Ball State University Athletics
Men's Golf Inks Tyler Ostrom of Warsaw
November 11, 2011 | Men's Golf
Ball State head men's golf coach Mike Fleck has announced the signing of Tyler Ostrom, a senior at Warsaw High School, to a national letter of intent to attend Ball State and compete on the men's golf team.
Ostrom, who owns a 4.33 grade-point average on the school's 4.0 scale, won the Indiana High School Athletic Association State Championship as a junior with a 63-74=137. He won by two strokes and the first round 63 marked a state championship single round record.
Ostrom will complete his high school career this spring.
Ostrom won the 2011 IHSAA Regional with a 70, and helped his team to sectional titles in 2009 and 2010, the 2010 regional crown and a seventh place finish in the state as a junior. An IHSAA All-State selection in 2010 and 2011, Ostrom has been the Warsaw team's Most Valuable Player for three seasons. He helped the Tigers to conference titles as a sophomore and junior, while maintaining averages of 74.3 as a junior and 75.0 as a sophomore. Warsaw, under the direction of Coach Ben Barkey, has compiled a 41-3 record in his career, with all three losses coming in matches his freshman season.
Ostrom was named to the American Junior Golf Association HP Scholastic All-America Junior Boys Team and was a Future Collegian World Tours Academic All-Scholar selection in 2011.
The son of Barry and Diana Ostrom, he is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the National Honor Society, the Junior Optimist Octagon Club and has been on Warsaw's High Honor Roll throughout his high school career.
