Name Tara Cross-Battle Role Olympic athlete | Weight 76 kg | |
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Born September 16, 1968 (age 56) Houston, Texas, U.S. ( 1968-09-16 ) Education California State University, Long Beach Similar People Danielle Scott‑Arruda, Elaina Oden, Caren Kemner, Paula Weishoff, Logan Tom | ||
AV12 Tara Cross Battle
Tara Cross-Battle (born September 16, 1968 in Houston, Texas) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She played NCAA women's volleyball for California State University, Long Beach, where she helped lead her team to the 1989 NCAA Championship title.
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Cross-Battle competed in four Summer Olympics overall, starting in 1992, after having made her debut in 1990.
Current life
Tara is currently working at Houston Juniors Volleyball Club. She previously coached at Texas Pride in the 2011 club season as the head coach of the top 16s team. In the 2010 season she coached at Texas Tornados Volleyball club as the head 16s coach and took her team to nationals and got 13th place at nationals. The year before that, in 2009, her top 16s team got 9th in the nation.