By Matt Browning
A 6-foot-1 guard from Derby, Kansas, Tyler Brown was Hutchinson Community College’s third-leading scorer in the 2019-20 season at 12.8 points per game. He shot 43 percent overall and was the Blue Dragons’ second-best three-point shooter at 36.4 percent, hitting 56 of 154 attempts. He was a 2020 All-Jayhawk West Honorable Mention selection.
Playing sparingly through the first two-thirds of his freshman season, Brown joined the Blue Dragon starting line-up in Game 19 of the 2018-19 season and never left. Brown’s entry into the starting lineup sparks the Blue Dragons all the way to the Region VI Tournament Championship game.
In 65 games as a Blue Dragon, Brown averaged 8.8 points per game. He was a career 39.3 percent shooter from three-point range. His 92 career 3-pointers are the 16th most in Blue Dragon history. He ranks seventh in Blue Dragon history in 3-point percentage.
Brown signed a national letter of intent to play at Ivy League school Brown University. He was the second Blue Dragon to sign with an Ivy League school. The only other Blue Dragon to sign in the prestigious league is Rowdy Meeks, a member of the 1988 National Champion Blue Dragons, who signed with Cornell University.
