Tyler Tolbert

Height:
6-0
Weight:
160
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Trussville, Ala.
High School:
Hewitt-Trussville

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018)
- One of only two players to play in all 54 games
- Made 53 starts
- Cracked into UAB’s top-10 single records with 24 stolen bases
- Made an acrobatic catch at Auburn (4/17) that landed as the No.8 play on Sports Center's Top-10 plays
- Hit .230 with a career-high 46 hits with 29 runs and 18 RBI
- Ranked third in Conference USA in stolen base attempts (29) and first in stolen bases
- Scored a career-high three runs on three hits with a RBI against LA Tech (3/25)
- Tallied a career-high four RBI going 3-for-5 with two runs scored at Florida Atlantic (4/29) helping UAB to its first ever series win against a ranked opponent on the road in program history
- Recorded 10 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games
- In league play only he ranked second in stolen bases (15) and was tied for first in steal attempts (18)

FRESHMAN SEASON (2017)
- Appeared in 40 games making 31 starts
- Finished second on team in stolen bases swiping 11 on 12 attempts
- Recorded first multi-hit game of his career on a 2-for-3 day against Rice (May 19)
- Notched first career hit against Valparaiso (Feb. 24)
- Used primarily at second base and as a pinch-runner with one career start at shortstop
- Played for the Lima Locos in the Great Lakes Summer League with UAB teammates Stephen Dobbs, Isaiah Gonzales-Montoya and Jared Nixon
- Tabbed an all-star for the Locos
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL
- Played under Jeff Mauldin at Hewitt-Trussville High School
- 2016 Birmingham/Central Alabama Player of the Year while leading his team to the Class 7A State Title
- Second Team Louisville Slugger All-American and Alabama 7A Hitter of the Year
- Huskies won 17 of their last 19 games including an upset of nationally ranked Sparkman in the State Semifinals and shutout Auburn in back-to-back games of the championship series
- Batted .447 as a senior, setting school records for hits (71), runs (64), and stolen bases (41)
- Added 10 doubles, five triples, and 20 walks while striking out just 16 times as the team’s leadoff hitter
- Had 93 assists and 96 putouts in the field as a Second Baseman
- One of the school’s all-time leaders in assists (162)
- Stole home base against nationally-ranked Vestavia Hills with the game tied at 1-1 and the bases loaded in the sixth inning with Alabama freshman Sonny Potter on the mound
- 2016 Perfect Game Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
- Hit .316 as a junior, 36 RBI, scored 15 runs and swiped nine bases
- Was teammates with fellow Blazer Carter Pharis
- Played for the East Cobb Astros alongside UAB teammate Thomas Johns in the summer
- Won the 2016 WWBA National Championship
- Made the All-Tournament team across multiple tournaments
- Rated the seventh-best second base recruit in the Class of 2016 by Perfect Game in the state of Alabama
- Also played basketball on the varsity team as a sophomore

PERSONAL
- Born Tyler Mangual Tolbert on January 27, 1998
- Son of Bernardo and Sherrye Tolbert
- Cousin is former Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs, who ranks third all-time in Volunteers history for total offense (9,360 yards) and currently a member of the Pittsburgh Steeler's team
- Also cousins with fellow UAB baseball player Stephen Dobbs
- Has one sister, Taylor
- Majoring in marketing