2013 (Junior)
Appeared in 27 games and made one start… Finished season with a 4-3 record and two saves… Posted a 4.73 ERA in 59.0 innings of work… Ranked second on the team with 56 punchouts… Made Warhawk debut with a scoreless fame in season opener against Wake Forest… Logged 4.2 innings of work at Sam Houston State… Allowed just one hit and struckout three Bearkats… Earned first win of season after pitching 2.1 scoreless innings against McNeese State… Allowed two walks and no hits while fanning four in the rout of the Cowboys… Struckout a career-best seven in series finale at UL-Lafayette… Earned win in relief at Northwestern State... Held the Demons scoreless and recorded two strikeouts… Earned win behind five shutout innings against Grambling State… Struckout six in the extra-inning victory over the Tigers… Final win of season came against Mississippi Valley State… Earned the start and allowed just one hit with seven strikeouts (tied career-high) in four innings on the mound… Pitched two scoreless innings in series opener at Middle Tennessee.
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Posted an 8-3 record with a 2.19 ERA as a sophomore at Mississippi Gulf Coast... In 70 innings on the hill, he struck out 53 and scattered 37 hits... In the first round of the NJCAA playoffs, he retired the first 25 batters he faced... Was part of the Bulldogs back-to-back state championship runner-up teams.
Prep
Lettered in baseball, basketball and football at Vancleave HS... As a senior, he finished with a 6-3 mark and a 2.01 ERA with 56 strikeouts... Also posted a .484 batting average with four homeruns... Earned all-conference honors in all three sports following junior and senior seasons... Was named the team MVP in both baseball and basketball as a senior... Also earned a spot in the Gulf Coast All-Star game in 2010
Personal
Full name is Tyler Scott Bray... Born Oct. 3, 1991, in Vancleave, Miss... Son of Scott Bray and Donna Knight... Has two younger brothers, Colin Bray and Jonathan Knight and two younger sisters, Mary Knight and McKaylee Bray... Has spent time on summer mission trips including working with the 10 Innings Ministry at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb... Father, Scott, played baseball at South Alabama and in the Expos' organization... Mother, Donna, was a volleyball player at South Alabama... Majoring in education.
