Tara Thomas

Nicole Yun

/ Women's Golf

Photo by: Ben Popko

Tara Thomas after her hole-in-one on #16.

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Class:
Senior
High School:
Villa Maria Academy
Hometown:
Erie, Pa.

Spring 2025: Competed in all six spring events, averaging an 81.9 over 17 rounds ... best round was an even-par 72 at the Jackrabbit Spring Invitational at Boulder Creek GC in Nevada ... tied for 22nd at the PL Championships at Saucon Valley CC in Bethlehem, posting 86, 83, 78 ... posted 78 and 76 at the YSU Spring Invitational for a 15th-place finish; helped Bison to a 36-hole school record as a team ... Fall 2024: Competed in all five fall events, averaging a 79 over 12 rounds ... best round was a three-over par 73 at the Bucknell Invitational at Bucknell GC ... tied for 12th at the Battle of the Creek at Kings Creek CC in Delaware, posting 76, 80, 84 ... shot an 82 and a 77 at the Red Flash Invitational at Sunnehanna CC to finish in 12th ... Spring 2024: Appeared in three events, averaging 82.3 for a full-season average of 82.1 ... low spring round was 77 at the SMSU Spring Classic in Arizona ... Fall 2023: Averaged 81.8 in five rounds, with a low mark of 77 at the Bucknell Invitational ... Spring 2023: Played in all six tournaments ... averaged 85.9 to bring her full-season average to 81.1 ... shot 87-83-86 in a 34th-place finish at the Patriot League Championship ... Fall 2022: Enjoyed a sensational fall season, highlighted by her first career win at the Bucknell Invitational ... shot 77-69-70, including a hole-in-one in the final round ... second-round 69 tied the school record, and 54-hole total of 216 broke the school mark by five shots ... won by nine strokes and became the first player in school history to record two rounds of even-par or better in the same tournament ... named Patriot League Golfer of the Week after that performance, which also led to Bucknell winning the team title ... averaged a team-best 76.4 for the fall season, with 12 of 14 rounds under 80 ... Spring 2022: Played in all five spring rounds and again led the team with an 81.5 average ... 80.1 average for the full season was also a team best ... was Bucknell's top player at the Patriot League Championship, shooting 85-81-77 to finish T-18th at Navy ... low round of the year was a final-round, even-par 72 at the Jackrabbit Invitational ... that was the 13th-best round in team history ... Fall 2021: Strong debut season, leading the team with a 78.0 scoring average ... posted rounds in the 70s six times, highlighted by a 74-75-75 showing in a T-7th finish at the Bucknell Invitational ... shot 77-78 to finish T-23rd in her first career event at the Roseann Schwartz Invitational ... Personal: Born Jan. 9, 2003 in Erie, Pa. ... daughter of Valerie and Jeffrey Thomas ... has two older brothers, Alec and Kyle ... Alec is a member of the swimming team at St. Bonaventure ... mother played tennis at Duquesne ... three-sport athlete in golf, tennis and swimming at Villa Maria Academy ... earned 11 varsity letters ... 2020 PIAA state qualifier in both golf and tennis ... shot 72-71 in a third-place finish at the District 10 golf championship ... three-time All-District 10 honoree in golf ... helped golf team to two district titles and a third-place finish at states ... in tennis was also a three-time state doubles champion and the 2020 PIAA singles runner-up ... three-time Northwestern PA High School Tennis Player of the Year ... part of four district tennis championship teams and the 2017 PIAA state championship team ... captained both golf and tennis teams as a senior (both teams competed in the fall season) ... 2019 Erie Times Sportswoman of the Year ... 2021 Northwestern PA High School Female Athlete of the Year ... in junior golf was the 2020 Great Lakes Junior Golf Tour season champion ... majoring in civil engineering ... member of 2022, 2024, 2025 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.