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Jersey Number 15
Tyler Hamer
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Elburn, Ill.
- High School:
- Kaneland/Illinois/Des Moines Area CC
Honors and Awards
•Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2013-14)
•Summit League Distinguished Scholars List (2013-14)
•Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2014-15)
•Summit League Pitcher of the Week (March 2, 2015)
As a Senior (2015)
Appeared in 16 games on the hill, including nine starts, with a record of 1-3…Totaled 54.1 innings pitched, the third-most on the team…Struck out 38 batters, which also ranked third on the team…Held opponents to a .266 batting average for the year…Made his season debut at Grand Canyon (Feb. 14), holding GCU to one run on one hit and two walks with four strikeouts…Part of Omaha’s combined no-hitter vs. Chicago State (Feb. 21), against whom he threw 4.0 innings with just one walk and four Ks… Held Chicago State (Feb. 22) to one hit and one walk over 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts…Tossed a complete game against Boston College (Feb. 27), earning the win after surrendering just five hits with one run scored…Named Summit League Pitcher of the Week on March 2…Struck out a career-high five batters at Fort Wayne (April 12)…Threw 4.0 innings of scoreless relief at South Dakota State (April 19), limiting the Jacks to four hits with no walks and three strikeouts…Named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
As a Junior (2014)
Made nine mound appearances, including one start, to go 1-1 on the season...Earned his first win as a Maverick vs. Dartmouth (March 18), throwing 3.0 innings of relief while allowing two runs on two hits...Struck out a season-best two batters twice: vs. Iowa (Feb. 23) and vs. Fort Wayne (April 5)...Named to the Summit League's Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll and Distinguished Scholars List.
Des Moines Area CC
Played for Coach Kyle Hanna…First-team all-region…Compiled a 7-0 record with a 2.54 ERA…Threw 63.2 innings, allowing 60 hits and 26 runs, 18 of which were earned…Struck out 37 batters and threw two complete games…Helped his team to its sixth consecutive ICCAC championship with a 19-7 record and a No. 5 junior college national ranking…Earned his associate’s degree in liberal arts in August 2013.
Illinois
Redshirted his freshman year at Illinois.
Kaneland High School
Lettered two seasons for Coach Brian Aversa…As a junior, earned all-conference honorable mention…Helped the Knights twice set the school record as the winningest team in school history…
Also played for the Illinois Sparks for Coach Mark Payton.
Personal
Born July 29, 1992 to Thomas and Lissa Hamer in Naperville, Ill….Has one sister, Kristen…Member of the UNO Dean's List...Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in May 2015.
•Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2013-14)
•Summit League Distinguished Scholars List (2013-14)
•Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2014-15)
•Summit League Pitcher of the Week (March 2, 2015)
As a Senior (2015)
Appeared in 16 games on the hill, including nine starts, with a record of 1-3…Totaled 54.1 innings pitched, the third-most on the team…Struck out 38 batters, which also ranked third on the team…Held opponents to a .266 batting average for the year…Made his season debut at Grand Canyon (Feb. 14), holding GCU to one run on one hit and two walks with four strikeouts…Part of Omaha’s combined no-hitter vs. Chicago State (Feb. 21), against whom he threw 4.0 innings with just one walk and four Ks… Held Chicago State (Feb. 22) to one hit and one walk over 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts…Tossed a complete game against Boston College (Feb. 27), earning the win after surrendering just five hits with one run scored…Named Summit League Pitcher of the Week on March 2…Struck out a career-high five batters at Fort Wayne (April 12)…Threw 4.0 innings of scoreless relief at South Dakota State (April 19), limiting the Jacks to four hits with no walks and three strikeouts…Named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
As a Junior (2014)
Made nine mound appearances, including one start, to go 1-1 on the season...Earned his first win as a Maverick vs. Dartmouth (March 18), throwing 3.0 innings of relief while allowing two runs on two hits...Struck out a season-best two batters twice: vs. Iowa (Feb. 23) and vs. Fort Wayne (April 5)...Named to the Summit League's Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll and Distinguished Scholars List.
Des Moines Area CC
Played for Coach Kyle Hanna…First-team all-region…Compiled a 7-0 record with a 2.54 ERA…Threw 63.2 innings, allowing 60 hits and 26 runs, 18 of which were earned…Struck out 37 batters and threw two complete games…Helped his team to its sixth consecutive ICCAC championship with a 19-7 record and a No. 5 junior college national ranking…Earned his associate’s degree in liberal arts in August 2013.
Illinois
Redshirted his freshman year at Illinois.
Kaneland High School
Lettered two seasons for Coach Brian Aversa…As a junior, earned all-conference honorable mention…Helped the Knights twice set the school record as the winningest team in school history…
Also played for the Illinois Sparks for Coach Mark Payton.
Personal
Born July 29, 1992 to Thomas and Lissa Hamer in Naperville, Ill….Has one sister, Kristen…Member of the UNO Dean's List...Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in May 2015.
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