Tyler Dean Season 2022

Player Rankings
• 2022:  No. 10 incoming ACC freshman by Perfect Game (Sept. 29) ... No. 51 among Perfect Game's top 500 incoming NCAA Division I freshmen (Sept. 28).

2022 at Virginia Tech
• Season Notes:  Made six relief appearances … Allowed six runs (six earned) across four innings pitched … Recorded seven strikeouts while issuing nine walks … Scattered five hits.
• Registered three strikeouts during a scoreless relief inning, helping the Hokies secure the 17-1 win against Wright State (March 6).
• Fired three strikes on three pitches during his collegiate debut, picking up the final out of Tech’s 10-4 win against High Point (March 1).

High School
• Graduated from William Byrd High School (Vinton, Virginia) as an honor student.
• Four-year varsity pitcher and infielder at William Byrd under coach Neil Zimmerman.
• Recipient of the 2021 Ray Bellamy Award as the Salem-Roanoke Baseball Hall of Fame’s Player of the Year, as selected across the Hall of Fame’s eight-county, three-city region.
• 2021:  Compiled a 3-1 pitching record, a 0.70 ERA and 50 strikeouts across 30 innings pitched … Batted .273, hit two home runs and totaled 10 RBIs … Helped the Terriers reach the Virginia High School League (VHSL) Region 3D championship game … VHSL All-Region 3D First Team (P).
• Cites his 14-strikeout game as his best high school performance.
• Two-year varsity wide receiver and safety on the William Byrd football team under coach Brad Lutz … 2019 VHSL All-Region 3D First Team (S), Second Team (WR) … 2019 VHSL All-Blue Ridge District First Team (S), Second Team (WR).
 
Club
• Four-year pitcher and middle infielder with Dirtbags Baseball under coach Andy Partin.
 
Personal
• Born Oct. 1, 2002, in Roanoke, Virginia … Son to Steve and Michelle Dean … Has three older siblings: Stephen, Jake and Lexi … Brother, Stephen, played baseball at Chowan University.
• Interested in studying business at Virginia Tech with aspirations of working in management.
• Virginia Tech Class of 2025.