Solid team player who has backed up the middle infield for three years.

Coach Callahan's comment: "Tyler will provide senior leadership."

2007: Appeared in six games in NJIT's first season at the Division I level. 2006: Named to the Central Atlantic College Conference all-academic team with a 3.785 cumulative GPA (architecture major). ... Appeared in eight games for the ECAC Division II champions. ... 2005: Appeared in nine games for the CACC regular season champions.

Prior to NJIT: Two-time all-conference for coach Rick Grigsby at Oakwood ... played for coach Pat O'Neil on the Mid-Ohio Vipers. ... four-time scholar-athlete award winner ... earned second place in an AIA architecture competition. ... played summer ball with the Riverside Indians for coach Correy Mangen.

Personal: Tyler Jared Hamilton ... majoring in architecture. ... only Ohio native on the Highlanders, born 5/8/86 in Kettering, OH.