Career Statistics
Tardie provided depth for the Bobcats as both a setter and back-row defender. She appeared in 77 matches for her career, accumulating 486 assists, 389 digs and 90 aces in 206 sets.
Tardie's sharp intellect was on regular display on the pages of the Bates student newspaper, for which she wrote opinion columns. She was a standout in the classroom and studio, as a double major in English and studio art. She wrote an English thesis titled "Experimental Bodies: Gender, Authorship, and Textual Performance, and her Art & Visual Culture thesis was called "Legs Series." Following graduation, Tardie became an artist in residence at the Hollows Art Space in Brooklyn, New York.
2016: Team Captain.... 2016 NESCAC Fall All-Academic Team.... One of 38 Bates graduates to receive the Senior Scholar Award from the Bates Department of Athletics.... Played in 14 matches and 39 sets.... Finished season with 92 digs and 77 assists.... Tallied two assists and eight digs against Roger Williams (Sept. 10).... Tallied a season-high 20 assists and four digs in Bates' 3-2 win over Southern Maine (Sept. 14).... Tallied 15 assists, a service ace and eight digs at Brandeis (Sept. 16).... Tallied a kill, 11 assists and seven digs against Bowdoin (Sept. 21).... Dished out 13 assists, a service ace and two digs in Bates' 3-0 win over Saint Joseph's (Sept. 27).... Recorded two serviceaces and four digs at Bowdoin (Oct. 15).... Tallied a kill in Bates' 3-0 win over Maine Maritime (Oct. 18).... Recorded two digs in Bates' 3-0 win over Worcester State (Oct. 22).... Dished out nine assists, recored a service ace and tallied 14 digs at Clark (Oct. 22).... Dished out six assists, recorded a service ace and four digs in Bates' 3-0 win over Husson (Oct. 25).... Tallied an assist, recorded a season-high five service aces and recorded 13 digs in Bates' 3-0 win over Hamilton (Oct. 28).... Recorded three service aces and a season-high 16 digs in Bates' 3-1 win over Middlebury (Oct. 29).... Recorded two kills, a service ace and 10 digs in the NESCAC tournament against Middlebury (Nov. 4).
2015: 2015 NESCAC Fall All-Academic Team.... One of three Bates volleyball players to play in all 25 matches and all 90 sets.... Second on the team in service aces with 40, averaging 0.44 service aces a set.... Second on the team in assists with 313, averaging 3.48 assists per set.... Also tallied 165 digs and 15 kills on the season.... Tallied a season-high 23 assists in Bates' 3-0 win over Southern Maine (Sept. 15).... Recorded a season-high 17 digs and a season-high five kills in Bates' 3-2 win over Trinity (Sept. 19).... Tallied a season-high six service aces in Bates' 3-2 win over Hamilton (Oct. 16).
2014: 2014 NESCAC Fall All-Academic Team.... Played in 26 sets.... Recorded 45 total digs and 1.73 digs per set... Ranked third on the team in assists with 89.... Notched 18 services aces.... Recorded a season-high eight digs against Suffolk (Sept. 12).
2013: Played in 51 sets.... Recorded 87 total digs and 1.71 digs per set on the season.... Tallied a season-high 14 digs vs. Simmons (Sept. 14).... Posted double-digit digs in each of four matches.
High School: Captained team as a senior.... Earned Scholar Athlete accolades... Gained All-Century League honors in 2011 and 2012.... Won the Reed Smoke Leadership Award as a senior.... Also played basketball in high schooll.... Member of National Honors Society.... President of Artistic Visions art club.
Major(s): English, Philosophy
