University of Wyoming Athletics

UW This Season: The sophomore had a strong spring and finished second on the depth chart at the quarterback position. He gained valuable experience last season appearing in 10 contests under center for the Cowboys.

2018: Tyler Vander Waal started the first eight games of the season and the last game of the year at New Mexico.  He led the Pokes to four victories: at New Mexico State, vs. Wofford, vs. Air Force and at New Mexico.  Against Wofford, Vander Waal completed 25 of 42 passes for 224 yards, two touchdowns and keyed a game-winning drive of 80 yards in the final 1:59 of the game, that included completing a pass on fourth down and four yards to running back Xazavian Valladay and completing a game-winning TD pass of nine yards to Rocket Ismail.  Vander Waal entered the Air Force game for an injured Chambers and proceeded to lead Wyoming to a 35-27, come-from-behind home win.  Vander Waal completed 14 of 26 passes for 225 yards and two passing TDs.  He also ran for 22 yards and two touchdowns.  Wyoming trailed 27-14 with 8:44 remaining in the game.  Vander Waal guided the Cowboys on a drive of 76 yards in 13 plays capped off by him scoring on a five-yard TD run.  Then he engineered a 9-play, 58-yard drive that ended with a 22-yard TD pass to Austin Conway that gave UW a 28-27 lead.  He was named the MW Offensive Player of the Week for his performance. Was named to MW Academic All-Conference team.

2017: Vander Waal redshirted for the Cowboys in his first season with the porgram.

High School: Tyler Vander Waal has been ranked as a three-star recruit by Rivals, Scout.com and 247 Sports.  247 Sports also ranked Vander Waal as the 174th best overall recruit in the state of California in the 2017 recruiting class.  He was selected to the Sacramento Bee First Team All-Metro team in 2016. His senior season, Vander Waal completed 60.7 percent of his passes (202 for 333 passes) for 2,926 yards.  He threw 25 touchdown passes and had only nine of his passes intercepted.  Vander Waal also rushed for 378  yards on 118 rushing attempts, scored six rushing touchdowns and accounted for 3,304 yards of total offense.  He averaged 209.0 yards passing per game and 236.0 yards of total offense per game.  Vander Waal was named the Sacramento Bee Player of the Week for his performance in a 48-18 victory over Casa Roble.  He threw three touchdown passes and scored a fourth TD rushing in the win.  Vander Waal led Christian Brothers High to an 11-3 overall record and a perfect 5-0 record in the Capital Athletic League to win the conference championship.  Christian Brothers advanced to the 2016 Championship Game of the Sac-Joaquin Sectional Playoffs for Division III.  Christian Brothers entered the sectional playoffs seeded No. 3.  The Falcons defeated No. 14 seed Cordova, 30-20, in the first round; beat 11th seed Burbank, 21-14, in the quarterfinals; and captured a 29-0 victory over No. 2 seed American Canyon in the semifinals.  The Falcons lost the sectional championship game to No. 1 seed Oakdale.  Vander Waal played for head coach Dan Carmazzi. Vander Waal was also recruited by Ball State, Boise State, California, Colorado, Colorado State, Nevada, San Jose State, Utah and Washington State.

Personal: He is majoring in communication at Wyoming.