Oklahoma State University Athletics
2025 Cowgirl Softball Roster
Roster
Tara Vandewater
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Winterset High School
- Hometown:
- Winterset, Iowa
2025 (Freshman): Primarily utilized as a pinch runner, featuring in 31 games … Totaled two hits in six at-bats and scored 11 times … Successful on two of her three stolen base attempts … Registered her first collegiate hit and run against Northern Colorado on Feb. 7 … Scored against No. 4 UCLA on Feb. 14 after coming on as a pinch runner … Notched a base hit and a run against Central Arkansas on Feb. 24 … Scored in three straight appearances dating from April 11-17 … Crossed home plate in back-to-back appearances against Kansas and North Texas on April 26 and April 30.
High School: The No. 10 recruit in Extra Innings Softball’s Extra Elite 100 and the No. 36 overall player in the Legacy and Legends Class of 2024 ... The No. 49 prospect in Perfect Game Softball’s Class of 2024 and a PGF Futures regional finalist for the Class of 2024 ... Did not play high school softball, but played club softball for four years with the Nebraska Gold 18U National under coaches Beth Singleton and Craig Boyer ... Helped lead the Gold to a co-championship at the Tulsa Elite Summer Invite and third place finishes at the Easton Rawlings Invitational Showcase and the Top Club National Championship ... During the 2022 season, she compiled a .429 batting average with 55 hits, 11 doubles, 15 home runs and 44 RBIs while maintaining a .978 fielding percentage ... Participated in the 2022 Sparkler All-Star Game and the 2021 IDT All-Star Game ... Garnered USA Softball All-America recognition in 2018 in addition USA Elite Select Futures All-American honors in 2016 ... Has four years of international experience playing for the Israel National Team and played a role in her country achieving gold at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel ... At the 2024 U-22 European Softball Championships, she led the field with 14 RBIs in tournament play ... Was also a four-year letterwinner in volleyball at Winterset High School where she earned first team all-conference honors her senior season and was a three-time all-conference honorable mention ... Three-time academic all-conference honoree and received academic all-state recognition her senior year.
Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Candy Vandewater ... Has an older brother, Tyler ... Both her parents were collegiate athletes and her brother played baseball at Benedictine University in the NAIA ... Involved in FBLA ... Plans to pursue a degree in international business.
