2021-22 Track & Field Roster
Tyler, Shelby
Shelby Tyler
- Position:
- High Jump
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Noblesville
- Hometown:
- Noblesville, Ind.
Bio
2020 SEC All-Freshman Team Indoors (High Jump)
2021 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2022: Outdoor – Earned CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team/All-District honors…Took sixth at the SEC Championships in the high jump after clearing 1.78/5-10…Had a mark of 1.77/5-9.75 for seventh at the Tom Jones Memorial…Wrapped up her season at the NCAA East Prelims after going over the bar at 1.71/5-7.35 to take 31st.
Indoor – Reached a season best of 1.77m/5-9.75 twice, including a sixth-place finish in the high jump at the SEC Championships.
2021: Outdoor – Earned First Team All-America honors by taking fifth in the high jump at the NCAA Championships with a clearance of 6 feet, ½ inches, which tied the No. 10 all-time mark in UGA history…Advanced to Nationals with a 5-11.50 clearance at the NCAA East Prelims…Won the Torrin Lawrence Memorial thanks to a 5-10.75 clearance after also winning the Spec Towns Invitational in Athens…Scored at the SEC Championships thanks to going over the bar at 5-8.75 for seventh.
Indoor – Had a season-best effort of 5 feet, 11 ¼ inches to win the high jump at the Carolina Challenge…Earned runner-up honors at the Razorback Invitational after going over the bar at 5-10.50…Won the USC Indoor Open with a high jump mark of 5-9.25…Finished sixth at the SEC Championships thanks to an effort of 5-9.25…Advanced to the NCAA Championships and finished 13th for Second Team All-America honors after clearing 5-9.25.
2020: Indoor – Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual...Won the Orange & Purple Elite meet after clearing 5 feet, 11 ½ inches in the high jump to lock down her NCAA qualification….Took fifth in the high jump at the SEC Championships with a 5-7.75 clearance.
High School: Two-time (2018-19) USATF U-20 high jump national champion…2018 USATF Indiana U-20 Athlete of the Year…2018 New Balance Outdoor national champion…Three-time (2017-19) New Balance Outdoor All-American…Included on the 2018 U-20 Team USA squad for the World Championships and took 11th…Bronze medalist at the 2019 U-20 Pan-American Games…Indiana state high school indoor and outdoor record holder…Three-time (2017-19) Indiana state high school state champion…2018 state indoor runner-up…Team captain as a junior and senior…2018 IndyStarIndiana Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year…Named team’s Most Valuable Jumper all four years…Posted a freshman year (2016) personal best of 5 feet, 7 inches before improving to 5-10 as a sophomore in 2017, 6-0.75 as a junior and senior in 2018 and 2019…Also played volleyball at Noblesville…Earned Most Improved Player award as a sophomore…Named to Academic All-State Team twice…Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.3 GPA and on the All A’s Honor Roll…Vice President of National Honor Society and four-time Top 10 class ranking…Member of Key Club, Leo Club and Spanish Club.
Personal: Born March 28, 2001…Daughter of Corey Tyler and Maria Tyler…Brother, Jackson, plays volleyball at Wittenberg University…Undecided major.
2021 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2022: Outdoor – Earned CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team/All-District honors…Took sixth at the SEC Championships in the high jump after clearing 1.78/5-10…Had a mark of 1.77/5-9.75 for seventh at the Tom Jones Memorial…Wrapped up her season at the NCAA East Prelims after going over the bar at 1.71/5-7.35 to take 31st.
Indoor – Reached a season best of 1.77m/5-9.75 twice, including a sixth-place finish in the high jump at the SEC Championships.
2021: Outdoor – Earned First Team All-America honors by taking fifth in the high jump at the NCAA Championships with a clearance of 6 feet, ½ inches, which tied the No. 10 all-time mark in UGA history…Advanced to Nationals with a 5-11.50 clearance at the NCAA East Prelims…Won the Torrin Lawrence Memorial thanks to a 5-10.75 clearance after also winning the Spec Towns Invitational in Athens…Scored at the SEC Championships thanks to going over the bar at 5-8.75 for seventh.
Indoor – Had a season-best effort of 5 feet, 11 ¼ inches to win the high jump at the Carolina Challenge…Earned runner-up honors at the Razorback Invitational after going over the bar at 5-10.50…Won the USC Indoor Open with a high jump mark of 5-9.25…Finished sixth at the SEC Championships thanks to an effort of 5-9.25…Advanced to the NCAA Championships and finished 13th for Second Team All-America honors after clearing 5-9.25.
2020: Indoor – Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual...Won the Orange & Purple Elite meet after clearing 5 feet, 11 ½ inches in the high jump to lock down her NCAA qualification….Took fifth in the high jump at the SEC Championships with a 5-7.75 clearance.
High School: Two-time (2018-19) USATF U-20 high jump national champion…2018 USATF Indiana U-20 Athlete of the Year…2018 New Balance Outdoor national champion…Three-time (2017-19) New Balance Outdoor All-American…Included on the 2018 U-20 Team USA squad for the World Championships and took 11th…Bronze medalist at the 2019 U-20 Pan-American Games…Indiana state high school indoor and outdoor record holder…Three-time (2017-19) Indiana state high school state champion…2018 state indoor runner-up…Team captain as a junior and senior…2018 IndyStarIndiana Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year…Named team’s Most Valuable Jumper all four years…Posted a freshman year (2016) personal best of 5 feet, 7 inches before improving to 5-10 as a sophomore in 2017, 6-0.75 as a junior and senior in 2018 and 2019…Also played volleyball at Noblesville…Earned Most Improved Player award as a sophomore…Named to Academic All-State Team twice…Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.3 GPA and on the All A’s Honor Roll…Vice President of National Honor Society and four-time Top 10 class ranking…Member of Key Club, Leo Club and Spanish Club.
Personal: Born March 28, 2001…Daughter of Corey Tyler and Maria Tyler…Brother, Jackson, plays volleyball at Wittenberg University…Undecided major.
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