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Tamara Ivie begins her third season as the Sun Devils' assistant coach responsible for the infielders and recruiting along with other administrative duties. In her initial season, Ivie helped take the Sun Devils to a school-record 46-win season, a third place finish in the 2002 College World Series and a No. 3 national ranking.
Prior to her appointment at Arizona State, Ivie was an assistant coach at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California. From 2000 to 2001, Ivie was the second assistant coach at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Ivie also coached the 1998-99 season as the second assistant at Eastern Michigan University where she helped the team to the postseason for the first time since 1984.
On the professional level, Ivie made her way back to the professional forum in the summer of 2003 to play with the Arizona Heat. Ivie spent the 1999 season playing on the WPSL's Virginia Roadsters where she was a top-10 league leader in hitting and was named to the All-Star team. Additionally, Ivie played one season with the Ladies Professional Baseball League (Buffalo NightHawks). Before that, she played three years of professional baseball with the Colorado Silver Bullets.
As a standout collegiate softball player, Ivie played four years at Cal State Northridge. She led the team in defense with a .997 fielding percentage, while two of her four years she led the team offensively. While at Northridge, she earned All-American honors and was a two-time All-Western Athletic Conference selection. During her four years, Northridge was a top-20 program taking two trips to the series, while the 1994 team appeared in the finals of the College World Series.
Ivie earned her bachelor's in Kinesiology in 2000 and plans on getting her master's in Physical Education and Sports Counseling. Between time coaching and playing professionally, Ivie has also provided private lessons and clinics the past 10 years.
