2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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Ashley Davis

1 Tara Wallack

1 Tara Wallack

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    South Surrey, Canada
  • High School:
    Semiahmoo Secondary

Summary

Biography

at Washington State

2024-25 | Senior
All-WCC First Team … WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention … CSC Academic All-District … Started and appeared in all 35 games … led the entire WCC with 66 total blocks, and finished second in the conference with 1.9 blocks per game … finished 11th in the WCC in scoring with 439 total points and sixth in total rebounds with 235 … her 1,177 total minutes ranked third in the league … scored her 1,000th career point against Saint Martin’s (12/15) … grabbed her 500th career rebounds against BYU (12/13) … finished her career as the program leader with 4,012 career minutes played and was the first Cougar ever to surpass 4,000 career minutes … also finished her career having started 105 consecutive games, every game the team played from the first game of her sophomore season until the final game of her Cougar career … averaged 12.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals over 33.6 minutes per game … scored a season-high 22 points against San Diego (2/1) … grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds against Oregon State (1/4) … put up career-highs with seven blocks against Norfolk State (11/28) and eight assists at Portland (2/15).

2023-24 | Junior
Started all 36 games for the Cougars … posted 19 double-digit scoring games to average 10.5 points per game … averaged 4.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.1 blocks and 0.8 steals per game … shot 45.7 percent from the field (133-291) and 35.6 percent from beyond the arc (37-104) … scored a career-high 23 points at Arizona State (Feb. 18) … grabbed season-high 10 rebounds against Utah (Feb. 4) … named to Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team … went career-best 12-of-14 from the free throw line at UCLA (Jan. 28) … ended the year with 101 career blocks, tied for seventh in program history.

2022-23 | Sophomore
Started all 34 games … Averaged a career-best 9.4 points per game in her second season with the Cougars … Improved her shooting percentage by 8.5 percent from her freshman season, hitting 45.0 percent from the field during her sophomore campaign … Ranked seventh in the Pac-12 in blocks (42) and blocks per game (1.2 bpg) … Scored a career-high 20 points twice during the season, first against Prairie View A&M (Nov. 13) then again at Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Dec. 19) … Posted back-to-back double-doubles on the road trip to Arizona … Opened the Arizona road trip by collecting her first career double-double at Arizona State (Jan. 27) with a 15-point, 11-rebound performance against the Sun Devils … Posted her second-straight double-double win the win at No. 19/14 Arizona (Jan. 29) just two days after the ASU game, scoring 12 points and collecting a career-high 12 rebounds against the Wildcats … Wallack scored double-digit points in 16 games during her sophomore season … Hit a free throw to extend Washington State’s lead in the Pac-12 Championship Game to four points at 65-61 with less than four seconds remaining in the game … Became just the second WSU player to collect a double-double in an NCAA Tournament game with a 16-point, 12-rebound effort against No. 12-seeded Florida Gulf Coast … Her 12 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament game against FGCU is a school record for most rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game … Named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22 | Freshman
Appeared in 29 games with 10 starts as a true freshman … Averaged 5.3 points per game while shooting 36.5% percent from the floor … Averaged 21.8 minutes per game … Scored a career-high 16 points in the Pac-12 Tournament Quarterfinals against Utah (March 3) … Had four games with 10-or-more points … Pulled down a career-best eight rebounds on Jan. 2 against No. 2 Stanford … Finished third on the team in blocks with 21, which is tied for the seventh-most in a freshman season in WSU history … Her career-high four blocks vs. San Francisco are tied for second-most by a freshman in a single game in program history.
Prior to WSU

High School
Wallack guided Semiahmoo Secondary School to back-to-back British Columbia Provincial Championships in 2019 and 2020 ... Had her senior season canceled due to COVID 19 ... During her junior season, she was named the MVP of the Senior Girls Provincial Championship game after posting a double-double with an impressive 29 points and 23 rebounds ... During the Provincials, Wallack averaged 26 points and 15 rebounds per game ... Named the MVP of the 2020 Centennial Top Ten Tournament ... Ended her high school career on a 57-game winning streak.
Canadian National Team
Appeared in 10 games for her home country at the U16 and U19 levels ... Wallack and fellow WSU center Jessica Clarke each played in the 2021 U19 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Hungary ... Averaged 7.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game ... Named the FIBA U19 Player of the Day after collecting 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals in a win over France ... Clarke and Wallack helped Canada finish fifth at U19 World Cup ...  She also represented Canada at the 2019 U16 FIBA Americas Championship in Chile ... She averaged 6.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.0 steals in 15 minutes of action per game to help Team Canada win silver at the tournament.
Personal
Comes from a family with an athletic background, her father Dave wrestled 7 at the University of British Columbia and her mother played volleyball and ran track at UBC ... Has two older brothers Brian, who plays basketball at UBC and Riley, who plays hockey for Langley in the BCHL ... Born on July 2 ... Intends to major in marketing ... Also was a member of the volleyball, soccer and track and field teams at Semiahmoo.
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Historical Player Information

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    2021-22Freshman

    Guard
    6'2"
    1
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    2022-23Sophomore

    Guard
    6'2"
    1
  • 1

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    6'2"
    1
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    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    6'2"
    1