TicketsTari Cummings, a former Big 12 standout with five years of coaching experience, enters her second season at UC, serving as UC[apos]s recruiting coordinator, and mentoring the post players.
Cummings spent four seasons at Arkansas-Fort Smith under long-time head coach Louis Whorton, where she helped the Lions to three NJCAA National Tournament appearances, including a pair of final fours and a consolation championship. She mentored three NJCAA all-Americans during her tenure at UA-Fort Smith.
A 1998-99 NJCAA all-American at UA-Fort Smith (then Westark College), Cummings served as team captain during each of her two years and helped the Lions to a seventh-place finish in the NJCAA National Tournament in 1997-98. She earned all-American honors in 1999 and her 1,262 career points ranked third in the program[apos]s history. She went on to play two seasons at Oklahoma State University, where she was an all-Big 12 performer in 2001-02, averaging 13.1 points per contest and leading the Cowgirls with 6.9 rebounds per game.
Cummings earned her Associate of Arts degree from Westark College in 1999 and received a B.S. in sociology from Oklahoma State in 2003.
A native of Pocola, Okla., Cummings has an eight-year-old daughter, Tiya.