Tyler Minick

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-0
Weight:
206
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Reading, Pa.
High School:
Governor Mifflin

2025 Season: Second Team NCBWA All-American. ABCA First Team Northeast All-Region. Second Team All-BIG EAST. BIG EAST All-Tournament Team. All-ECAC Team. Played in 54 games and made 53 starts. Led the BIG EAST Conference with 22 home runs and 157 total bases. Was second in the league with 74 runs batted in. His 22 home runs is the second most in UConn single-season history (Mike Olt, 23, 2010). Tied for 8th nationally with the 22 long balls. Hit .355 with 76 hits including 11 doubles and two triples and slugged .737. Added 15 stolen bases and 64 runs scored. Second on the team with 23 multi-hit games and 18 multi-RBI games. His 24 game reach base streak was the longest for a Husky this season. Missed opening weekend in Puerto Rico after being struck in the face with a pitch. First weekend back at FAU (2/21-2/23), went 5-15 with three home runs and 10 RBI. Homered and registered three hits at UCLA (3/1). Doubled, homered and drove in four at Miami (3/9). Hit a 361 ft home run in the home opener vs. LIU (3/11). Hit a grand slam at Creighton (4/6). Recorded three hits and homered vs. Georgetown (4/11). Hit a pair of home runs and drove in four vs. Seton Hall (4/17). Homered in all three games at St. John's (4/25-4/27) including his first career five-hit game in the series opener. Homered in three-straight games against Rhode Island and Villanova (4/30-5/3) to close a stretch of homering in six of seven games. Homered in the first two games of the BIG EAST Championship (5/21-5/22). Posted a three-hit game vs. Xavier in BIG EAST Semifinals (5/23).

2024 Summer Ball: Played in 22 games for the Mystic Schooners in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Slashed .316/.380/.609. Recorded 24 hits with seven home runs and drove in 23…Went 4 for 5 with a home run and 5 RBIs vs Vineyard (7/9)…Named to the 2024 NECBL All-Star Game.

2024 Season: BIG EAST All-Tournament team. Played in 42 games and made 35 starts during his freshman season. Hit .266 with seven doubles, one triple ad nine home runs. Added 28 runs batted in, slugged .525 scored 22 runs and stole four bases. Made his collegiate debut on Opening Day vs. Louisville (2/16). Recorded his first career hit at USF (2/16). Drove in first career run at California (2/24). Hit his first career home run, a grand slam, vs. CCSU (4/1). Followed it up with a home run vs. Xavier (4/5). Homered and collected his first career multi-hit game at Georgetown (4/21). Posted first career three-hit game with a pair of doubles and three runs batted in at Seton Hall (5/4). Homered in back-to-back games including his first four-hit game vs. Creighton (5/11). Homered and registered a pair of hits vs. Xavier (5/22) in BIG EAST Tournament. Hit a grand slam vs. Georgetown (5/23) in BIG EAST Tournament. Homered for a third-straight postseason game with home run vs. Duke (5/31) in NCAA Norman Regional. Homered against No. 9 Oklahoma (6/2) in NCAA Norman Regional. Recorded a multi-hit performance in Game 2 of NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional at No 8 Florida State (6/8).

High School: Lettered for four seasons for head coach Christian Hole at Governor Mifflin in Reading, Pa. Earned Berks Player of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons. Was a three-time selection on the All-Berks team. During his senior season, he hit .446 with two doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 31 runs, 17 RBIs, a .556 on-base percentage and a 1.484 OPS. He was 22-for-22 on stolen bases. In 25 innings pitched, he struck out 37 and had a 1.96 ERA. Won a pair of County Championships. Also lettered two seasons in basketball and football. Earned All-Academic honors in baseball, basketball and football.

Personal: Parents are Jamie and Tom. Has one sister, Taylor. Undecided major.