CAREER HIGHS

* Indicates most recent high

• Points: 23 // Miss. State, 2/24/22*
• Rebounds: 18 // Texas, 11/21/21
• Assists: 5 // Vanderbilt, 2/13/22
• Steals: 2 // Liberty, 12/31/23*
• Blocks: 11 // Texas A&M, 1/6/22
• Field Goals: 11 // Miss. State, 2/24/22
• 3-Pointers: N/A
• Free Throws:  8 // Arkansas, 1/31/22
• Minutes: 40 // Texas, 11/21/21

CAREER HONORS

• NCAA "Above The Rim" Summit -- 2023-24
• SEC Student-Athlete Leadership Council Vice Chair & SAAC Representative (4x) -- 2023-24
• SEC Student-Athlete Leadership Council & SAAC Representative -- 2022-23
• Lisa Leslie Award Top-Five Finalist -- 2021-22
• Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist -- 2021-22
• Coaches All-SEC Second Team -- 2021-22
• USA TODAY Sports All-SEC Second Team -- 2021-22
• SEC All-Defensive Team (2x) -- 2021-22
• SEC Community Service Team -- 2021-22
• Lisa Leslie Award Top-10 Semifinalist -- 2021-22
• South Point Shootout All-Tournament (11/27/21) -- 2021-22
• World Exposure Report WBB Player of the Week (11/22) -- 2021-22
• SEC Student-Athlete Leadership Council & SAAC Representative -- 2021-22
• Women's basketball representative for UT's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (3x) -- 2021-22
• SEC All-Defensive Team -- 2020-21
• SEC Co-Player of the Week (2/2) -- 2020-21
• VOLeaders Academy -- 2020-21
• SEC Student-Athlete Leadership Council & SAAC Representative -- 2020-21
• Women's basketball representative for UT's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee -- 2020-21
• Women's basketball representative for UT's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee -- 2019-20

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Averaged 7.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and a school career-record 2.6 blocked shots in 131 contests with 107 starts. 
• Finished with 1,040 career points to rank 48th on the program's career scoring list.
• Her total of 347 blocks stands as a Lady Vol career record and the No. 6 mark in SEC women's basketball history.
• Her two career triple-doubles rate as a Lady Vol best, as do her performances in 2020-21 and 2021-22 that tie her with three other players for the UT single-season mark.
• Her 59.0 field goal percentage ranks No. 5 on UT's women's hoops career list.
• She led Tennessee in season field goal percentage and blocks in four different campaigns (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2023-24). 
• She owns five of the top six single-game Lady Vol blocks performances, including the No. 2 effort of 11 vs. Texas A&M on Jan. 6, 2022.

2023-24 - REDSHIRT SENIOR

• Played in 32 games, starting 14, after overcoming a medical condition that sidelined her in 2023-23.
• Averaged 5.0 points, 3.7 rebounds while shooting 57.4 percent from the field.
• Led the Lady Vols in field goal percentage and blocked shots (52).
• Put up 8.5 ppg. while shooting 80 percent (8-10) during NCAA Tournament play.
• Passed Aliyah Boston (330, South Carolina, 2019-23) to move into sixth on the SEC career blocks list after swatting two shots vs. LSU on Feb. 25.
• Scored in double figures four times, including a 10-point performance on 5-of-6 shooting in the NCAA Second Round at 11th-ranked NC State near her hometown of Cary, N.C.
• Tallied 10 points vs. LSU and nine vs. Texas A&M to become the 50th Lady Vol to eclipse 1,000 in her time as a Lady Vol.
• Carded 10 points and eight rebounds on 5-of-8 shooting in her first start of the season at Georgia on Feb. 1.
• Hit double figures for the first time in 2023-24, producing 10 points against Vanderbilt and adding four rebounds and a steal on Jan. 21.
• Already UT’s all-time leading shot blocker, she swatted No. 300 with 3:32 left in the second frame against Middle Tennessee. 
• As vice chair of the SEC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and SEC Women's Basketball Leadership Council, she attended the 2023 SEC Spring Meetings, sharing her perspective and offering input on issues that impact the college experience.

2022-23 - SENIOR

• Season ended prematurely after nine games when it was announced on Dec. 8 that blood clots had been discovered in her lungs during testing.
• A full recovery is expected, and she has announced her intent to return and play her final college season in 2023-24..
• Was a pregame scratch from the lineup on Dec. 6 vs. Chattanooga, marking the first game as a Lady Vol in which she didn’t appear after 99 consecutive occasions and 93 starts, including the past 64 contests. 
• Produced 8.4 ppg., 4.2 rpg. and 2.0 bpg. while shooting 66.7 percent over 18.9 minutes per contest.
• In her final action as a senior, she scored 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting and grabbed seven boards in a season-high 29 minutes vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech.
• Limited VT’s two-time ACC Player of the Year Elizabeth Kitley to six points on 3-of-13 shooting.
• Hit all four shots from the field and six of eight from the free-throw line to tally 14 points against No. 12/11 Indiana.
• Tallied 13 points, a season-best nine rebounds, three blocks, two steals and two assists in 20 minutes vs. UMass.
• Hit six of nine shots and added six boards en route to 13 points vs. Eastern Kentucky.
• Blocked a season-most five shots in the Battle 4 Atlantis vs. Rutgers.

2021-22 - JUNIOR

• Averaged career highs in points (10.5) and rebounds (8.1) while shooting 58.1 percent from the field and starting all 34 contests.
• Blocked a UT-record 119 shots to surpass Kelley Cain’s old mark of 113 and lead the NCAA with the No. 4 total in SEC history.
• Needed only 31 games to reset Cain’s 33-game total from 2009-10, doing so with her first swat vs. Kentucky in the SEC Tournament semifinal round.
• Averaged a school-best 3.500 blocks per game to rank No. 3 in the nation and No. 1 in the SEC for the season.
• That mark moved her past Kelley Cain's 3.424 effort from 2009-10 and gives Key the No. 1, No. 3 (2.880, 2020-21) and No. 4 (2.774, 2019-20)  efforts in program history.
• Raised her career blocks tally to a school-best 277, surpassing the 275 set by Candace Parker from 2005-08 and leaving her just 13 swats shy of entering the SEC career top 10 after only three seasons.
• Required only 89 contests to overtake a mark that took Parker 110 games, hitting No. 1 with three blocks vs. Belmont in the NCAA Second Round.
• Also ranks No. 1 in career blocks averaged at Rocky Top with 3.08 per outing, improving from 2.82 after her sophomore year.
• Carded 11 double-doubles as a junior, turning in the eighth-most ever by a Lady Vol in her third season.
• Key now has seven block totals in UT’s single-game top 10, including four of 10 or more and an 11-block outing vs. Texas A&M on Jan. 6, 2022, that ranks as the second-best at UT behind Kelley Cain’s 12 vs. LSU on Feb. 22, 2010.
• Key’s 11 blocks vs. A&M rank No. 3 all-time in SEC history while her three 10-block efforts tie for fourth most.
• Became the first Lady Vol to have more than one career triple-double, charting No. 2 in UT’s win vs. No. 12/21 Texas on Nov. 21, 2021, and finishing with 10 points, a career-high 18 boards and 10 blocks. 
• Turned in a career-high-tying 23 points, 15 rebounds and six blocks in a home win over Mississippi State.
• Scored 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field and added 13 rebounds in a victory over Alabama in Knoxville. 
• Averaged 17.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in NCAA First and Second Round games vs. Buffalo (16/11) and Belmont (18/4).
• Went for 17 points and seven rebounds at Arkansas and 14 and nine vs. the Razorbacks in Knoxville, both triumphs.
• Had back-to-back 7-of-10 and 8-of-10 efforts from the field vs. ETSU (16 pts.) and Chattanooga (18 pts.) in December.
• Traveled to Belize with teammate Jessie Rennie as part of a VOLeaders Academy trip between her sophomore and junior seasons.

2020-21 - SOPHOMORE

• Finished her sophomore year with averages of 8.9 ppg., 5.6 rpg. and 2.9 bpg., shooting 62.8 percent from the field, earning a spot on the SEC All-Defensive Team.
• Led team in field goal percentage at 62.8, and was tops for UT and second in the league in blocks averaged (2.9).
• Would have led the SEC in field goal percentage, but she didn’t have enough attempts to qualify.
• Ranked No. 11 in the NCAA in blocks (72) and blocks per game (2.9).
• Her 72 blocks ranked as the No. 8 all-time Lady Vol season total, while her career tally (158) ranks No. 8 as well.
• Her 59.2 career field goal percentage stacks up No. 4 all-time at Tennessee.
• Setting career highs of 23 points and 10 blocks while adding a season-high 10 rebounds against Florida, she became just the fourth Lady Vol to ever record a triple-double, joining the ranks of Jordan Reynolds (14 rebounds, 11 points, 10 assists vs. UNCW on Dec. 29, 2016), Shekinna Stricklen (17 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists vs. Oklahoma on Jan. 3, 2010) and Shelia Collins (18 points, 10 rebounds, 10 steals vs. Florida State on Feb. 8, 1985). 
• Those 10 blocks stand as the second-most ever recorded by a Lady Vol in a game behind Kelley Cain (12 vs. LSU, 2/22/10) and are tied for third in SEC women’s hoops history.
• Garnered SEC Co-Player of the Week honors after averaging 15.0 ppg., 7.5 rpg. and 6.0 bpg. in wins over Ole Miss and Florida.
• Scored a (then) career-high 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting against No. 12 Kentucky. 
• Logged 15 points and seven rebounds at Alabama, increasing her season high in scoring for the third-straight game.
• Tallied 14 points, five rebounds, and four blocks against Georgia at home, hitting all six attempts from the field.
• Scored 13 points and blocked three shots against Middle Tennessee in the NCAA First Round. 
• Notched her third double-double of the season with 10 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks against Auburn in the regular season finale. 
• Also chipped in 10 points and 10 rebounds at Texas A&M. 
• Led UT in rebounding against No. 3/5 UConn with nine boards and added 10 points and three blocked shots. 
• Came through with a then season-best 12 points and grabbed six rebounds and blocked two shots in a road win over LSU.

2019-20 - FRESHMAN

• Averaged 7.3 ppg., 4.7 rpg. and 2.8 bpg. while starting 29 of 31 contests in her rookie season.
• Recorded 86 blocked shots to tie Candace Parker for the fifth-most in a season in UT history and the second-most ever by a Lady Vol freshman.
• Her contribution helped UT tally 215 blocks in 2019-20, a total that ranked second nationally and fourth all-time in school history.
• Finished No. 1 in the SEC in blocked shots (86) and blocks per game (2.77) and ranked 11th and 13th in the NCAA in those categories, respectively.
• Scored in double figures in eight games and pulled down 10 or more rebounds on three occasions.
• Led all Lady Vol regulars with a 56.1 field goal percentage, including 56.6 percent vs. SEC foes.
• Became just the eighth Lady Vol to record a double-double in her debut, notching 11 points and 12 rebounds at ETSU.
• Only the sixth Lady Vol ever to record 10+ rebounds in her first game, with only one other (Tiffani Johnson, 17) having ever recorded more than her 12.
• Scored a career-high 17 points in 18 minutes of action at home vs. Ole Miss while adding seven rebounds and two steals.
• Registered a (then) career-high 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting vs. Missouri in her SEC debut and racked up three swats and three boards.
• Blocked nine shots at #1/2 South Carolina to set a single-game UT freshman record and rank second among all Lady Vols behind only Kelley Cain (12).
• Swatted seven shots for the fifth-best single-game UT total ever, while adding five points and six rebounds against Kentucky in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals.
• Played 23 minutes in UT’s win over #15/14 Notre Dame, posting 11 points, five rebounds and three blocks in her second career start.
• Scored 13 points, blocked four shots and had two steals in the Lady Vols’ home victory over Georgia.
• Went a perfect five of five from the floor to tie her (then) career high of 11 points while grabbing seven boards at Portland State.
• Had a 5-of-6 effort from the floor for 11 points, three rebounds and a blocked shot against Colorado State.
• Tallied 10 points and six rebounds in 17 minutes of action against Air Force.
• Scored nine points and pulled down seven boards against Texas.
• Narrowly missed a double-double at Ole Miss, finishing with nine points, 10 rebounds and a (then) career-high six blocks.
• Pulled down a team-high 10 boards and blocked six shots against Alabama while adding four points.
• Made her first career start against Central Arkansas, logging eight points, five rebounds and three blocked shots.

USA/SUMMER BASKETBALL

• Played on Tennessee's entry in the 2022 Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Nationals, helping the Lady Vols go 3-2 and advance to the quarterfinal round.
• Was UT's leading scorer during its five-game run in the tourney.
• Played for the Carolina Flames.

HIGH SCHOOL

• No. 45 overall player in Dan Olson College Girls’ Basketball Report.
• No. 46 overall player, No. 9 post player, five-star recruit by espnW HoopGurlz.
• No. 50 overall player, No. 7 post player, four-star recruit by ProspectsNation.com.
• Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Game Most Outstanding Player (2019).
• Posted a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds in that contest.
• Triangle 6 Conference Most Valuable Player (2019).
• All-Triangle Conference (2017, 2018, 2019).
• Triangle Conference All-Academic Team (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).
• All-District Second Team (2018, 2019).
• All-District Third Team (2017).
• Cary High MVP (2017, 2019).
• Career highs include 32 points, 17 rebounds and 10 blocks.
• Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Game Most Outstanding Player (2019).
• Posted a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds in that contest.
• Averaged 13.9 ppg., 11.2 rpg., 5.5 bpg. as a senior.
• Only played 10 games as a junior due to a severe high ankle sprain.
• Averaged 15.0 ppg., 12.3 rpg. and 5.8 bpg. as a sophomore.
• Did not play freshman season due to injury.

PERSONAL

• Full name is Tamari Jeneva Key.
• Nickname is TK.
• Born on July 11, 2001, in Raleigh, N.C.
• Mother is Tammy Brown and father is Marcus Key.
• Mom played volleyball and her dad played basketball at Coastal Carolina.
• Has one sister: Teonni Key (played basketball at North Carolina).
• Graduated with a degree in communication studies from UT in December of 2023 and began pursuing a master's in agricultural leadership, education and communication.
• Enjoys music and art as interests away from the court.
• Recipient of the Doris Lewis Winners' Circle Scholarship for Centers.