Tyler DeChellis

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Clayton
High School:
Clayton
Major:
Business Management (Information Systems)

Career Notes: Four-year letterman at East Carolina (2022-25) … Finished career playing in 35 events (101 rounds) with a 74.64 stroke average … Tallied seven career Top 10 finishes and two Top 5 placements … Shot a career-low round of 65 on two occasions (I-40 Cup, Ironwood Collegiate Classic) both in the second round, which is tied for the 10th lowest round in program history … Three-time AAC All-Academic Team members (2022-24).

As a Senior (2024-25): Played in eight events posting a 73.36 stroke average over 22 rounds … Tallied three Top 10 finishes and one Top 5 placement … Carded rounds of 72 or better nine times and in the 60’s on four occasions … Best finish of the season came at the Ironwood Collegiate Classic finishing tied for third (135/9-under) … Finished tied for seventh at Cutter Creek Intercollegiate with a 1-under 215 … Grabbed a share of ninth at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Invitational (143/3-over) … Finished tied for 32nd at the AAC Championships.

As a Junior (2023-24): Played in 10 events posting a 74.55 stroke average … Completed in 29 total rounds … Recorded two Top 10 finishes coming in the last two events of the season … Best finish came at the I40 Cup (seventh) with a score of 138 (4 under par) … Placed eighth at the AAC Championships after posting a score of 209 (1 under par) … Ten of 29 rounds were 72 or better with two rounds in the 60’s … Shot a personal-best 65 in the final round of the I40 Cup … Named to the 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team … Named to the 2023-24 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars.

As a Sophomore (2022-23): Earned second letter after appearing in nine events … Ranks fifth on the team with a 74.78 stroke average … Best finish of the season came at the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate with a share of ninth place (220) … Also recorded a share of 20th place at the Tiger Invitational where he shot a season-low 54-hole score of 215 … Posted a career-low 68 during opening round action at the General Hackler Intercollegiate … Shot 72 or better in a round seven times (69 or lower twice) ... Named to the 2022-23 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team … Earned GCAA All-America Scholar honors for the 2022-23 academic year.

As a Freshman (2021-22): Competed in eight events during the season earning first letter .. Shot a then career-low 2-under 69 in the third round of the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial ... Tied for third at the Wexford Intercollegiate, finishing with a final score of 2-under 214 ... Named to the 2021-22 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

Before East Carolina: Three-year letterman (2018, ’19, ’21) at Clayton High School for coach Steven Moats ... Three-time All-Greater Neuse Conference selection ... Claimed medalist honors at the 2019 Greater Neuse Conference Championships ... Named the 2020 North Carolina Junior Player-of-the-Year by the Tarheel Youth Golf Association (TYGA) and Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) ... Finished in fifth-place at the 2019 NCHSAA 3A championships helping CHS to a runner-up finish ... Two-time recipient of the school’s J.L. Triplett team MVP Award.

Personal: Born June 7, 2002 in Providence, R.I. ... Son of John and Candice DeChellis ... Has a younger sister, Riley ... Two-time ECU SAAC Representative (2023-24 and 2024-25) ... Earned undergraduate degree in business management (information systems) in May of 2025.