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Jersey Number 29
Tyler Minnick
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 230
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Smyrna, Ga
- High School:
- Mount Paran Christian School
Bio
Awards
2024 (Sophomore)
- Conference USA All-Academic Team (2025)
- Conference USA Academic Medal Reciepent (2024-2025)
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2024-2025)
- Started all 55 games for the Blue Raiders
- Hit in the No. 3 spot in the lineup for the majority of the season
- Ranked in the top three on the team in 12 categories:
• .884 OPS
• 205 at-bats
• 62 hits
• 12 doubles
• Nine home runs
• 41 RBIs
• 101 total bases
• .493 slugging percentage
• 24 walks
• Nine hit-by-pitches
• .391 on-base percentage
• Team-high 391 putouts - Opened the season with a nine-game hitting streak (Feb. 14–March 1)
- Recorded at least one RBI in each game of the season-opening series vs. Bowling Green
- Went 6-for-12 with five RBIs and two doubles in the series against FDU
- Hit a two-run home run to open the scoring March 7 vs. Oakland and finished 3-for-4
- Drove in all three of the team’s RBIs vs. UAB on March 16
- Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored vs. Lipscomb on April 1
- In the May 9–11 series vs. Sam Houston, went 7-for-11 with five RBIs and six runs scored
- Finished the season with a .984 fielding percentage behind the plate and threw out 17 base stealers
2024 (Sophomore)
- Played in 16 games primarily as a late game substitute
- Did not record an error with 42 putouts for the Yellow Jackets
- Had a two RBI game vs. Youngstown St (March 9)
- Tallied two walks and a run vs Radford (Feb. 18)
- Played in 27 games, starting in 24
- Hit .263 on the season with 21 hits including six doubles and two home runs for 14 RBI
- Led the team in sac bunts with four
- Launched his first collegiate home run, a three-run blast, against Ga. Southern (Feb. 21)
- Executed a perfect hit and run then a double against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 25) to help clinch the win
- Had two hits and an RBI against Lipscomb (March 7)
- Hit his second home run of the season as part of a two-hit effort against Virginia Tech (April 16)
- Tallied two hits and two RBI against Georgia State (April 18)
- Had a career-high three hits against Gardner-Webb (April 29)
- 2022 graduate of Mount Paran Christian School (Kennesaw, Ga.)
- Rated as a top-35 catcher nationally and the No. 2 catcher in the state of Georgia for Class of 2023, according to Perfect Game
- Multi-sport athlete at Mount Paran, lettering three seasons in baseball and two years in basketball
- Helped lead MPCHS to back-to-back baseball regional championships in 2021 and 2022 with a state championship in ‘21
- Named first-team all-state catcher in 2021 and 2022 by Georgia Dugout Club
- Holds the Mount Paran single-season record for total hits
- Named three-time preseason All-American (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Son of Brian and Amy Minnick
- Father Brian played golf at The Citadel
- Majoring in Business Administration
- Born in Smyrna Ga. on August 26, 2004
Facility tour – Stephen and Denise Smith Student-Athlete Performance Center
Wednesday, July 30
Spring Sports Show hosted by The Boulevard – April 21, 2025: Softball and Baseball
Monday, April 21
🎥 from the 52nd annual Groundhog Day Luncheon! Also, we play baseball this month 🤩
Sunday, February 02
MTSU Baseball 2025 52nd Annual Groundhog Day Luncheon
Friday, January 31
