Malone University Athletics

Tyler Light, a 2014 graduate from Malone University was a standout for the program as it made the transition to NCAA Division II. Light helped lead the Malone men's golf team to their only NCAA Tournament appearance by way of winning the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and NCAA Super Regional. The Pioneers reached the 2014 NCAA Semifinal Round during the match play event.
 
Light laid claim to Third Team All-American honors that season and was named the GLIAC's co-player of the year with his teammate, Nathan Tarter, and was First Team All-Conference. Prior to the university joining NCAA Division II, Light was named Ohio Independent Conference All-American in 2012, Third Team NAIA All-American in 2011 and All-American Mideast Conference in 2011.
 
Light's name is plastered all over the record book in Malone men's golf history. He competed on the team that has the lowest four-man score in program history at 272 in 2010 at the Muskingum Spring Invitational. Light was a part of seven of the top ten lowest 18-hole team scores as well as the top two lowest 36-hole team scores in team history.
 
His individual career-low score of 66 came at the 2013 Malone Fall Classic and is tied for the third-lowest score in Malone men's golf history. Light has five career rounds of 68 or lower and has the ninth-lowest career scoring average at 72.8.
 
After graduation, Light began golfing professionally. He was a part of the PGA Tour Canada for two years, and qualified and made the cut at the 2017 U.S. Open. He began working for Carter Lumber in 2020 as an outside salesman and continues to do that to this day. He and his wife were married in 2018 and now have a three-month old child.