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2018 Softball

David Dermer
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David Dermer
David Dermer

27 Samantha Tyler

27 Samantha Tyler

  • Position:
    P
  • Hometown:
    Tampa, Fla.
  • High School:
    Strawberry Crest
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    R/R

Summary

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2018)
SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... 2018 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award Honoree... Appeared in 3 games with 3 starts ... tallied 10.2 innings of work allowing just 5 runs with 6 strikeouts ... finished the season with a 1-0 record and a 3.28 ERA ... Helped Saint Leo post its fourth straight 30+ win season (39-18) … helped the Lions sweep the South 2 Regional at North Alabama (3-0 W vs Embry-Riddle; 2-1 W vs UNA; 2-1 W vs UNA) to advance to Super Regional play, which the Green and Gold would host Alabama-Huntsville (4-3 W; 7-5 L; 6-3 W) … helped Saint Leo advance to the NCAA DII Softball Championships in Salem, Va. for the first time in program history … guided the Lions to a 3-2 win over #3-seed Chico State to open up play before a 4-3 loss to #2-seed Saint Anselm, followed by a knock-out of the top-seeded North Georgia with a 3-2 win and reached the National Semifinals, falling to eventual National Champion Southern Indiana 5-4 in 8-innings across two days... member of Saint Leo University President's Club Fall 2017 & Spring 2018

AS A JUNIOR (2017)
Appeared in 3 games with 2 starts … pitched in 4 innings allowing just 2 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs and 3 walks while striking out 1 batter … held opponents to a .154 batting average … ended the year with a 1-1 record and combined for 1 shutout … finished her junior campaign, which she was sidelined for a majority of the year with an injury, with a 5.25 ERA … Helped Saint Leo win the second consecutive SSC title (17-7) and finish the season ranked no. 2 in the South Region to host the NCAA South Region 2, the first regional the softball program has hosted... member of Saint Leo University President's Club Spring 2017

AS A SOPHOMORE (2016)
CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 5 FIRST TEAM… SSC COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL
…appeared in 11 games with 6 complete games and ended the season with a 7-1 record in the circle for the Lions…pitched 61.0 innings and owned a 1.26 Earned Run Average (ERA)….appeared in 7 SSC games and finished with a 5-0 record…recorded 3 shutouts…tallied 60 strikeouts and gave up 48 hits, 20 runs, 11 earned runs and 10 walks…picked up her 150th career strikeout against Palm Beach Atlantic on April 16…finished the 2016 season ranked 16th in the nation in ERA (1.26) and was a member of the nation’s statistical champion for staff ERA (0.93)…led the SSC in 3 statistical categories: losses (1), hits allowed (48) and walks allowed (10)... member of Saint Leo University President's Club Fall 2015

AS A FRESHMAN (2015)
Appeared in 19 contests while making 14 starts for the Green and Gold… Held a 9-2 record, pitching seven complete games and adding three shutouts… Totaled 87.2 innings, 91 strikeouts and limited opposing hitters to a .196 batting average in her first season with the Lions… Finished the season with a .944 fielding percentage in 18 total chances… Pitched a seven-inning, four-hit shutout against Palm Beach Atlantic on Feb. 14… Made her first collegiate start on Feb. 6 against Harding to also earn her first win… Pitched an 11-strikeout shutout against Florida Southern on April 25.

CAREER
Attended Strawberry Crest High School… Named to the 1st and 2nd team All-Conference… Earned 1st team and 2nd team All-County honors… 1st team All-Sun Coast… Named the Plant City Observer player of the week… Played for the club team Tampa Young Guns under Coach Sherman Johnson.

PERSONAL
Born on July 13 in Tampa, FL… Sports Business major… Lists her hobbies as writing and reading… Lists her career goals as becoming a coach or an agent… If she could choose one super power it would be the ability to fly… Lists her favorite foods as pizza and chicken alfredo… Names her favorite team as the Tampa Bay Rays… Lists her favorite athlete as Monica Triner… Chose Saint Leo because of the comfortable feeling from the campus and the softball team… Believes her best asset to the team is her confidence… Daughter of Melinda and Ronnie Tyler… Has two siblings, Anthony and Rebecca.

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2015Freshman

    P
    5'4"
    27
  • 27

    2016Sophomore

    P
    5'4"
    27
  • 27

    2017Junior

    RHP
    5'4"
    27
  • 27

    2018Senior

    P
    5'4"
    27