Hall of Fame

Tarra Blackwell

Tarra Blackwell

  • Class
    1998
  • Induction
    2004
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball
Tarra Blackwell • Florida Southern College Women’s Basketball
Florida Southern’s all-time leading scorer with 2,037 career points, Tarra Blackwell ended her career as the Sunshine State Conference’s second all-time leading scorer. A feared sharpshooter who led her team in scoring four straight years, Blackwell was the cornerstone of a Moccasin program that captured three SSC regular season championships and three SSC tournament titles, taking home both trophies in 1995, 1996 and 1998. As the 1995 SSC Freshman of the Year, Blackwell led the Moccasins to the NCAA Women’s Basketball South Region championship, the first time that an SSC women’s basketball team ever advanced to the Elite Eight. A three-time honorable mention All-America selection, Blackwell holds Florida Southern records for career field goal percentage (.621) and single season field goal percentage. As a freshman, Blackwell’s .662 field-goal percentage led the nation and is still the SSC all-time record among men and women. In fact, the SSC’s all-time leader in career field goals and field goal percentage, Blackwell holds the three best single-season field goal percentages ever compiled by an SSC women’s basketball player. Upon her graduation, Blackwell also held school records for career rebounds and blocked shots, and currently ranks first, second or third among Southern’s career leaders in nearly every major statistical category. Blackwell was named SSC Player of the Year as a senior, captured first team All-SSC honors four times, and was named the MVP of six different tournaments during her career, including two SSC tournaments. Blackwell earned her degree in criminology and currently works as a probation officer for the State of Georgia. She is the fifth women’s basketball player and first from Florida Southern to be inducted into the SSC Hall of Fame.