Tara Mounsey '01 - Brown University Athletics

Tara Mounsey BrownBears.com will feature one former male and female student-athlete each month who has gone on to achieve success in the workplace, as well as exhibit the spirit of Brown University within the community. The monthly installments will provide highlights of the selectees’ athletic careers at Brown and offer a glimpse into their current career paths.

Alumni Spotlight – Tara Mounsey ’01

A standout two-sport student-athlete at Brown, Tara Mounsey entrenched her name into the annals of the Brown records books in field hockey and ice hockey. During her freshman season in ice hockey at Brown, Mounsey and the Bears compiled a 28-2-1 record as she claimed Ivy League and ECAC Rookie of the Year honors.

Mounsey spent the 1997-98 campaign training for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, where she helped the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team capture gold after recording points in five of six contests. Four years later, she took the silver medal at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games in 2002.

In 1998-99, Mounsey returned to Brown as a two-sport athlete, joining the field hockey team that fall and promptly earning Second Team All-Ivy and Second Team Regional All-American accolades. That winter, the Brown women’s hockey team finished second in the ECAC on the strength of Mounsey’s First Team All-Ivy performance.

Mounsey’s successful 1999-2000 season culminated in First Team All-Ivy recognition, as well as First Team All-American honors as the Bears claimed a share of the Ivy League field hockey championship with a 13-4 record. She was at the pinnacle of both sports, serving as a finalist for two national awards, the Honda Broderick Award, which honors the nation’s top-four field hockey players and the Patty Kazmaier Award, which honors the nation’s most outstanding women’s college hockey player.

Despite only playing field hockey for two seasons at Brown, Mounsey left Providence as the program’s all-time leader in points (87) and goals (36), posting the school’s best single-season performance with 25 goals in 1999, good for fourth in Ivy League history.

Mounsey earned her B.S. in Neuroscience from Brown and also earned a Master’s Degree in Nursing from Boston College. She joined New England Baptist Hospital in 2004, where she currently works today as an Orthopedic Nurse Practitioner. In addition to working alongside noted Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. James V. Bono, Mounsey also serves as the medical coordinator for the Boston Celtics.

Alumni and fans are encouraged to participate in the Alumni Spotlight nomination process by submitting nominees to athleticcommunication@brown.edu. Nominations should include: notable career achievements, current occupation, location, recent photos, and notable contributions to the community.