Class of 2010
College of Arts and Science
Intended Major: History and Economics
Hometown: Racine, WI

From an early age, Tyler has been engaged in various community service activities either through Boy Scouts or independently, often playing piano at nursing homes. In high school, he was highly involved in community service. In 2004, Tyler professionally recorded a CD of his own piano compositions which he sold to raise money for The United Way of Racine County and The American Kidney Fund. Tyler sold 1,000 CDs, raised almost $7,000 for the two charities, and was invited to perform at the American Kidney Fund's 8th Annual International Conference on Dialysis held at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. While trying to maintain a balance between academics, service and sports, Tyler was also captain of both varsity tennis and soccer teams, playing #1 singles and leading the soccer team to a second consecutive State Championship. In addition to graduating cum laude in high school, Tyler's scouting career also culminated at this time with the achievement of the rank of Eagle Scout.

For two of his three last summers, Tyler worked full-time as an intern at SC Johnson in various business departments. During his first year in college, Tyler became involved on the exec board of ScholarBowl, a campus-wide quiz bowl competition for charity, as well as worked with Junior Achievement and taught a class titled "The Economics of Staying in School" to at-risk 8th graders at a local middle school.

Last summer, through a non-profit organization (www.ve-global.org), Tyler spent two months in Santiago, Chile volunteering in an orphanage and filming a mini-video to be used for online marketing purposes.