Tyler Brogan inks with Auburn U in Montgomery

It is not odd to sign a scholarship in a library, but on Wednesday the signing of Tyler Brogan was held at the Pace Brach of the Santa Rosa County Library System.

Brogan, who recently had his named changed from Phillips, signed to play for one of the top NAIA Soccer programs in the nation after signing with Auburn University-Montgomery (AUM).

“I am excited about the opportunity ahead of me,” said Brogan. “I met Coach Wulf at a recruiting camp where there were about 30 people trying out.

“All that he signed was a junior in college who will transfer there and me.”

AUM this past season advanced to the final four nationally in soccer and will soon be making the shift form NAIA to Division II where they will play the like of the University of West Florida.

“I am real excited about the opportunities ahead,” said Brogan. “To play Division II my sophomore year excites me a lot.

“We are expecting to play against UWF and some other great teams as well.”

While Brogan is excited about his opportunity, AUM is excited about their newest signee as well.

“We are very pleased to have Tyler Brogan join our fine University and Men’s Soccer Program,” said AUM Head Coach Wulf Koch. “Tyler has a great background in playing the game of soccer and more importantly playing on a very competitive level wish is what we desire from all our recruits here at AUM.

“Tyler brings a tremendous amount of desire to succeed to us which made him extremely appealing as a potential recruit. We are pleased to add him to our squad as he will continue the strong tradition of Southeastern players here at AUM.”

Brogan doesn’t know exactly how much playing time to expect his freshman year, but he is expecting to see the pitch a great deal.

“Coach Wulf talked about working me in at center-mid and see how that works out,” said Brogan. “At the recruiting camp that is where I saw most of my work.

“If it doesn’t work out there I guess they will send me out wide.”

Louie Sahin, Brogan’s coach with Pensacola Football Club and Futbol Club of Santa Rosa, was pleased for his player of 13 years.

“I remember him starting out when he was six years old,” said Sahin. “He is a fantastic club player and I am very proud of the excellent job he did at PFC, high school, and at FCSR.”

Brogan loves a challenge and his challenge, which he has now accomplished, was to make a team whose reputation impressed him.

“I was most impressed by the schools reputation in soccer,” said Brogan. “I look forward to being fairly close to home, but I also am looking forward to becoming a much better player.

“They have a few of their former players playing pro soccer in Iceland.”

While Brogan celebrated his achievement, it was kind of odd to see it held off of the Pace campus.

Brogan wasn’t upset about this, but admitted, “it felt pretty odd” when he was asked about it.