[1] She played college volleyball at Arizona State University and won the bronze medal with the U.S. national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Tammy played in 3 Olympic Games including Seoul (1988) Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996) all under head coach Terry Liskevych.

[2] Some other noteworthy events Tammy’s career include the following:[2] 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, USA 1995 World Cup, World Grand Prix (Gold), Canada Cup (Gold), Pan American Games (Silver) 1994 World Championship, World Grand Prix 1993 FIVB Grand Champions Cup, NORCECA Championships (Silver) 1992 Olympics (Bronze), Barcelona, Spain, FIVB Super Four (Bronze) 1991 World Cup, NORCECA (Silver) 1990 World Championship (bronze), Goodwill Games 1989 NORCECA (bronze) 1988 Olympics, Seoul, Korea 1987 Pan American Games Played for Dayvit in Brazilian League 1997–98 winning Paulista Championship under Olympic Gold Medal coach Jose Roberto Guimaraes along with Anna Moser and other Brazilian national team players.

Also played in Italian League for Spezzano 1996–1997 under current women’s Bulgarian national team coach Giovanni Guidetti.

During a 4-year career on the AVP Tammy earned $104,248 and seven 3rd-place finishes, playing most of her tournaments with partner Dianne DeNecochea.

Earned All-America recognition from the National Strength and Conditioning Association for her work in the Sun Devil weight room.

She was the first woman to play 400 international matches for the U.S.[2] FIVB All-World Team - 1995 Inducted into Arizona State University Hall of Fame – 1996 U.S.A. Volleyball Most Valuable Player – 1993 All-Tournament Team at 1994 Canada Cup All-Tournament Team at 1994BCV Volley Cup USOC Female Volleyball Athlete of the Year – 1993 Nominee for PAC-10 Female Athlete of the Decade 2004 AVP Rookie of the Year Liley was born in Long Beach, California.