2022 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 8
Tyler Thompson
- Position:
- OF
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Gallatin, Tenn.
- High School:
- Station Camp
- Prev School:
- Carson-Newman
Senior - 2022
- Transferred to Illinois with one year of eligibility remaining
Carson-Newman - 2018-21
- Played for Division II Carson-Newman University from 2018-21
- All-SAC first team (2019, 2021)
- 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American second team
- 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2020 NCBWA Preseason All-American third team
- 2020 NCBWA Preseason All-Region first team
- 2020 Preseason All-SAC first team
- 2019 ABCA All-Southeast Region first team
- 2019 NCBWA All-Southeast Region second team
- 2019 D2CCA All-Southeast Region second team
- South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week 4/22/19
- South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week 2/4/19
- .370/.405/.572, 8 HR, 33 RBIs, 7-9 SB in 2021
- .379/.422/.583, 4 HR, 20 RBIs in 2020
- .438/.528/.756, 9 HR, 43 RBIs, 15-20 SB in 2019
- .301/.386/.399, 2 HR, 16 RBIs, 11-12 SB in 2018
High School
- Three-year letterwinner in baseball
- Played football in high school
- 2017 all-district first team in football
- All-region first team in football
Personal
- Born October 13, 1998
- Son of Jeff and Mindy Thompson
- Father, Jeff Thompson, played football at Lambuth University for 4 years
- One younger sister, Tinsley
- Plans to go to medical school and become an orthopedic surgeon
- Majored in biology at Carson-Newman
- Chose Illinois because, "I wanted to challenge myself to the highest level both academically and athletically."
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