2023 Baseball Roster
Tyler Cerny
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Greenwood, Ind.
- High School:
- Center Grove
Career Notes & Records
Broke the Indiana program record for hit-by-pitches (45) … matched the single season hit-by-pitch record in 2025 (20) … finished tied for 12th in IU history in doubles (47) … his 24 doubles in 2024 are tied for second most in a single season all-time … came up one hit short of 200 for his career … ended in a tie for 26th all-time (Brock Tibbitts) in career hits at IU (199).
Joined outfielder Devin Taylor as the only pair of freshman classmates (2023) in program history to each hit at least 10 home runs in their debut collegiate season.
2025 (Junior Season)
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Stats: One of six players in the Big Ten to be hit by 20 pitches.
Season: Played in 55 games with 54 starts in his junior campaign … 31 starts came as the second baseman with the remaining 23 at shortstop … batted in six different spots in the order, most commonly in the seventh position (13) … batted .281 on the year with 57 hits, 53 runs scored, 10 home runs, 14 doubles and 32 RBIs … third-straight season with 10 home runs … became the third IU player to get by 20 pitches in one season – first since Logan Kaletha (2018) … had 14 multi-hit efforts and eight multi-RBI games … hit his first home run of the season on opening weekend against Xavier (2/15) … first three-hit day of the year came in the nightcap of a doubleheader with Penn State (3/7) … made the permanent switch to the team’s starting second baseman against Bellarmine (3/25) … finished the USC series (3/28-29) batting .462 (6-13) with two doubles, two home runs and five RBIs … scored game-winning run on Friday against Maryland (4/18) … carried a season long nine-game hitting streak between April 30th (Evansville) and May 16th (Michigan) … went errorless in his final nine games of the season.
2024 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Third Team All-Big Ten selection (SS) … Big Ten Player of the Week (4/8) honoree after hitting .450 (9-20) with 11 runs scored, six RBIs, three doubles and one home run in wins over Indiana State and Maryland (x2) … Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Stats: Big Ten leader in doubles (24) – helped IU break single season team doubles record (140) … 16th nationally in doubles … tied for second (Dustin DeMuth – 2013) in program history for doubles in a single campaign … finished top-five in the Big Ten in hits (81), runs (60), doubles (24) and RBIs (60).
Season: Started all 60 games at shortstop … led the team in at-bats (257), doubles (24) and RBIs (60) … hit 10 home runs for the second-straight season … he and fellow sophomore Devin Taylor each had 60+ runs (60) and 80+ hits (81) on the campaign … totaled 23 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI games … first home run of the season came in the first game of the year against Duke (2/16) … ended the season on a career-best 12-game hitting streak, capped off by a multi-hit contest against Southern Miss (6/2) … delivered the game-tying hit in a comeback victory over Penn State (4/13) … hit two grand slams on the season (Indiana State – 4/1; Rutgers – 4/28) … had a run of six-straight multi-hit games (3/29-4/6) … first IU player since 2008 (Josh Phegley) with 80+ his, 60+ RBIs, 20+ doubles and 10+ home runs in a season.
2023 (Freshman Season)
Awards: All-Big Ten Freshman Team honoree ... earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week on April 24 after hitting .444 with three home runs in a five-win week for IU.
Stats: Finished tied for No. 73 nationally in triples (4).
Season: Appeared in 59 games with 57 starts, all at second base ... reached base safely in 46 of 59 games played ... owned a hit in 40 games played ... scored a run in 30 games ... made collegiate debut at Auburn (2/18) as a defensive replacement ... first collegiate start included first hit and first RBI against Miami (Ohio) (2/21) ... first career home run came in the Big Ten opener against Ohio State (3/25) ... finished the season on a 15-game reached base streak that began on May 7 at Northwestern ... reached base in 13 straight games from March 10-April 1 ... carried a season-long 11-game hitting streak from May 7-May 25 ... added a 10-game hitting streak from March 10-March 26 ... posted 14 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games ... homered against Ohio State (3/25), at Penn State-2 (4/2), at Illinois-2 (4/15), at Cincinnati (4/19), versus Ohio (4/22) twice in the middle game of the series, against Maryland (4/28), at Xavier (5/10) and against Purdue (3/12-13) twice in the series.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Keith Hatfield at Center Grove High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner … rated the No. 8 overall prospect and No. 2 shortstop in Indiana by Perfect Game … named team captain and team MVP as a senior … honored as a Senior All-Star and All-Johnson County as a senior … missed most of his junior season due to non-COVID illness … helped CGHS to the Johnson County championship as a junior and senior … also lettered three years in basketball … helped the Trojans to the sectional title as a junior … son of Raeanne and Jason Cerny … born on July 13, 2003 … has one younger sister, Brennah … Is a sport marketing & management major.
