Tara Heiss husband: Was Tara Heiss married?

Tara Heiss husband: Was Tara Heiss married? – There is no information on the husband of Tara Heiss, an all-time Terrapin great and Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer, who passed away Saturday, June 8, 2023, at age 66. Her marital status at the time of death is unknown due to a lack of information on a living spouse.

Heiss played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins from 1975 to 1978. She did a yeoman’s job as she led Maryland to its first ACC championship and the 1978 AIAW Final Four.

Following her exceptional performance where she set the program record for assists with 504 and scored 1,350 career points, she was named Most Valuable Player of the first ACC Tournament (1978).

She was also the first Terrapin to score 1,000 career points.

In recognition of her uniqueness, her No. 44 jersey was retired and it now hangs in the rafters of XFINITY Center.

She went on to play for USA Basketball in 1979 and 1980 and was named to the 1980 US Olympic Team. She also played on USA teams that competed in the R. William Jones Cup, World Championship, Pan American Games, and World University Games in 1979, garnering three gold medals and one silver medal.

Heiss played for the Allentown Crestettes in the Amateur Athletic Union and the New Jersey Gems in the short-lived Women’s Professional Basketball League.

Following her playing career, she was an assistant coach at Maryland and Towson University and worked for twenty years for FedEx.

She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003, the University of Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.

Many consider her the best point guard in the history of US women’s basketball.

Source: abtc.ng