Senior Profile: Tyler Salminen

Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.

NAME: Tyler Salminen

DATE OF BIRTH: Feb. 18, 1992

PARENTS: Kimberly and William Salminen

SIBLINGS: Alec, Jake and Spencer Salminen. Spencer’s 7, Jake’s 13 and Alec is 15.

FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Economics

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? Play video games.

FAVORITE FOOD: Calimari

FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: Depeche Mode[more]

FAVORITE MOVIE: Clash of the Titans, I guess, because I just saw that.

FAVORITE TV SHOW: House

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A KID? Beanie Babies.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? I’m going to go to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and study International Economics.

OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO HAS HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? Probably my grandfather. He’s this big Italian guy. He’s a business guy. He’s given me money to do stuff and he’s really helped me go along and pushed me.

FAVORITE THING ABOUT SOCCER: Dribbling through people.

POSITION: Right center back.

WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE FIELD? Basically, just defensive stuff like — it’s more about our back four. We have to communicate and stay in line.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? We’re doing great. We’ve had a lot of unlucky stuff happen with like Russellville and Cabot but we were really lucky with Conway, so I think we’ll do well in the playoffs.

WHAT'S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR? Probably Tuesday against Conway. We destroyed them 3-0.

WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL THE REST OF THE SEASON? I think we just need to try our hardest and be physical like we did Tuesday.

INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR GAME ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT ABOUT? Probably distributing the ball, passing, and then taking the ball and dribbling through people.

WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST TO IMPROVE? I don’t really work on specific things. I just kind of play.

AFTER YOU'RE THROUGH PLAYING SOCCER AT BHS, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT IT? Probably Coach (Jason) Hay because, hearing stories from before, he’s really changed the soccer program here. I moved here going into my junior year and soccer was huge in North Carolina. When I moved here, I guess it wasn’t and Coach Hay really turned everything around.