Tamara Statman

Tamara Statman Schoen
Arizona Wildcats Softball – No. 88
Designated Hitter/Pinch Hitter/Pitcher
Born: (1997-07-26) July 26, 1997 (age 27) California, San Diego, United States of America
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Teams
Arizona Wildcats Softball (2016–2019) Israel women's national softball team (2019–2021)

Tamara Schoen (née Statman; born July 26, 1997) is an American-Israeli softball player. She is a former collegiate Academic All-American, left-handed hitting designated hitter and pinch hitter originally from San Diego, California. She was a stand-out pitcher from Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.^[1] She went on to play college softball at the University of Arizona from 2015-2019. She was on the 2017 PAC-12 Championship Team and made an appearance at the Women's College World Series in 2019.^[2]

She played on the Israeli Women's National Softball Team for two European Championships.^[3][4]

Early life and education

Born in San Diego, California, Statman moved to Phoenix when she 8 years old where she became known to all who knew her as "T" Statman.^[5]

In April 2015, T Statman was believed to be the third pitcher in the entire United States to reach 1,000 strikeouts from the high school pitching distance of 43 ft.^[6] She finished her high school career with 1071 strikeouts in 753.2 innings with a 1.77 ERA and 85 wins.^[7]

She raised money in high school for the Arizona Skin Cancer Foundation in high school through a program called “T's K's for Skin Cancer”.^[8][9]

She attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. #88 T Statman did not pitch in college, T was a starter her freshman year and had a career batting average of .280 which included clutch at bats. Notably in 2016, the game winning single to secure the win against Tennessee in the Knoxville Regional Championship in the eighth inning.^[10] Also in 2019 in the Tucson regional versus Auburn with a pinch hit single versus to secure a 2-1 victory.^[11]

She had 100 career hits, 10 career home runs, and 62 RBIs. She was Arizona's first Academic-All American since 2010.^[12]

Personal life

Statman is Jewish and holds USA / Israeli dual citizenship, becoming an Israeli citizen in 2019.^[13]

She started west coast swing dancing in college and interned at Nike corporate in 2017.^[14] She was involved in student radio at the University of Arizona's KAMP Radio for four years with her show “T-Time”.^[15] She was named Miss Tucson Del Sol 2020, as part of the Miss America Organization.^[16] As of 2019, Statman was working at Cumulus Radio in Tucson, Arizona.^[17]

In 2020, she wrote a book called The Real Deal Student Athlete Success Kit.^[18]

Statman got married in May 2021.^[19]

Career honors

2022

Israeli Softball Association Maccabiah Hall of Fame^[20]

2019 ^[21]

CoSIDA Academic All-America (Second Team)

CoSIDA Academic All-District (First Team)

Pac-12 All-Academic (First Team)

Wildcat Way Certificate of Distinction^[22]

2018

Wildcat Way Certificate of Excellence^[23]

2017

CoSIDA Academic All-District

Pac-12 All-Academic (First Team)

2012 - 2015

Horizon High School Person of Character Scholarship Award Winner

Horizon High School 4 time Husky Award Winner (only 4 time winner in school history)

2015 Horizon High School Female Athlete of the Year

References

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2. Gonzalez, Norma (June 8, 2019). "Chemistry, consistency were Wildcats' strengths during Women's College World Series run". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
3. "Israel – Israeli Softball". Retrieved September 8, 2020.
4. "Israeli Softball is building a women's 'dream team' for the 2020 Olympics". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. June 27, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
5. "Tamara Statman - Softball". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
6. Eads, Brentt. "Phoenix Horizon's Statman puts team above strikeout record". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
7. "Tamara Statman's High School Softball Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
8. "T's K's for Skin Cancer". Arizona Skin Cancer Foundation. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
9. "Pitching Against Skin Cancer | Arizona Jewish Life". May 27, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
10. Kelapire, Ryan (May 22, 2016). "Arizona softball advances to Super Regionals". Arizona Desert Swarm. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
11. Gonzalez, Norma (May 18, 2019). "Reyna Carranco returns, T Statman delivers to lift Arizona into Regional final". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
12. "Tamara Statman - Softball". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
13. "Israeli Softball is building a 'dream team' for the Olympics | Jewish Community Voice". www.jewishvoicesnj.org. July 3, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
14. Gonzalez, Norma (March 28, 2018). "Arizona Wildcats' Tamara Statman often swing dancing, branching out when not playing softball". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
15. ""T-Time" after college: Statman looks to radio career once softball ends". The Daily Wildcat. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
16. "Arizona Softball: Miss Tucson Del Sol, Tamara Statman, always a Wildcat". Zona Zealots. May 9, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
17. "People in the News 2/7/2020, AZ Jewish Post". Arizona Jewish Post. February 7, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
18. "Former Wildcat Statman goes from pinch-hitter to author". KGUN. September 19, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
19. "05.24.21". Instagram.
20. "Israel Softball Association on Instagram: "Congratulations to Tamara Statman Schoen for entering the ISA Hall of Fame at the 21st Maccabiah induction ceremony. Tamara showed incredible participation and excellence, and we couldn't be happier for you! 🥎💙🤍"". Instagram. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
21. "Tamara Statman - Softball". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
22. "C.A.T.S. Life Skills - The Wildcat Way". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
23. "C.A.T.S. Life Skills - The Wildcat Way". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2020.