Tyler Horky poised to break long-standing record
Tyler Horky, a senior at Manchester High School, is about to break a long-standing basketball record.
It’s been 31 years since Tom Mann set a new Manchester High School record for points scored in his basketball career, ending with 1,046 career points at the end of the season in 1989.
Later this week, senior captain Tyler Horky, son of Abbie and Corey Horky of Manchester, is poised to shatter that record, as he is currently hovering at 1,040 points so far this year. Just seven more points will put him past Mann’s total, and it is still relatively early in the season.
Coach Mike Ahrens alerted the Mirror last week that on January 14, Tyler made his 1,000th career point with a free throw in the second quarter of a home game against Michigan Center. He reached that number in just three seasons, including 52 career games. This week, as Manchester faces Addison on Thursday night, January 23, (tip-off at 6:30 pm), is the crucial game. The timing will allow Tyler to achieve this extraordinary milestone on the home court.
“According to PrepMax, Tyler is currently the leading scorer in the state with his 29.0 average per game,” Ahrens said. “Tyler is a National Honor Society student, with a 3.9 GPA. He has a season game high of 42 points vs Clinton; he set a new school record last year for points in a game with 47; and he also set a new school record last season for most points in a season with 518.
“He is having another banner season this year, and is on track to break our school record.”
In addition to these records of points-per-game and points-per-season, during the past 1.5 seasons, Tyler has also broken or tied several more school records: Most made free throws in a game, with 17; Most free throw attempts in a game, with 20; and currently is tied with Josh Finley (2012) for the most three-point field goals made in a single game (8). He also beats out two other 1,000+ point scorers in Manchester history–Curt Fielder (1978) and Nick Krzyzaniak (1981).
Tyler also was the star quarterback on last fall’s football team. Last year as a Junior basketball player, Tyler was awarded the Associated Press All-State Honorable Mention Team plus the MLive Jackson Area Dream Team. He has attended numerous camps at Grand Valley State University and Central Michigan University
He is looking at pursuing business and engineering next year in college. According to his stat sheet, schools in which he has expressed an interest include Siena Heights University, Kalamazoo College, Hillsdale College and Aquinas College, University of Wisconsin – Parkside, Alma College and Spring Arbor University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, U/M Dearborn, and Oakland University. So he has a diverse field of schools, but says he hasn’t yet decided which college to attend; he is waiting on “the big offer.”
As a player, Tyler has received high praise from his coaches. Current MHS Varsity coach Mike Ahrens said, “Tyler is consistently pushing himself and teammates to improve every day. Tyler is learning how to test defenses and find a path for himself and teammates to score. He will welcome any challenge to improve his overall game. He demonstrates so much potential to accelerate at both ends of the court.”
Coach Jordan Ebbs, Director of Basketball Operations at Ann Arbor Basketball Academy, adds, “Tyler is gifted with a great basketball instinct and impeccable work ethic. He is a top guard in my program and has been for three years. He takes note of (his) weaknesses and works tirelessly to improve every day.”
For his part, Tyler remains humble even in the anticipation of this momentous achievement. “All I have to say is that it is a tremendous honor to be mentioned with the names on the thousand-point list,” he says. “I’m very thankful for Coach Ahrens and all my teammates for all their support over this season and throughout my career.”
Manchester wishes you the best, Tyler–both for the remainder of this season and for your future!
Tyler has shown himself to be a leader both on and off the court.
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