2016 Baseball Roster
Roster
Tyler Best
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Chesapeake, Va.
- High School:
- Hickory HS
2015 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 46 games and made 38 starts … Started in 37 games in left field and one at second base … Batted .253 with a career-high three home runs … Finished with six doubles and drove home 16 runs … Ranked second on the team with 27 runs scored … Had a .333 on base percentage … Ranked second on the team with 11 stolen bases … Walked 14 times and was hit by four pitches … Posted a team-high five outfield assists … Had nine multi-hit games … Went 3-for-3 with two RBI doubles vs. James Madison (2/14) … Went 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored at Winthrop (3/20) … Went 2-for-5 with a solo home run vs. VMI (4/18) … Went 1-for-4 with a leadoff home run vs. Radford (4/2) … Also homered in final game vs. UNC Greensboro (5/15) … Drove in a pair of runs on a 2-for-4 day vs. UNC Asheville (3/27).
2014 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 38 games and made 32 starts … Batted .269 with four doubles, 15 runs scored and nine RBI … Logged action in left field, third base and second base … Led the team with a .348 batting average in 18 Big South starts … Forged a .386 on base percentage in league games … Went 4-for-4 with an RBI vs. Charleston Southern (4/13) went 3-for-4 twice in the series at UNC Asheville (3/22) … Had at least two hits in seven games … Drove in a season-high three runs at Furman (3/8).
2013 at Gardner-Webb: Saw action in 27 games and made 10 starts … Batted .260 with 13 hits in 50 at bats … Scored four runs and drove in eight … Walked six times, forging a .339 on base percentage … Started at second base and went 2-for-4 with a double vs. Campbell (3/15) … Was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBI vs. Mars Hill (4/10) … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI vs. N.C. Central (5/4) … Had a two-run hit at North Carolina A&T (2/27).
High School: Played at Hickory (Va.) High in the Tidewater area under Coach Hank Kraft … 2012 Perfect Game Atlantic Region Honorable Mention selection ... 2011 and 2010 Perfect Game Underclass All-America honorable mention ... Standout player with the 'Canes Travel Team ... Batted over .400 with that program during the Summer of 2011 ... Honorable mention All-Region selection at second base in 2012 ... A first-team All-Southeastern District selection in 2012 ... Helped team to a 17-5 record ... Batted .380 with 20 steals and 15 RBI as a senior … Earned honorable mention All-Southeastern District in 2011 ... Batted .400 with 20 RBI and 15 stolen bases as a junior ... Played at the same high school that produced current major leaguers David Wright and Scott Sizemore.
