Prior to Duke: Four-year letterwinner at Fort Dorchester High School under head coach Ronnie Sayer … tabbed the top short stop out of South Carolina by Perfect Game USA … finished his high school career with a .391 batting average, 1.20 OPS, seven home runs, 52 RBIs, 69 runs and a .960 fielding percentage … served as team captain … named team MVP … South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association All-State … SC Select North/South All Star … 5A Region 8 All-Region … National High School Baseball Coaches Association All-American and Academic All-American … Gold’s Gym Male High School Athlete of the Year … High School Sports Report All-State All-Rookie team as a freshman … Diamond Prospects Co-Region Player of the Year as a sophomore … Perfect Game MVP of the Southeast Memorial Day Classic … Perfect Game National Showcase participant … member of National Honor Society … member of Fort Dorchester’s President Leadership team … Palmetto Scholars scholarship.
 Personal: Born Tyler Ethan Christmas on Aug. 2, 2002 … son of Jay and Jennifer Christmas … has two sisters, Parker and Marlee … dad, Jay, played college baseball at Coker College.