2015 (SENIOR): Second Team All-Southland honoree … played and started 52 games in center field … hit .301 for the season with 10 doubles, five triples and two home runs … drove in 28 runs and scored 37 times … swiped 16 bases and drew conference-best 35 walks … was also hit by 11 pitches … drove in a pair of runs in four of the first eight games of the season … drilled a home run against Sam Houston State (2/22) … went 3-for-4 with three runs against UT Arlington (2/27) … went 2-for-4 with a longball against Southeastern Louisiana (3/20) … went 1-for-3 at Texas (3/31) to start a 20-game hit streak … hit .378 at the plate during the stretch … delivered a pair of multi-hit games in the series at Lamar and Sam Houston State … went 3-for-4 with four runs scored against Incarnate Word (5/9) … went 2-for-4 and drove in four runs, including the walk-off game winner, against Southeastern Louisiana (5/22) at the Southland Conference Tournament.

2014 (JUNIOR): Played in 57 games on the year for the Islanders including56 starts in the outfield … Had a .287 average in 209 at bats … Tied for the team lead with three homeruns … Had 33 RBI’s on the year … Collected 15 extra base hits … Gathered 87 total bases … Had five hits in his first two games as an Islander including a double and a triple (2/14-15).

IOWA WESTERN: Played in 40 games for the Reivers during the 2013 season ... amassed a .354 batting average in 113 plate appearances while knocking in 32 runs ... posted a .446 on-base percentage and a .593 slugging percentage ... he pitched 43.0 innings while giving up 14 earned runs for a 2.93 ERA in his freshman season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Millard West High School in Omaha, Neb.

PERSONAL: Born Tyler Ware on Feb. 18, 1992, in Omaha, Neb. ... parents are Ron Ware and Sue Kennedy ... has four siblings ... signed with the Islanders because it's a small school doing big time things.