Tyler Elkins

Position:
Catcher / Infielder
Height:
6-1
Weight:
190
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Hamilton, Ohio
High School:
Hamilton H.S.
Prev School:
John A. Logan J.C.

NAMED 2010 CO-CAPTAIN
2009 Second Team All-MAC

2009: Played in 42 games while making 37 starts… led the team with a .406 batting average which now ranks second all-time for a single season and was 48th best in the nation…is one of only six players in BGSU history to hit .400 or better with more than 100 at-bats…had 67 hits in 165 at-bats…hit 16 doubles on the season, second best on the team…had 21 multi-hit games, 10 of which with three or more hits…had 21 games with at least one RBI, including eight multiple RBI games…accumulated 88 total bases…had a fielding percentage of .969 after making 262 put outs and 22 assists…scored runs in consecutive games seven times with his longest consecutive streak set at five games (2/27-3/10, seven runs scored)…scored nine runs in five games between April 17 to April 24…has two hitting streaks of 10 or more games…his longest hitting streak of the season was 14 games with 28 hits during that streak… collected at least one hit in 19 of the 21 MAC games played in…never dropped a .350 batting average after March 8 and finished the year above .400 from April 18 on…struck out a team-low 13 times…missed seven games against Ohio/Buffalo/Akron (5/3-16) with a hamstring injury.

2008: Did not play after undergoing surgery.

2007 (John A. Logan JC): Helped John A. Logan Junior College in Carterville, Ill. to a 41-14 record and 17-6 mark in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference...they reached the finals of the Region 24 Tournament...named All-GRAC at catcher for the second-straight season...played in 53 games with 52 starts...batted .351 and drove in 52 runs...tied for third on the team with 11 doubles and pounded out one triple...led the squad with six sacrifice flies...had a team-high 340 putouts...stole two bases in three attempts...named to the Region 24 All-Tournament team.

2006 (John A. Logan JC): Named All-GRAC at catcher...was the Region 24 Tournament MVP.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner for Hamilton High School...named team MVP and was a first team All-Greater Miami Conference selection...helped lead his team to a 25-6 record his senior season as they won the GMC for the second-straight season...batted .515 as a senior with four homers and 34 RBI...hit .409 as a junior with two home runs.

PERSONAL: Full name is Tyler Joseph Elkins...son of Terry and Robin Elkins...born October 16, 1986...is a liberal studies major.