Tyler Nelson

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Class:
Junior
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 190
Position:
OF
Hometown:
Chesterton, Ind.
High School:
Chesterton
Prev School:
Indiana State
B/T:
R/R

• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

2024: Used season as a redshirt campaign.

2023: Played in 39 games with 38 starts all in center field ... Only one error in 82 chances ... Had three hits including two doubles with one run scored vs .Dayton (April 26) ... Notched three hits with a double, RBI and a run scored at Youngstown State (April 1) ... Drove in two runs with two hits and a run scored at Northern Kentucky (April 30) ... Scored three times with two walks at Northern Kentucky (April 29).

2021 & 2022 (at Indiana State): Put together a .417 OBP with 18 walks in two years... Played in 46 games with 22 starts... In 2022, slugged .424with 12 runs knocked in on 17 hits in 66 at-bats... Owns a 6.4 second 60-yard dash speed.

High School: Ranked the No. 2 outfielder and No. 10 player overall in the state of Indiana by Prep Baseball Report.

Personal: Played for the Terre Haute Rex of the Prospect League in 2021 and the Michigan Monarchs of the Great lakes Summer Collegiate Leaue in 2022 ... Majoring in Finance.