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2014 Baseball Roster

15 Tyler Willman

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Oshkosh, Wis.
  • Highschool West

Biography

Selected in the 12th round (Pick 372) of the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Oakland Athletics

Awards/Honors:
2014 First Team All-Summit League
Summit League 'Pitcher of the Week', April 7, 2014

Junior (2014): First Leatherneck pitcher to be tabbed First Team All-League since 2006... 16 appearances with team-high 14 starts during his junior campaign... team-best 83.2 innings pitched with team-high 63 strikeouts... 83.2 innings pitched is tied for eighth on the single season list... first start of the season came on 2/20 vs. Nicholls State, threw 6.0 innings with two strikeouts... notched his first win of the season on 3/1 at Evansville after throwing 7.0 innings with two strikeouts... 6.0 innings pitched on 3/9 and 3/15 at Indiana State and Illinois State, both no-decisions... 2.2 innings and three strikeouts vs. Butler... opened conference play with 7.0 scorless innings vs. South Dakota State on 3/28... followed with his first complete game, nine-inning shutout at Omaha on 4/6... five strikeouts in the win at Omaha... was named Summit League 'Pitcher of the Week' on 4/7 following the Omaha series... 1.0 inning of work vs. UIS on 4/9... 5.0 innings pitched at Fort Wayne on 4/12 with three k's in the no-decision... earned his third victory of the season on 4/19 at North Dakota State... threw 7.0 innings against the Bison with eight strikeouts... 6.0 innings with seven strikeouts on 4/25 vs. Fort Wayne in another no-decision... 1.0 inning against St. Ambrose on 4/30... career-high 10 strikeouts in five innings of work vs. Illinois State on 5/2... six k's in 5.0 innings at South Dakota State on 5/9... 6.2 innings with six more strikeouts on 5/15 vs. Omaha... final appearance of the season came on 5/22 vs. Fort Wayne in The Summit League Championship... threw 3.1 innings with one strikeout in the no-decision... 63 strikeouts on the year is fourth in the league... 39 strikeouts in league play was tops in the league.

Sophomore (2013): Made 15 appearances with 10 starts… started on 2/16 at Arkansas... threw 5.1 innings with two strikeouts... threw 4.0 innings at Arkansas State on 2/23 with four strikeouts... first relief appearance was on 3/2 vs. Iowa... had one strikeout in 2.1 innings pitched on 3/2... threw 3.1 innings on 3/9 at Minnesota... 2.1 innings pitched on 3/16 at Missouri State with three strikeouts… 4.0 innings pitched with seven strikeouts vs. Fort Wayne on 4/7… career high 7.0 innings pitched with five strikeouts vs. Omaha on 4/13… threw 2.0 innings on 4/21 vs. MacMurray with six strikeouts… career high 11 strikeouts at Fort Wayne on 4/28 in 6.0 innings on the mound… 6.0 innings vs. North Dakota State on 5/12 with seven strikeouts in the victory… 6.0 innings at Oakland on 5/18 with three strikeouts… started vs. South Dakota State in the Summit League Tournament and threw 6.0 innings with six strikeouts in the no decision… led the team with 64 strikeouts on the year in 62.1 innings on the mound… led the Summit League with a 9.24 K’s per game average.

Freshman (2012):  Appeared in seven games and made two starts... pitched 1.1 innings in his debut during game four of the Georgia State series but was tagged for the loss... one hit and two runs in 1.1 innings... appeared vs. Saint Louis but did not record an out... started and earned the win against Culver-Stockton on 4/4 over five innings with five strikeouts... started at Iowa and struck out three over 3.1 innings while allowing four runs... appeared on May 4 vs. IPFW but did not record and out.

High School: During his senior year he was named All-Conference First Team... All-District First Team... All-State Honorable Mention... Team MVP and team captain... struck out 108 batters in 60 innings... played on the Cincinnati Reds Midwest Scout team... member of the 2005 Wisconsin All-Stars that competed in Cooperstown, N.Y… threw out two runners at first base from the outfield in the same inning during that tournament... recorded at 90 m.p.h. at the team Wisconsin tryouts in Kenosha, Wis... played on team Wisconsin, which played in the Midwest Classic Tournament that went 2-1-1... played on his legion team that went 50-12 in two seasons and won the Stevens Point Firecracker invitational both years... he went 11-1 in those two seasons... participated in an exhibition game at Wrigley Field where he struck out the side... member of the team that took second at the PG Kernels Foundation Championship.

Personal: Son of Mark and Kim Willman... born Oct. 8, 1992... major is undecided.

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2014

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2012Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 170 lbs
    17
  • 15

    2013Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'6" 190 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2014Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'6" 190 lbs
    15