THE OFFICIAL SITE OF BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

About Tyler: Is the son of Michael and Jeani...has two brothers, Matt and Jacob...his brother, Matt has is a four-year member of the BVU soccer team (2013-16)

High School Highlights: Three-year letterwinner in football and baseball (2014-16)...Two-time letterwinner in basketball (2015 & 2016)...served as a team captain in all three sports as a senior...All-Conference in baseball as a junior and senior...Academic All-State in 2016...set the school single-game record with three home runs...Member of state runner-up baseball team in 2014 and a state qualifying football team in 2014...Listed on the Honor Roll all eight semesters...AAA Award Winner of Fairmont High School

College Highlights:

2021:  Named First Team All-Conference as a starting pitcher...Earned Third Team All-Central Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)...Posted an 8-2 overall record in 12 appearances, including 11 starts...pitched three straight complete-game shutouts to end the year, including his first caree nine-inning complete game during a 2-0 win over nationally-ranked Coe in the A-R-C Tournament...Finished the year with a 2.07 ERA which ranked third in the A-R-C...his eight wins tied for third-most by any pitcher in program history...pitched at least five innings in all 11 starts and finished with a career-high 78.1 innings overall...posted nine strikeouts and only one walk in just four innings during his first outing of the year against Westminster...when not pitching he spent the majority of the time playing first base...in 159 at-bats for the year, he hit .302 overall with 15 doubles and three home runs...he led the team with 33 RBI...had 13 multi-hit games...went 5-for-6 with a home run and two RBI during game two of the series against Simpson...had four hits against the Storm in the very next game...drove in four runs in game two of the series with Luther...defensively, made just two errors in 202 total chances.

2020: Started all seven of the team's games before the remainder of the season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic...had a team-high 12 hits and ranked second on the team with a .414 average...led the team with three homeruns and was second with nine runs scored...had four hits and three RBI in the series opener against Grinnell...made a pair of relief appearances on the mound and struck out six over 6.2 innings and allowing just three runs.

2019: Played in 39 games including 29 starts...hit .279 over 110 at-bats...ranked second on the team with 12 doubles...began the year with a seven-game hitting streak...had a pair of three-hit games against Grinnell...made 10 starts on the mound and pitched 60.2 innings overall which was second-most on the staff...went 5-2 overall with a 2.67 ERA...pitched a career-high eight innings, allowing one run and striking out six in win over Nebraska Wesleyan....pitched a combined four innings over two appearances against Coe during A-R-C Tournament and allowed no runs and just three hits.

2018: Started 25 of the 29 games he played...ranked fifth on the team in batting average (.302), hits (29) and runs scored (18)...posted career-highs of four hits against both Wesleyan and Salem St...had a seven-game hitting streak midway through the year.

2017: Appeared in four varsity contests off the bench during the year...He picked up his first collegiate hit and scored his first career run against Salem St. on March 18.