Tyler Pritchard

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-4
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lebanon, Ohio
High School:
Lebanon

2007 (Jr.)
Made nine appearances and eight starts to earn his third letter before his season was cut short by injury . . . logged a 5.70 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 42.2 innings . . . earned a win at Austin Peay (March 3), holding the Governors to one run on five hits in 6.0 innings . . . also struck out six batters against Austin Peay, matching his season-high set against La Salle (Feb. 17) . . . recorded four strikeouts versus Le Moyne (March 17) and Akron (March 25) . . . pitched a season-high 7.2 innings at Miami (March 31), allowing just two runs on five hits . . . threw a scoreless inning in relief at Wake Forest (March 14).

2006 (So.)
Earned his second letter, serving as the team’s No. 2 starter . . . appeared in 22 games with 15 starts . . . compiled a 7-3 record for the best winning percentage on the team and logged a 4.93 ERA . . . struck out 51 batters in 80.1 innings . . . won four of his last five decisions, including a win vs. Central Michigan (May 25) that advanced Ball State to the MAC Tournament semifinal . . . allowed two runs in 6.0 innings against the Chippewas . . . struck out a career-high six batters while holding Miami scoreless in a season-best 7.1 innings to earn the victory (April 1) . . . also held Eastern Michigan scoreless (April 22) and Northern Illinois without a run (May 13), throwing 5.0 innings to win each outing . . . struck out five batters on three occassions.

2005 (Fr.)
Earned his first letter after making 14 appearances, with six starts . . . recorded a 3-1 record . . . wins came at Notre Dame (April 6), versus Wright State (May 21) and Akron (May 27) . . . posted a 5.23 ERA in 41.1 innings with 32 strikeouts . . . struck out a season-high five batters at Notre Dame (April 6) . . . held opponents scoreless in five outings and hitless once.

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned three letters in baseball for Coach Lee Day . . . first team All-Mid-Miami League selection and league Player of the Year as a senior . . . team Most Valuable Player, all-state, all-district, Mizuno all-Ohio team selection, first team All-Greater Dayton Daily News and Buckeye Scout All-Ohio Team selection . . . all-conference honorable mention as a junior . . . tallied an 8-2 record his senior season, while posting a 2.04 ERA over 55 innings of work . . . struck out 95 batters while allowing just 22 walks as a senior . . . tallied a .413 career batting average, including a .407 mark as a senior . . . led the Warriors to a 14-2 conference record and league championship as a senior . . . tallied the team’s highest batting average (.419) and lowest ERA (2.07) his junior season . . . named Most Valuable Player of the NBC World Series after guiding his 15-year-old club team to the championship title . . . member of the 2003 AAU National Championships eighth place team . . . also earned four letters in basketball and three in football at Lebanon . . . three-time first team all-conference selection in basketball . . . league Player of the Year in basketball as a junior . . . basketball and football team Most Valuable Player as a senior . . . holds school records in basketball for career three-pointers made, consecutive free throws made and career points . . . helped basketball team establish school record for wins and earn a league championship as a sophomore . . . two-time first team all-conference quarterback.

PERSONAL
Majoring in political science . . . owns a 3.583 GPA . . . born Aug. 21, 1985, in Cincinnati, Ohio . . . son of David and Pam Pritchard . . . has one sister and one brother . . . full name is Tyler David Pritchard.