Eastern Washington University Athletics

Hayford on Harvey: “Tyler has had twotremendous seasons as an underclassman, and we only expect that tocontinue in his junior year. He is an outstanding shooter andscorer, and is a great teammate and leader of our team.”

Career: Entering the 2014-15 season, Harveycurrently ranks sixth in school history with a 15.88 career scoringaverage, has the school’s fifth-best 3-point field goalpercentage mark (43.3 percent) and the eighth-most total treys(132). With two seasons to play, he already is only 52 3-pointersaway from the school record, with senior teammate Parker Kelly only39 away. He enters his junior season with string of 25-straightfree throws made in a row. He has now averaged 20.7 points per gamein his last 39 games as an Eagle after averaging 1.3 points in hisfirst 13 outings. In fact, his one-year improvement by 14.7 pointsper game ranked third in the nation. In EWU’s last eightgames of the 2012-13 season, he scored 132 points (16.5 average) on55 percent shooting from the field (52-of-94, including 20-of-443-point attempts). In the first 13 games he played in the 2012-13season, Harvey scored just 17 points (by contrast, in the first 13games in the 2013-14 season he scored 261 with an average of 20.1per game). He has scored in double figures in 37 of EWU’slast 39 games, with a streak of 23 snapped versus North Dakota(1/30/14). He has one career double-double, and has led EWU inscoring in 25 games, assists nine times and steals on 21occasions.

2014:15: He will serve as one of the team’sco-captains in the 2014-15 season (along with Venky Jois and ParkerKelly). He was selected as the preseason MVP by Lindy’sMagazine, and was also chosen as a first team All-Big Skyselection and the best shooter in the league by Lindy’s. Inaddition, he was named to preseason All-Big Sky Conference teams byAthlon Magazine (one of only five players selected) andCollege Sports Madness (first team). Is expected to be an AcademicAll-America candidate for the Eagles this year based on his successon the court and in the classroom.

2013-14: Harvey earned a variety of honors following hisrecord-breaking season for the Eagles, including first team All-BigSky Conference and second team NABC All-District 6 honors. His hewas EWU’s first player honored on the NABC team since RodneyStuckey in 2007. He was also selected by College Sports Madness toits All-BSC second team and earned Big Sky All-Academic honors.Twice he earned Big Sky Conference Player of the Week accolades,and once earned the same honor from College Sports Madness. Earlierin the season, he was named to the All-Tournament team at the 2KSports Classic in Irvine, Calif., and was an EWU Scholar-Athlete ofthe Month. Harvey finished with a school-record 109 3-pointers onthe season, giving him sole possession of second on theleague’s all-time list. Former BSC record holder ShannonTaylor from Eastern is now fourth on the list with 103 in the1998-99 season, and the league record is 124 set by Stephen Sir ofNAU in 2006-07. Harvey’s average of 3.52 per game finishedfourth in league history. Harvey was the Big Sky’s leadingscorer with a 21.8 average, and ranked in the top 13 nationally infour categories -- scoring (8th), 3-pointers per game (6th, 3.52),3-point shooting percentage (16th, 43.3) and free throw percentage(8th, 89.7). His combined ranking of 22nd in 3-pointers per game(6th, 3.52) and 3-point shooting percentage (16th, 43.3) was thirdin NCAA Division I. Harvey also led the league in 3-pointers madeper game (3.5) and free throw percentage (.897), and was fourth in3-point field goal percentage (.433). Harvey set the school’ssingle season record for 3-pointers made when he had seven againstNorthern Colorado (2/27/14). He tied a school record with 103-pointers in an earlier meeting against Northern Colorado(2/1/14), and had a total of 69 points and 17 treys in a seasonsweep over UNC for the Eagles. Harvey made a 3-pointer that helpedsend the first meeting against the Bears into overtime, then madehis record-tying 10th trey to open the extra period and give EWUthe lead for good. He hit nine 3-pointers en route to a 37-pointouting in EWU’s 84-65 win over Northern Arizona (2/15/14), togo along with performances of 36 and 38 he had in the final 14games of the season. Now with three of the top 17 performances inschool history, only Rodney Stuckey (45, 38, 36, 36) and David Peed(44, 37, 37) have accomplished that feat. He also became a dead-eyefree throw shooter for the Eagles, after having made only 43.5percent of his free throws as a freshman. In the 2013-14 season heled the Big Sky in games overall (.897) and was  second inleague play (.907). He made 118-of-128 (.922) in his last 16outings, concluding the season with a string of 25 in a row thatincluded a season-ending 12-of-12 performance versus Weber State onMarch 8. He also had a Big Sky and EWU record 20-of-20 versusSouthern Utah on Jan. 23, a 13-of-13 effort at Northern Arizona onJan. 16, an 11-of-11 effort at Montana on Feb. 8 and two other8-of-8 efforts. At one time during the season he made 22-straight,then ended the season with a string of 25 in a row. He scored indouble figures in 30 of 31 games with a double-double versus IdahoState (3/6/14) with 22 points and 10 rebounds. He led Eastern inscoring in 21 games, assists seven times and steals on 16occasions.

2012-13: Was one of a school-record nine Eagles to beselected to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Finishing theseason as the hottest Eagle, Harvey scored 132 points (16.5average) on 55 percent shooting from the field (52-of-94, including20-of-44 3-point attempts) in EWU’s last eight games. In thefirst 13 games he played in the 2012-13 season, Harvey scored just17 points. He burst onto the scene at Northern Arizona (2/9/13)when EWU was down by 18 with 7:35 left to play in regulation. Hecame off the bench to score 14 points in the last 8:31 of the gameand rallied the Eagles to an improbable 77-74 overtime victory inFlagstaff, Ariz. Eastern trailed by 13 when Harvey entered the gamefor the second time with 3:42 left. He never came out after that,and scored eight points in regulation and six in overtime.

2011-12: Redshirted.

High School: Graduated from Bishop MontgomeryHigh School in 2011. Earned first-team All-CIF Southern SectionDivision 3AA honors as a senior after earning second-team accoladesas a junior. Harvey averaged 18 points and three steals per game asa senior to also earn all-area honors. He also earned first-teamAll-Del Rey League honors twice, leading the Knights to a leaguetitle his senior season with an 8-0 record. Bishop Montgomeryfinished the 2010-11 season 20-7 and advanced to the second roundof the CIF Playoffs (Southern Section Division 3AA). Earlier in theyear, he was an All-Tournament selection (National Division) at the2010 National Prep Classic in Santa Maria, Calif. Bishop Montgomeryfinished the tournament 3-2.

Personal: Born July 17, 1993, in Torrance, Calif.Communications studies major with a 3.63 grade point average. Sonof Frank Harvey and Susan Raya. His father is a collegiatebasketball official. While in high school, Tyler grew 11inches.

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points: 38, Northern Colorado -- 2/1/14
Rebounds: 10, Idaho State -- 3/6/14
Assists: 8, at Montana State -- 02/06/14 ; North Dakota -- 3/2/13; Idaho State -- 3/6/14
Steals: 4, at Montana State -- 02/06/14 ; Idaho State -- 3/6/14 ;Weber State -- 3/8/14
Blocks: 3, Sam Houston State -- 2/23/13
FG made: 13, Northern Arizona -- 2/15/14
FG attempts: 22, at Washington -- 11/17/13 ; Northern Arizona --2/15/14
3FG made: 10, Northern Colorado -- 2/1/14
3FG attempts: 16, Northern Arizona -- 2/15/14
FT made: 20, Southern Utah -- 1/23/14
FT attempts: 20, Southern Utah -- 1/23/14