11 with four home runs, nine RBI and eight runs scored in four games on April 19-20 at Nebraska-Kearney ... hit two home runs in game two on April 19 ... earned the award again on April 28 after going 8-for-13 with nine RBI, seven runs scored and four homers from April 25-26 against Chadron State to clinch the regular season conference championship ... hit a pair of home runs in game two on April 25 ... had a season-long eight-game hitting streak from April 19-26 ... led the team with 22 multi-RBI games and had 20 multi-hit games.

Before Metro State: Played two seasons at Division I Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne before transferring to Metro State ... selected first-team All-Summit League in 2008 ... led the team in batting average (.352) and hits (45) and ranked second in home runs (6) and total bases (73) ... had an impressive freshman campaign, leading the Mastodons in batting average (.300), slugging percentage (.444), hits (27), RBI (14), doubles (8), triples (1), and home runs (1) ... she was second on the team with 12 runs scored ... named IPFW Softball's Most Valuable Player of the Year.

High School: 2006 graduate of Wheat Ridge High School ... played her freshman season at Chaparral High School before finishing her final three years at Wheat Ridge High School ... helped the Farmers to the 2003 5A Colorado State Championship ... a two-time first-team all-conference selection ... named to the Denver Post All-Colorado team in 2004 and an honorable mention selection in 2005 ... served as team captain during her senior season.

Personal: Born June 1, 1988, to Will and Nancy Mickelson ... has one brother, Derrick, and one sister, Miranda ... majoring in math at Metro State.


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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2009Junior

    Catcher/Infield
    5'7"
    7
  • 7

    2010Senior

    Third Base/Catcher
    5'7"
    7