Tyler Albert | Graduated Senior | Millard South High School
Millard South High School graduated senior Tyler Albert comes from an athletic family. “Sports is our life,” he said. “As a family we have spent most summer vacations at a baseball field or a basketball arena.” Albert was a starting pitcher for the baseball team and a starting guard for the basketball team at Millard South. “I feel very fortunate. Both coaches supported me through this journey. My last two months of basketball season each year I worked with a pitching coach around my basketball practices or games. In the summer I went from basketball workouts to a baseball practice or game. Both coaches also made sure I stayed focused on the sport that was in season at the time. I have learned lifelong lessons through both sports, and I’ve been able to grow as a person and as a teammate.”
Tim Leuschen, boys varsity basketball coach for Millard South, believes, “Tyler set a good example of how to compete, be coachable, and sacrifice for the good of the team. As a player, Tyler is one of the all-time leading three-point shooters at Millard South.” Greg Geary, varsity baseball coach for Millard South agrees. “Tyler has been a huge asset to Millard South Baseball. Not only is Tyler a tremendous competitor on the field, he is an even better person off the field.”
Albert will attend Wayne State College this fall and pitch for the baseball team. Although he loved both sports, he had to choose one. “Mid-April my junior year I pitched against the number one team in the state and several college coaches reached out to me after my performance. This led me to several different college visits from Juco to the D2 level. All of this took place from mid-April until October when I finalized my decision to play baseball at Wayne State.” He plans to pursue a sports management degree in hopes to land a career with an athletic organization and maybe even coach one day.
Albert considers himself lucky that he hasn’t had injuries holding him back. “I have, however, learned from the four years at Millard South to ‘trust the process.’ When asked to sit the bench rather than starting because we need a bigger guy on the court, I have learned to be the bigger person no matter what my position is at the time and to find a way to help my teammates in a different way.” Albert gets motivated by listening to music. “Music gets me started, but my motivation comes from within when I compete and walk away knowing that I gave my very best.”
Highlights of Albert’s multi-sport career at Millard South include the Omaha World-Herald All-State honorable mention for baseball his junior year and basketball his senior year, the opportunity to play in the National High School Baseball Championship Games, and being awarded the Patriot Basketball Club/AJ Locum Scholarship. Albert broke many school records for basketball, and he is proud of making it to State for baseball his junior year and playing at Werner Park.
When he’s not on the basketball court or the baseball field, Albert enjoys participating in Unified Sports, a program that allows athletes with intellectual disabilities to participate with partners who do not. “I also enjoy hanging with family and friends (cards, video games, wiffle ball, golf, swim).”
