Tyler Scaife of Rutgers University was been named the All-Met Division I women’s college basketball Player of the Year by the Met Basketball Writers Association for the 2017-18 season.  
 
A 5-9 senior guard from Little Rock, AR, Scaife --- who was the All-Met Rookie of the Year and a Third Team pick in 2014, and All-Met Second Team in 2016 --- came back from missing all of last season following open heart surgery to also earn All Big Ten Conference first team honors and WBCA All-America honorable mention status in 2017-18.
 
She helped the Scarlet Knights (20-12) to a 14-win improvement this past season by pacing Rutgers with 19.4 ppg (sixth in the conference, No. 38 in the nation), scoring 622 points overall and placing 20th in NCAA statistics with 252 field goals made. Scaife shot 45.2% from the field (ninth in Big 10), 81.0% from the free throw line (sixth in Big 10) and finished her career with 2,233 points, No. 2 all-time at Rutgers behind Sue Wicks (2,655).

Selected in the second round of the WNBA draft (20th overall) by the Phoenix Mercury, Scaife was unable to attend the 2018 Haggerty Awards dinner on Wednesday, April 25, at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY, due to the WNBA draft schedule.