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John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne

7 Wyatt Tilley

  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Visalia, Calif.
  • High School College of the Sequoias

Biography

NEVADA
SENIOR (2020 - Season shortened due to COVID-19) -- 
Tallied the second-most hits on the team with 11, batting .234 and playing in 13-of-14 games … Served as Nevada’s starting shortstop, making 13 starts … Totaled six RBI and three doubles, both the second-most on the Wolf Pack … Had a season-best two RBI and tied his season-high with two hits at Oregon (2/22) … Finished the year with a six-game on-base streak, the second-longest active streak on the team and third-best total for the year … His two multi-hit games were tied for the second-best on the team … Scored two runs during the season … Was stellar defensively, totaling 19 putouts and 40 assists without an error.

JUNIOR (2019) -- Appeared in 18 games and started 26 at shortstop for the Wolf Pack … Batted .205 with 16 hits, six RBI, three doubles and a home run … Slugged .282 and boasted an on-base percentage of .292 … Recorded a season-high two hits … Recorded two hits twice during the season, at UC Santa Barbara (3/12) and at UNLV (3/22) which was his best game of the season as he went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a home run … Only committed three errors on the year to boast a .972 fielding percentage … Lettered for the first time.

PRIOR TO NEVADA -- Played two seasons at the College of the Sequoias, where he competed in 85 games … Boasted a .352 batting average, smacking 62 RBI and 60 runs scored … Recorded 26 doubles and two triples along with two home runs … Finished with a .938 fielding percentage.

HIGH SCHOOL -- Lettered four years in baseball and basketball and three years in football at Golden West High School in Visalia, Calif. … Competing in the Central Valley Conference, was named all-state, All-American and the league MVP in baseball … In 2014, led his team to a Central Valley Conference Championship in baseball.

PERSONAL -- Majoring in Human Development and Family Studies … Son of Leland and Marsha Tilley … Part of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Enjoys listening to reggae music … Came to Nevada because he loves the program and believes it is the best in the Mountain West … His big brother Leland was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals … Lists his sports hero as Ichiro Suzuki.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2019Junior

    INF
    6'2" 190 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2020Senior

    INF
    6'2" 190 lbs
    7