Bio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2017-18: Repeated as second-team NAIA Division II All-American and River States Conference Player of the Year after averaging 20.9 points and a team-best 7.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game in 33 games. ... Finished sixth in the nation in points per game, 30th in the nation with an .822 free throw percentage and 48th in the nation with 2.4 3-pointers per game. ... Made game-winning steal and basket in final seconds of home victory against Point Park University on Jan. 30 ... Also had season-bests with 16 rebounds and eight asssists in Jan. 30 game against Point Park. ... Set school single-game record with 16 free throws and made game-tying shot at end of regulation to force overtime in eventual IU East win at WVU Tech on Feb. 10. ... Scored 20 points or more in 19 games and scored 30 points or more in five games. ... Set school single-game record with 40 points against University of Rio Grande on Feb. 6. ... Scored 36 points - 21 in the first quarter - and set school record with eight 3-pointers in Senior Day home win against Ohio Christian University on Feb. 17. ... First IU East basketball player with 2,000 and later 2,500 career points, finishing with 2,566. ... Appeared in "Faces in the Crowd" feature in the Dec. 4 issue of "Sports Illustrated." ... River States Conference Player of the Week for weeks of Nov. 20, Jan. 8 and Feb. 12. ... Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete. ... River States Conference All-Conference Scholar-Athlete

2016-17: Second-team NAIA Division II All-American and River States Conference Player of the Year after averaging 18.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game in 35 games. ... Tied own single-game school record with 36 points in win at the University of Rio Grande on Feb. 7 that clinched IU East's spot in the national tournament. ... Matched own school record with seven 3-pointers in a game in home wins against then-No. 11 Goshen College on Nov. 5 and against Roosevelt University on Dec. 7. ... Scored 14 points in two minutes in fourth quarter in the win against Roosevelt. ... Scored in double digits in 31 games, with 14 games of 20 points or more. ... Posted double-double with 17 points and season-high 11 rebounds in win at Point Park University on Feb. 3. ... Scored 21 points and matched season best with six assists in home win against Point Park University on Jan. 13. ... Scored 28 points and made season-high five steals in win at Indiana University Southeast on Jan. 28. ... 17th in the nation in points per game. ... 21st in the nation with 2.1 3-pointers per game. ... River States Conference Player of the Week for weeks of Dec. 12, Dec. 19 and Feb. 13. ... Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete. ... River States Conference All-Conference Scholar-Athlete.

2015-16: Third-team NAIA Division II All-American and All-Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honoree. ... First IU East player to earn All-America honors. ... Led IU East and sixth in the nation with 20.5 points per game. ... Ranked 32nd in the nation with .810 free throw percentage and 35th in the nation with 2.36 3-point field goals per game. ... Scored in double figures in all 33 IU East games. ... Set school record with 36 points against West Virginia University Institute of Technology on Dec. 8, and matched it with 36 points against Indiana University South Bend on Dec. 21. ... Scored 17 points and grabbed season-high 11 rebounds in home win against Point Park University on Jan. 11. ... Scored 26 points and dished out season-high eight assists in road win at Indiana University Kokomo on Feb. 11. ... Scored 22 points - including 9 free throws without a miss - and made season-high six steals in road win at Carlow University on Dec. 5. ... Scored 30 points and made go-ahead free throws with less than a minute remaining in key home win against Brescia University on Feb. 13. ... For the season, contributed 6.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game in 33 games. ... KIAC Player of the Week for weeks of Dec. 28 and Feb. 15. ... Named to Taylor University Christmas Classic all-tournament team.

2014-15: Led IU East and 35th in the nation with 17.1 points per game. ... No. 1 freshman scorer in the KIAC and No. 2 freshman scorer in the nation. ... NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Player of the Week for week of Jan. 19-25. ... First IU East basketball player to win national Player of the Week award. ... KIAC Player of the Week for week of Jan. 19-25. ... First IU East women's basketball player to win conference player of the week award. ... Scored first basket in IU East women's basketball NAIA history early in Red Wolves' debut game at Taylor University on Nov. 1. ... Scored team-high 19 points in IU East's first NAIA win, Nov. 8 at Roosevelt University. ... Scored 34 points - the single game season-high for any IU East player - at Midway College on Jan. 22. ... Recorded double-double of 28 points and season-high 10 rebounds in KIAC tournament semifinal win at No. 24 University of Rio Grande on Feb. 28. ... Posted 21 points and season-high eight assists in win against Indiana University Kokomo on Feb. 5. ... Scored 32 points and matched season-best four steals Jan. 17 in win at Indiana University Kokomo. ... Scored in double figures in 26 games, including 14 games with 20 points or more. ... Scored at least 20 points in last six games of January. ... Played in all 33 IU East games, including 31 starts. ... Led IU East with 1.7 steals per game. ... Also contributed 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.

HIGH SCHOOL: Top scorer as a junior and senior for Warren Central High School (Indiana). ... Led the Warriors to a four-win improvement as a senior. ... Made game-winning half-court shot at the buzzer at the end of her Senior Night game against Greenfield-Central High School.

ALL ABOUT TIA

AREA OF STUDY: Telecommunications/Photojournalism

WHY TIA CHOSE IU EAST: The women's basketball program

MOST MEMORABLE BASKETBALL MOMENT: Being named NAIA National Player of the Week and earning academic all-conference honors

PARENTS: Lovie King, Dante King

SIBLINGS: Bianca and Torryauna