Austin Peay State University Athletics

• OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll: 2019-20, 2021-22
• APSU Dean's List: S22
• APSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll: F19, S20, F21

2022

• Saw action in 21 games, starting five, with three of those starts coming at catcher.
• Batted .333 with a double, and five RBI.
• Notched season’s first hit in a start behind the plate against Lipscomb, going 1-for-3 with a RBI (March 8).
• Started the next midweek outing at Middle Tennessee (March 15) and was 1-for-4 with a RBI and run scored.
• Ended the season with a five-game hit streak (April 27-May 21), batting .545 (6-for-11) with a double and three RBI.
• Went 2-for-5 with two RBI in a start behind the plate at Bellarmine (April 27).
• Was 1-for-2 with a double, walk, and RBI against Morehead State (May 20).

• Made seven starts at catcher in 17 appearances.
• Batted .174 in limited action (23 AB) with four walks.
• Came off bench in both games of the Eastern Kentucky doubleheader (April 3). Walked twice in the opener, including a bases-loaded walk, and had a 10th-inning RBI single to drive in an insurance run in Game 2.
• Starting catcher at Lipscomb (March 30) and was 2-for-3 with two RBI and two walks, reaching base safely in his first four plate appearances.

• Made five starts at catcher and played eight games, posting a .308 batting average in first season with the Governors.
• Went 2-for-4 as a starter in Game 2 of the Murray State series, March 7.
• Posted 1-for-2 outing with a walk and caught a runner stealing at Jacksonville, March 1.
• After the season ended prematurely, returned home to Arizona and worked with Oakland A's pitcher Frankie Montas and was featured in a story on TheAthletic.com on Montas' work during the COVID-19 shutdown. 

• Played catcher, first base and third base for his father and head coach Enrique Cotto at Valley Vista High School.
• Finished career with .404 batting average in senior season and went 2-0 with 1.75 ERA on the mound.
• Batted .380 with 21 RBI and 16 runs scored in junior season at Valley Vista High
• Was a First-Team 6A Southwest All-Region selection as a junior
• Finished career ranked the No. 4 catcher in Arizona by Perfect Game..

• Tyler Enrique Cotto is the son of Enrique Cotto and has two younger siblings: Nathan and Sammy.
• Birthday is Sept. 24.
• A business finance major