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2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Tyler Hamby

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool South Panola High School
  • Hometown Courtland, Miss.

Biography

 SEASON  5K PR  6K PR  BEST FINISH
 All-Time  21:40.4.  27;12.0  12th
 (9/10/22 - UNA Invite)  (10/28/23 - 2023 SAA Cross Country Championship)  (10/14/22 - ETBU Tiger Invite)
 2023    23:35.7.  27;12.0.  45th
 (9/16/23 -Rhodes Invite)  (10/28/23 - 2023 SAA Cross Country Championship)  (10/28/23 -2023 SAA Cross Country Championship)
 2022  21:40.4.  27:56.2.  12th
 (9/10/22 - UNA Invite)  (9/24/22 - Watson Cross Country Classic)  (10/14/22 - ETBU Tiger Invite)
 2021  22:44.5.  28:38.3.  17th
 (9/3/21 - The Opener)  (10/1/21 - Huntingdon 8K/6K Invite)  (10/30/21 - Fire Hawk Invite)


Awards and Honors
  • 2025 SAA Outdoor Track & Field All-Sportsmanship Team
  • 2024 Fall President's List
  • 2024 Fall SAA Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022 Fall SAA Academic Honor Roll
Junior Season (2023):  Appeared in five meets during the 2023 season ... Hamby tabbed the 45th spot in the 2023 SAA Cross Country Championship on Oct 28.

Sophomore Season (2022): Saw five meets during her sophomore season ... On Oct.24 Hamby took the 12th spot in the ETBU Tiger Invite while finishing with a 27.42.3 ... She ran 53rd out of 104 runners in the University of North Alabama Invitational on Sept. 10 ... Finished Top 50th at the Mississippi College Opener on Sept 2.

Freshman Season (2021): Appeared in six meets her freshman season ... Tabbed her best 5k in the Hawks Invitational with a 22.41.1 in a 17th placement  ... Finished 19th in the Huntingdon 8k/6k Invitational on Oct.1 ... Recorded Top 55 in the 2021 SAA Cross Country Championship with a 28:16.5. 

Prior to Millsaps: Five sport letterman in softball, cross country, track, volleyball, and basketball. In softball, she was a Under Armour Pre-Season All-American her junior and senior year. She received an offensive award for softball in seventh and ninth grade and a hustle award her senior year. In cross country, she was deemed the best overall female runner in 12th grade and the most dedicated in 11th and 12th grade. She was fourth in her district her senior in cross country. She was voted most dedicated and MVP in basketball her eighth grade season. She was apart of a state runner-up team for softball in seventh grade while also helping lead her team to four district championships. She was apart of the National Honors Society, the National Technical Honors Society, the Beta Club, and Mu Alpha Theta.


Personal: Majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry ... Assistant Vet Tech at South Panola Vet Hospital ... Salamander Research in Tishomingo County ...Plans to pursue Veterinary Medicine after graduation ... Great uncle Johnny Hamby played football for Millsaps ... 2nd cousins Rhett and Robin Hamby (Baseball) played football for Millsaps as well ... Great Grandfather Thomas G. Hamby Sr. played four years of  football for the Majors  ... Grandfather Thomas G. Hamby Jr was a two year football player at Peay University ...  Auntie was the cross country coach at Millsaps College from 1999-2000.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2022Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2023Junior

    5'7"
  • 2024Senior

    5'7"