Personal Statement
My name is Tyler Gary, I’m a 5’10” 170lbs junior point guard for Riverdale Baptist in Upper Marlboro Maryland . At Riverdale I am an honor roll student with hopes of one day becoming a radiologist. I relocated to the DMV area in the Fall of 2017 to help continue my development as a basketball player in one of the most highly competitive areas in the country. I consider myself as a pure point guard and floor general I play lockdown defense and have the ability to create my own shoot.
As a Freshman, I started roughly 40% of the games as the point guard for Capital Christian Academy. After that year I transferred to Riverdale Baptist, and as a sophomore I played both for the Varsity and the high school JV team. I was able to make the starting lineup on a few occasions for the Varsity team. As a Junior my school did not participate in any basketball activities. I have been working with personal trainers for the entire year, with hopes of playing some travel basketball the summer of 2021, and attending some elite camps.
I have continued my early morning workouts to continue to build by skills. I lift 3 days per week, and attend a joint training season 3 days per week in hopes to continue my basketball career at the college level.
My goal is to fulfill both my athletic and academic interest at the college level. Academically I hope to one day to become a radiologist. I became interest in radiologist while observing what they did while receiving x-rays over the years while playing various sports that included baseball and football.
My other interest when I’m not play or watch basketball is playing video games and doing community service. I attempt to do some type of community service with my father at least every other month. Which has included adopt-a-highway, feeding the homeless, or clothing drives. Last academic year I was selected to be in the Youth Leadership Development Course hosted by the local alumni chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. I plan to apply for the opportunity again this year and play a larger role in the curriculum.
