Tyler Tennyson-2021

Tyler Tennyson

  • Award
    Position Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/26/2021
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • School
    Buena Vista University
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    First Base
  • Hometown
    Truman, Minnesota
  • High School
    Fairmont
Baseball – Position Player of the Week
Tyler Tennyson, Buena Vista University
Sr., 1B, Truman, Minn./Fairmont
  • The Beavers took 2-of-3 from No. 1 Washington University in St. Louis in Storm Lake this weekend behind Tennyson’s .538 average and five RBI performance.
  • In the three-game series, he was 7-for-13 at the plate with seven hits, including four doubles.
  • He started the series on fire going 4-for-5 with a double and a game-high three RBI, including the go-ahead single in the fourth inning against the WashU ace.
  • Not only did Tennyson deliver at the plate, but he also pitched 7.1 innings in the opener as BVU shocked WashU 8-2.
  • Game 1: Buena Vista 8, WashU 2 – 4-for-5 (.800), R, 4 H, 3 RBI, 2B, putout
  • Game 2: Buena Vista 3, WashU 2 – 2-for-3 (.667), 2 H, RBI, 2 2B, sac, 7-putouts
  • Game 3: WashU 7, Buena Vista 5 – 1-for-5 (.200), H, RBI, 2B, 7-putouts.
  • Tennyson is collecting his first-career Baseball Position Player of the Week honor in a Beaver uniform.