Tyler Dixon

Position:
Backstroke, Butterfly
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Jeffersonville, Ind.
High School:
Jeffersonville

2009-10 (Sr.): Earned fourth letter at Ball State . . . placed 14th in the 200 back (1:55.75) and 16th in the 100 back (53.77) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (3/4) . . . his 100 back time was a season-best, as was his time of 1:54.81 in the 200 back prelims . . . both season-best efforts ranked third on the squad . . . swam the first leg for the sixth-place 400 medley relay (3:27.89) at the league meet . . . collected BSU's sixth-best individual times in the 100 (55.89) and 200 (2:01.30) fly.

2008-09 (Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State . . . academic All-Mid-American Conference . . . ranked second on the team in the 200 back (1:54.25) and third in the 100 back (53.01), with both times coming in the Sun Belt/MAC Championships (2/18) . . . tallied a season-fast time of 1:59.19 in the 200 fly at the IUPUI House of Champions (12/5) to rank fourth on the team in the event . . . scored BSU's eighth-fastest individual time in the 100 fly (56.64) at the Indiana Intercollegiates (10/18).

2007-08 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State . . . academic All-Mid-American Conference . . . posted four career-fast times at the Sun Belt/MAC Championships (2/28) . . . BSU's top finisher in the 100 (52.77, 22nd) and 200 (1:53.64, 20th) back with career-best and BSU season-fast times at the league meet . . . also posted career-fast clockings of 53.98 in the 100 fly and 1:58.37 in the 200 fly at the MAC Championships, to rank fourth and third on the squad, respectively.

2006-07 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . Placed 15th in the 200 back (1:59.03), 16th in the 200 fly (2:10.12) and 18th in the 100 back (54.19) at the MAC Championships (2.22) . . . 100 back effort ranked as the third-best individual effort on the squad.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Jeffersonville for Coach Keith Gast . . . named all-conference in the 100 back and 400 free relay as a senior . . . garnered all-conference honors after junior season in the 200 IM and the 200 medley relay . . . as a sophomore, reached all-conference in the 100 fly, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay . . . had an all-conference showing as a freshman in the 200 medley relay . . . established a school record in the 200 medley relay . . . collected career best times in the 100 back (54.64), 100 fly (54.86) and 500 free (4:58.86) . . . two-time sectional winner in 100 back . . . four-time sectional winner in the 200 medley relay . . . garnered all-state recognition in the 200 medley relay . . . academic all-state and all-American.

PERSONAL: Graduated in the spring of 2009 with a bachelor's degree in sport management . . . currently working on his master of science degree in information and communication sciences . . . born March 17, 1988 in Louisville, Ky . . son of Brian and Brenda Dixon . . . has one sister, Layne.