Tyler Cain

Tyler Cain
Free Agent
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born (1988-06-30) June 30, 1988 (age 36)
Rochester, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Listed height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight107 kg (236 lb)
Career information
High schoolJohn Marshall
(Rochester, Minnesota)
CollegeSouth Dakota (2006–2010)
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2012VEF Rīga
2012–2013Barons Kvartāls
2013–2014Fulgor Libertas Forlì
2014–2015Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
2015–2016JDA Dijon
2016–2017Champagne Châlons-Reims
2017–2019Varese
2019–2020Germani Basket Brescia
2020–2021Victoria Libertas Pesaro
2021–2023Derthona Basket
Career highlights and awards

Tyler Cain (born June 30, 1988) is an American basketball player who last played for Derthona Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the University of South Dakota (USD).[1] He is best known for being the inaugural winner of the Great West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award[2] in 2009–10, the conference's first as a Division I basketball league.[3][4] As a senior that season, Cain became the second player in USD history to record 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.[1] He is also USD's all-time leading shot blocker after compiling 361 during his career.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Tyler Cain profile". Men's Basketball. University of South Dakota. 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  2. ^ "South Dakota's Tyler Cain Leads GWC All–Conference Men's Basketball Team" (Press release). Great West Conference. March 9, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  3. ^ "About the Great West Conference". GWC History. Great West Conference. 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  4. ^ "Great West Granted Automatic Bid Into CIT Field". Great West Conference. September 29, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2010.