John Luke Tyner

Ht./Wt.:
5-8 / 160
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Collierville, Tenn.

HONORS (Academic & Athletic)
Named to inaugural American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team following 2013-14 seaosn ... 2013 C-USA Academic Medalist ... C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2012-13) ... Also named to the American's 2014 All-Academic Golf Team.

R-SOPHOMORE (2013-14)
Spring 2014: Competed in two tournaments including the NCAA Regional where he fired off a season-best +11 and second-lowest rounds with a pair of 74s over the final 36 holes ... Finished with a 75.7 average in the spring. Fall 2013: Saw action in three tournaments in the fall schedule, shooting an average of 75.7 over nine rounds ... shot a season-best 71 in the third round of the Columbia Regional Preview to start the season ... Tyner's best finish came at the ASU Fall Beach Classic when he tied for 39th with a final score of 12-over.

R-FRESHMAN (2012-13)
Spring 2013: Played in three spring tournaments ... Had a 75.8 scoring average on the season ... Competed in the South Alabama Individual Tournament, tying for eighth with a 7-over-par 149 (77-72) ... Tied for 19th at the Memphis Intercollegiate as an individual with rounds of 75-77-76 for a 228 (+12) ... Fired a 15-over-par 231 (78-76-77) to tie for 56th as an individual at the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship.

FRESHMAN (2011-12)
Redshirted.

PRIOR TO MEMPHIS
Highest-ranked player in the state of Tennessee 2011 Class, accoriding to Golfweek magazine and the Junior Golf Scoreboard ... Ranked 92nd -best prospect in the nation, according to Golfweek ... Shot a final-round, seven-under par 65 to win the 2010 Tennessee State AAA Championship ... Finished second in the 2010 State Junior Amateur with scored of 65-71 ... Placed in the top-20 in both the 2010 Southern Junior Amateur and the 2010 AJGA Nashville Junior Championship ... 2011 Southern Amateur qualifier.

PERSONAL
Born Oct. 7 in Jackson, Miss. ... Son of Charle and Angie Tyner