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Amy Tjaarda

Amy Tjaarda

  • Class
  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Softball
  • Regarded as one of the top softball players in ASU and RMAC history
  • Is the only softball player to be inducted into ASU Hall of Fame
  • Named to RMAC’s All-Century Team in 2009
  • Set then NCAA Division II era record by hitting 16 homers in 1993, ASU’s first year at the NCAA level
  • Also led the nation with 72 RBI and 1.1556 slugging percentage that year during her senior season en route to RMAC Player of the Year honors
  • Slugging percentage mark still the highest in NCAA-II history
  • Set current RMAC record for batting average (.549) in 1993 as well
  • Also holds ASU single-season record for shutouts (12) set that year
  • Led ASU, coached by Hall of Famer Suzie Phillips, to 1993 RMAC Regular Season and Tournament titles
  • Was an honorable mention All-American in 1992, ASC’s last year at the NAIA level
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