Taryn Harris
| Height: | 5-5 |
| Year: | Jr.-2L |
| Hometown: | East Wenatchee, Wash. |
| High School: | Southridge |
| Position: | Diving |
| Major: | Management |
2008-09
(Sophomore): Earned a pair of bronze medals at the WAC
Championships on the 1-meter and 3-meter ... Represented NAU for a
second straight year at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships and
placed eighth on the 1-meter, missing a spot at the NCAA
Championships by just three spots ... Also placed 12th overall on
the 3-meter at Zones ... Twice named the WAC Diving Athlete of the
Week ... Earned first award after a pair of wins on 1-meter and
3-meter at Idaho on Nov. 14 and the second award after placing
fifth on the 3-meter and 18th on the 1-meter at the very
competitive Arizona Wildcat Invite on Nov. 23 ... Scored a
career-best and pool-record score of 327.83 to win the 3-meter vs.
New Mexico State on Dec. 6 ... Scored a career-best 291.00 to win
the 1-meter at Arizona on Jan. 2 and also took first place on
3-meter at that meet ... Academic All-WAC honoree and recipient of
a NAU Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete Award.
2007-08 (Freshman): Represented NAU at the NCAA
Zone Diving Championships in her first year, finishing 22nd on
3-meter and 30th on 1-meter ... Took fourth on the 1-meter at the
WAC Championships with a season-high score of 289.95 ... Placed
eighth on the 3-meter at the WAC meet ... Took third on 3-meter and
fifth on 1-meter vs. USC on Jan. 25 ... Took third on 1-meter vs.
Idaho and New Mexico State on Nov. 10 and scored 277.05 on the
3-meter ... Academic All-WAC honoree and recipient of a NAU Golden
Eagle Scholar Athlete Award.
High School: A 2007 graduate of Southridge High
School … Member of S.P.O.R.T. Gymnastics (owned by her
mother) … Member of THDC (Tualatin Hills Dive Club) …
Diver of the year from 2004-2006 … Diving district champion
in 2005 and placed second at state … Held the 1- meter
diving record at Wenatchee High School (426.25 points) where she
lettered for two years … Earned two artistic awards on floor
in gymnastics.
Personal Info: Taryn Danielle Harris was born
Sept. 28, 1988 in Eugene, Ore. … Daughter of Chance and Sue
Harris … Has one brother, Trace (17) and one sister, Tori
(26) … Enjoys reading … Is majoring in management
… Brother Trace is a high school pole vaulter … Most
memorable experience in high school career was winning the floor
event at the Cascadian Elite Gymnastics Challenge in 2002 ... Most
exciting event she remembers is skydiving with her father in 2007.



