2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Tyne, Mikkel

Jersey Number 12
Mikkel Tyne
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario
- High School:
- Bishop Walsh (Md.)
Bio
SOPHOMORE (2024-25)
• Only Spider to start all 32 games ... 43 starts in his first two seasons are most by a Spider since Jacob Gilyard from 2017-19 (63)
• Averaged 9.3 points (third on team), 1.4 assists (fifth on team), and 1.0 steals (third on team) per game
• Second among Spiders with 31.5 minutes per game ... Played 164 straight minutes over five games from from Feb. 19 to March 8
• Second on UR with 14 games of 10 or more points (including seven of his last nine games)
• Scored career-high 22 points vs Ball State on Nov. 27
FRESHMAN (2023-24)
• Appeared in all 33 games with 11 starts ... Most games and starts by a true Spiders freshman since Jake Wojcik in 2018-19
• Averaged 4.0 points (sixth among Spiders), 2.1 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game
• Scored a career-high 16 points vs Florida on Dec. 9, shooting 5-7 from three-point range ... First true freshman for UR to score 16 or more points since Jake Wojcik at So. Alabama on 12/29/2018 (22)
• Made first career start vs UNLV on Nov. 21 with DeLonnie Hunt injured ... became first true freshman to start any game for Spiders since 2021 NIT and first to start a November game for Spiders since 2018
HIGH SCHOOL
• Finished his prep career at Bishop Walsh in Cumberland, Md.
• Coached by Dan Prete at Bishop Walsh, who coached Spiders legend and No. 2 all-time leading scorer Grant Golden in high school (at Saint James School in Hagerstown, Md.)
• No. 10 Class of 2023 recruit in Maryland, according to ESPN
• Attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla. in 2021-22
• Represented Canada at FIBA U18 Americas Championship and FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup in 2022
PERSONAL
• Born on May 2, 2005
• First name is pronounced mick-KELL
• Only Spider to start all 32 games ... 43 starts in his first two seasons are most by a Spider since Jacob Gilyard from 2017-19 (63)
• Averaged 9.3 points (third on team), 1.4 assists (fifth on team), and 1.0 steals (third on team) per game
• Second among Spiders with 31.5 minutes per game ... Played 164 straight minutes over five games from from Feb. 19 to March 8
• Second on UR with 14 games of 10 or more points (including seven of his last nine games)
• Scored career-high 22 points vs Ball State on Nov. 27
FRESHMAN (2023-24)
• Appeared in all 33 games with 11 starts ... Most games and starts by a true Spiders freshman since Jake Wojcik in 2018-19
• Averaged 4.0 points (sixth among Spiders), 2.1 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game
• Scored a career-high 16 points vs Florida on Dec. 9, shooting 5-7 from three-point range ... First true freshman for UR to score 16 or more points since Jake Wojcik at So. Alabama on 12/29/2018 (22)
• Made first career start vs UNLV on Nov. 21 with DeLonnie Hunt injured ... became first true freshman to start any game for Spiders since 2021 NIT and first to start a November game for Spiders since 2018
HIGH SCHOOL
• Finished his prep career at Bishop Walsh in Cumberland, Md.
• Coached by Dan Prete at Bishop Walsh, who coached Spiders legend and No. 2 all-time leading scorer Grant Golden in high school (at Saint James School in Hagerstown, Md.)
• No. 10 Class of 2023 recruit in Maryland, according to ESPN
• Attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla. in 2021-22
• Represented Canada at FIBA U18 Americas Championship and FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup in 2022
PERSONAL
• Born on May 2, 2005
• First name is pronounced mick-KELL
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