As a Junior (2003-04)
Averaged 11.2 points and 4.2 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game and was named Second Team All-Big South ... Started 28 of 29 games ... Free throw percentage (.846), steals (84) and free throws made (121) ranked third, fifth and tied for seventh in a Highlander single-season ... Led RU in assists, free throw percentage and steals and was second in points ... Led Big South in assists per game, steals, steals per game (2.93), second in free throw percentage and assist/turnover ratio (1.28) and 10th in scoring ... Posted 16 double-digit scoring games ... In Big South semifinals at Liberty (3/11), dropped in a season high 23 points on 5-of-9 shooting from three-point land with six assists ... Tallied 1,000th career point at 15:02 of the first half at Birmingham-Southern (2/23) ... Also assisted on Sarah Stephens’ game-winning layup with 4.5 seconds to go and posted a game high 17 points and had six steals in that game ... Registered a game high 19 points with eight rebounds and seven assists at Winthrop (2/7) ... Had a season and game high eight steals to go along with 15 points at Coastal Carolina (1/19) ... Drained 4-of-5 three’s and scored a team best 16 points vs. Liberty (1/13) ... Went a perfect 10-
for-10 from the line and scored 16 points vs. Campbell (12/31) ... First double double at Radford with a game high 18 points and 10 rebounds in win over UMBC (12/29) ... Highlander debut, scored a game high 17 points, grabbed seven boards and shot 10-for-11 from the line at Mount Saint Mary’s.
At North Alabama (2000-02)
>Averaged 14.1 points and 3.5 assists per game in two seasons ... Started all 26 games for the Lions, averaging 13.5 ppg as a sophomore ... Named to the Gulf South Conference’s East Division Second Team ... Ranked second in the GSC with 4.5 assists per game and tied for fifth with a .833 free throw percentage ... As a freshman, started all 26 games ... Named Gulf South Conference East Division Freshman of the Year ... Ranked eighth in the GSC in scoring with 14.8 ppg, pulled down 3.7 rebounds and finished with 65 steals, tying her for third with 2.5 steals per game ... Finished fifth in the Conference with a .824 free throw percentage ... Scored in double figures 20 times, including a career high 28 points against Valdosta State.
High School
>Four-time all-state honorable mention, all-district and all-region selection and named Best of Preps four straight years ... Four-time first team Shelby-Metro pick, she was named District 15 AAA Player of the Year as a sophomore and was a member of the All-Tennessee section Team as a junior and senior ... As a senior, she averaged 19.5 points, 3.5 assists and 4.5 steals per game and shot 80-percent from the line ... Her junior season she averaged 21.2 points, 3.7 assists and 4.8 steals per game ... Holds Shelby County single-season and career records for free throws made and attempted ... Member of the honor roll and the TSSAA Academic Excellence for three years......
Personal
>Full name is Taryn Elizabeth Causey ... Daughter of Pam and Jim Causey ... Has a step-sister Aerin (18) and step-brother Austin (14) ... Born on May 28, 1982 in Memphis, Tenn. ... Majoring in Sports Medicine.
#22 | Senior | Guard | 5'8"