Tyler Cheney Class: Junior Hometown: Richland, Wash. High School: Richland HS Height / Weight: 6-3 / 205 Position: LHP Experience: 2V B/T: L/L

Personal
Born in Richland, Wash. ... son of Craig and Anne Cheney ... has a younger brother, Derek ... has a grandfather and an uncle who attended the UW ... an economics major.

Washington
2007 (Sophomore) - Earned honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10 ... appeared in a total of 16 games, with six starts and 10 relief appearances ... also served as a starting DH in one game (May 9 vs. Portland) ... picked up lone save of the season in the Huskies' first win, throwing three shutout innings in the win over St. John's ... first start was March 4 vs. UC Irvine, in which he took the loss ... no decision despite a six-inning start in a UW win March 10 vs. Pacific ... got the victory in a start March 18 vs. Cal State Northridge, allowing two runs on five hits over six innings ... started in a Husky win March 25 at Washington State, but no decision (4.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K) ... took the loss April 1 vs. Arizona State, allowing four earned in three-inning start ... worked an inning in the Huskies' 6-2 win over No. 8 Oregon State at Safeco Field ... also threw 3.0 scoreless innings two days later vs. the Beavers ... got the win in relief May 9 vs. Portland, working 1.2 shutout innings of relief ... also started at DH that day, going 0-for-2 with a run and a hit-by-pitch ... worked 2.2 shutout innings over two outings in the Stanford series ... spent the summer pitching for the Green Bay (Wis.) Bullfrogs ... went 6-2 with a 4.02 ERA for the Bullfrogs, who won the division title in the first half of the season. 2006 (Freshman) - Spent much of the season in the regular starting rotation, starting 12 games and appearing in relief in three others ... no decision in first career start despite outstanding game Feb. 12 at New Mexico State ... threw five innings, allowing three hits, one run and three walks while striking out one in a 5-4 UW win ... picked up the win the following weekend at CS Northridge (Feb. 19), throwing seven and two-thirds shutout innings in a 2-1 Husky victory ... allowed just five hits and no walks in that one ... tough-luck loss March 25 at California, allowing two runs and no walks over six and two-thirds innings in a 2-1 Husky loss ... no decision despite a great game April 1 vs. UCLA: 8.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 Ks ... also pitched well in a loss to BYU April 14: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 Ks ... three good long relief outings, though no decision in any of them: at USC (April 22): 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K; at Stanford (May 13): 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks; vs. Washington State in the season's final game: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K ... walked only four over his final 31.1 innings of work ... in Pac-10 games only, posted a 3.16 ERA, ninth-best in the conference ... allowed just five walks over 37 innings in conference ... pitched and hit during summer ball for the Alaska Goldpanners.

Richland High School
Earned four letters, playing for coach Ben Jacobs ...teamed with UW classmate Kyle Conley to lead the Bombers to the 4A state title in 2005, throwing a two-hit shutout to beat Cascade in the semifinals before hitting a two-run homer to edge Skyline, 2-1, in the championship game ... team went 25-2 his senior year ... named the state's 4A MVP as a senior, when he was also team MVP, conference pitcher of the year, area MVP and first-team all-state at both first base and pitcher ... in summer ball, led the Richland Knights to two district and regional titles and then helped the Twin City Titans to district, state and regional championships and a second-place finish at the World Series ... in summer ball, twice named the state and regional MVP ... graduated with a 3.92 grade point average.

TYLER CHENEY'S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS:

Year     ERA  W-L  G/GS  CG ShO Sv   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  2B 3B  HR  Avg. WP HB BK
2006    5.27  1-6  15/12  0  0  0  83.2  91  53  49  23  26  12  2  16  .289  0  6  0
2007    4.47  2-3   16/6  0  0  1  44.1  56  29  22  20  24  10  2   1  .320  2  3  2
Totals  4.99  3-9  31/18  0  0  1 128.0 147  82  71  43  50  22  4  17  .300  2  9  7