Bio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2019: NAIA National Championships qualifier (94th place). ... River States Conference Player of the Year. ... Medalist at River States Conference Championships held April 15-16 with spring program-best 54-hole score of 218. ... All-River States Conference. ... NAIA Memphis Shootout medalist Sept 10 and 11 with program-best 54-hole score of 207 against a field that included five nationally-ranked programs. ... Medalist at Miami University Hamilton Harriers Golf Classic held Sept. 29 and 30. ... River States Conference Golfer of the Week for week of April 22. ... Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete. ... River States Conference All-Conference Scholar-Athlete. ... Three top-five finishes during spring season. ... Team-best 18-hole scoring average of 75.45. ... Established IU East career record for lowest 18-hole average at 74.77.

2018: First-team All-River States Conference honoree. ... Led IU East with spring 18-hole average of 76.56. ... Won medal honors at three fall events, including the River States Conference Fall Preview held Oct. 9-10. ... Set program record with 54-hole score of 213 at River States Conference Fall Preview. ... IU East's top finisher at three spring events. ... Finished fourth at Point University Spring Invitational on March 12-13 against a field that included four Top 35 programs. ... Finished second at Midway University Invitational on April 9-10 with spring 36-hole low of 148, including spring low of 73 in the second round, to help IU East win team title. ... Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete. ... River States Conference All-Conference Scholar-Athlete. ... IU East representative on River States Conference Champions of Character team.

2017: Shattered IU East school record for lowest 18-hole spring average with 72.64 average in 11 spring rounds. ... Finished third at River States Conference tournament April 17-18 with 54-hole school record score of 219. ... Finished third and made all-tournament team at Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raider Classic on March 27-28 with 36-hole school record score of 138. ... Finished first at IU East Spring Invitational on April 1 on the strength of a school-record 18-hole score of 66 in the first round. ... River States Conference Golfer of the Week for weeks of March 20 and April 3.

COLLEGE: Played in six events at NCAA Division I Ball State University during 2015-16 season with 18-hole scoring average of 77.29. ... Eighth-place finish at the Toledo University Rocket Individual Classic (Oct. 24-25). ... Best 54-hole total of 223 at Ball State's Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational (April 15-16), with low 18-hole score of 70 in the final round of that event. ... Tied for 26th to lead the Ball State “B” team at the Yestingsmeier Memorial.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played extensive junior golf schedule. ... Plantations Junior Tour Player of the Year in 2010-11 and 2012-13 seasons. ... GolfWeek Junior Tour Player of the Year in 2013-14 season. ... GolfWeek Junior Tour fall season points leader in 2011. ... Plantations Junior Tour Junior All-American and No. 1-rated player during 2012-13 season.

ALL ABOUT TYLER

PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Ball State University

AREA OF STUDY: Business Adminsitration

WHY TYLER CHOSE IU EAST: Proximity to home and the opportunity to be a part of a growing program

MOST MEMORABLE GOLF MOMENT: Traveling the country, competing and meeting new people

PARENTS: Pam Pearson, Robert Pearson (deceased)

DID YOU KNOW?: Tyler competed at the 2014 Callaway Junior World Golf Championships at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. ... Tyler was ranked the No. 1 player in Indiana in the GolfWeek/Sagarin rankings during his junior career.