Tyler Kropp
Argentine-American basketball player
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tyler Kropp (born March 6, 2007) is an Argentine-American college basketball player for the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference.
Kropp for the 2025–26 Northwestern Wildcats | |||||||||||||||
| No. 1 – Northwestern Wildcats | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Big Ten Conference | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | March 6, 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Argentine / American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Olentangy Liberty (Powell, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||
| College |
| ||||||||||||||
Medals
| |||||||||||||||
Early life and high school
Kropp grew up in Powell, Ohio and attended Olentangy Liberty High School. He averaged 22.3 points and 11.0 rebounds per game during his junior season.[1] Kropp was named second-team All-Ohio as a senior after averaging 19.0 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game.[2] Kropp was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college basketball at Northwestern over offers from Davidson, Dayton, Richmond, and Harvard.[3]
National team career
Kropp competes for Argentina in international play.[4] He played in the 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship and averaged 10.2 points and 10.5 rebounds over six games as Argentina finished fourth.[5] Kropp played in the 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup and was named to the All-Tournament team after leading the competition in both scoring and rebounding as Argentina finished as the runner-up.[6] He was also selected to play in the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, where he averaged 20 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.[7] Kropp led the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in scoring with a 21.7 points per game average and was named to the second team of the All-Tournament Team.[8][9]
Career statistics
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Northwestern | 31 | 10 | 11.9 | .442 | .273 | .923 | 2.1 | .3 | .4 | .3 | 3.1 |
Personal life
Kropp's mother, Mabel, was born and raised in Argentina, and moved to the United States to attend Ohio State University.[10]