Warsaw Community High School senior Tyler Ostrom signed a Letter of Intent Wednesday to attend Ball State and continue his golf career with the Cardinals of the Mid-Amerian Conference.

Ostrom, the 2011 IHSAA golf individual state champion, was together with his parents Barry and Diana, and joined by Tiger golf coach Ben Barkey, WCHS Principal Troy Akers, and Athletic Director Dave Anson, as he signed the document at WCHS. A three-year varsity letter winner, the currently holds 8 school records and one IHSAA state record. Ostrom's blistering round of 63 at last year's state championship match was not only a school record, but it set a state record for lowest 1-day score in IHSAA state tournament history. His 137 for both rounds in the state finals was the third lowest score in the history of the tournament.

A Future World Collegiate Tour Academic All-American, the Tigers senior has three top-five finishes at major tournaments, including the medalist achievement at the Future World Collegiate Tour held at Purdue. He was also 7th at the 2011 Indiana Open. Not only is Tyler good with coming up with impressive numbers on the golf course, his skills were evident with numbers in the classroom as he earned a 10th place finish in Accounting at last year's National BPA competition in Washington, DC.

Ostrom will enter his senior year having already won medalist honors in the sectional, twice at regional, and once at state. He was also the Northern Lakes Conference tournament medalist twice, and he finished his junior year with a season average of 74.

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