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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU

21 Tara Stauffacher

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Position F
  • Hometown Columbus, Wis.
  • High School Beaver Dam
  • Prev School Wisconsin

Biography

2023-24:
• CSC Academic All-District
• Played in all 31 games, making 17 starts
• Scored six points with two rebounds in the season opener at Arkansas State (11/9)
• Had five points and seven rebounds at Southern Indiana (11/16)
• Made three three-pointers in scoring nine points in win over Radford (11/24), adding six rebounds
• Had a career-high 21 points at SIUE (12/3), going 8-for-10 from the field with four three-pointers
• Scored 11 points with five rebounds against Akron (1/27) on Senior Day
• Knocked down three triples and scored 12 points off the bench in NIU’s overtime win over Ball State (2/7)
• Had 11 points in win over Georgia Southern (2/10)
• Scored eight points in back-to-back games against Bowling Green (2/24) and Toledo (2/28)

2022-23:
• Played in 30 games, making four starts
• Had seven rebounds and a steal in her NIU debut at Notre Dame (Nov. 7)
• Scored 10 points with four assists in win over DePaul (Nov. 12)
• Also scored 10 points in win at Navy (Nov. 26), making all four shots from the field
• Had a career-high 11 points with four rebounds at IUPUI (Dec. 21), playing a career-high 36 minutes
• Scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds in win at Bowling Green (Feb. 15)
• Had 10 points in 21 minutes off the bench against Georgia Southern (March 17) at the WBI
• Scored 11 points with four rebounds against North Dakota (March 18)

Prior to NIU: Transferred to NIU from Wisconsin, where she played for three seasons…Played in all 28 games for the Badgers in 2021-22, tying a career-high with nine points against Illinois on Feb. 6…Played in 83 games at Wisconsin, averaging 13.4 minutes per game…2021 and 2022 Academic All-Big Ten Team selection… Was ranked the number one player in Wisconsin by MaxPreps coming out of Beaver Dam High School…Scored 1,125 points at Beaver Dam and was a part of three straight Wisconsin State Championship teams.
 
Personal: Daughter of Jaclyn and Rodney Stauffacher...Kinesiology major

Stauffacher's Career Highs:
Points: 21 at SIUE (12/3/23)
Field Goals Made: 8 at SIUE (12/3/23)
Field Goal Attempts: 10, twice (last at SIUE, 12/3/23)
Three-Point Field Goals Made: 4 at SIUE (12/3/23)
Three-Point Field Goal Attempts: 9 vs. Georgia Southern (2/10/24)
Free Throws Made: 5 vs. Central Michigan (1/20/24)
Free Throw Attempts: 6 vs. Central Michigan (1/20/24)
Rebounds: 10 vs. Eastern Illinois (11/26/29)*
Assists: 4 vs. DePaul (11/12/22)
Blocks: 1, 8x (last vs. Bowling Green, 2/24/24)
Steals: 3 vs. Green Bay (12/12/21)*
Minutes: 38 vs. Eastern Illinois (12/18/23)
* - set when at Wisconsin

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2022-23Junior

    Forward
    5'11"
    21
  • 21

    2023-24Senior

    Forward
    5'11"
    21