2017 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 8
Tyler Ross
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cameron, N.C.
- High School:
- Middle Creek
Bio
NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team Selection (2016, '17)
All-ACC First Team (2017)
All-ACC Second Team (2015)
ACC Player of the Week (2/15/16, 5/5/15, 3/9/15)
2017 - Senior Season
2016 - Junior Season
2015 - Sophomore Season
2014 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
All-ACC First Team (2017)
All-ACC Second Team (2015)
ACC Player of the Week (2/15/16, 5/5/15, 3/9/15)
2017 - Senior Season
- Started in left field all 56 games, and led the team in eight offensive categories (runs, doubles, home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage, walks, stolen bases)
- Ranks third all-time in career batting average with a .329 clip. Ranks third in career stolen bases with 57, and has inked her name in the top five of 10 other offensive categories (slugging percentage, stolen base percentage, on-base percentage, runs scored, triples, hits, home runs, total bases, runs batted in, walks)
- Ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in five offensive categories
- Held a 19-game streak of reaching base safely on a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch
- Tallied 15 multi-hit games and 12 multiple RBI games
- Led the team with a .477 mark of reaching base safely when leading off an inning, and was 4-for-7 on the season with the bases loaded
- Had a career-best game at Pittsburgh on April 21. She hit a game-tying grand slam in the seventh to force extra innings. She also had a 5-for-5 performance with four runs and six RBI, and her five hits tied the program record for most in a single game
- One of three players in NC State softball history to score 150 or more runs
- Garnered All-ACC First Team honors, and wrapped up final collegiate season as one of the top hitters in conference play, boasting a .380 clip along with 30 hits, 26 RBIs and eight home runs against ACC opponents
- Named to the NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team for the second time in as many years
2016 - Junior Season
- Turned in a phenomenal junior season, earning NFCA Second Team All-Southeast Region honors
- Broke the program record for runs scored (55) and stolen bases (27) in a single season
- Started 55 of 56 games, missing one game due to injury
- Led the Wolfpack at the plate with a .380 batting average, the second highest in program history and tied for ninth in the ACC
- Clubbed 18 home runs, the third most in NC State softball history, third in the conference and tied for 18th in the NCAA
- Tallied 65 hits, third most in program history for a single season and tied for fifth in the ACC
- One of two players in the NCAA with 15 or more home runs and 25 or more stolen bases
- Charted 17 multi-hit games to lead the squad and added 11 multi-RBI games
- Compiled a team-best .429 batting average with runners in scoring position
- Hit .600 with the bases loaded, .370 with two outs in the inning and had a team-high 20 RBI with two outs
- Finished the season ranked among the top 10 in eight offensive categories: batting average, slugging percentage, runs scored, hits, RBI, home runs, total bases and stolen bases
2015 - Sophomore Season
- Named to the All-ACC Second Team
- Started all 60 games on the season in left field for the Wolfpack
- Broke the program for runs batted in (RBI) in a single season with 55, the sixth most in the ACC
- Compiled the second-best batting average on the squad and highest among returners with a .309 clip
- In ACC play, she was even better tallying a batting average of .318
- Hit 14 home runs, tied for the sixth most in the conference and second on the team
- Finished the season with 58 hits, 43 runs scored, seven doubles and a triple
- Tallied a slugging percentage of .580 and an on-base percentage .391
- Drew 23 walks, stole nine bases and was hit-by-pitch three times
- Named ACC Player of the Week twice during the year
- Drove in a career-high five RBI against Georgia Tech, highlighted by a grand slam in the contest
- Recorded the first multi-home run game of her career at home against Notre Dame
- Charted 15 multi-RBI games and 14 multi-hit games
- Had a 15-game reached base safely streak and also a seven-game hitting streak
2014 - Freshman Season
- Saw action in 37 games as a freshman, making 12 starts in the outfield
- Missed time during the season due to injury
- Finished the season with a batting average of .269
- Collected 14 hits, including four home runs
- Hit her first career home run in the opening tournament of the season against Boise State
- Had arguably one of the best performances of the year in the doubleheader against North Carolina
- She had a two-run pinch-hit homer in the first game and smacked a pinch-hit grand slam in the second game of the doubleheader to finish the day with six RBI
- Recorded a slugging percentage of .519 and an on-base percentage of .345
- Reached base safely in nine consecutive games
High School / Prep Career
- Attended Middle Creek High School and played for head coach Robbie Wray
- Three-time all-conference selection as a junior, sophomore and freshman
- Earned conference player of the year honors three years
- Selected to the North Carolina all-state team in 2011 and 2012
- Collected all-district player of the year accolades as a junior and sophomore
- Garnered All-America honors as a sophomore and was also named the NC 3A East Player of the Year
- Also lettered in basketball and volleyball
- Claimed all-conference honors in volleyball as a sophomore and in basketball as a junior
- Father played football at North Carolina Central University
- Mother played volleyball and basketball at University of North Carolina at Charlotte