Tommie, Garnett named Applebee's Student-Athletes of the Month for November

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum College placekicker Will Tommie and right-side hitter Rachel Garnett have been named the Applebee's Student-Athletes of the Month for November.

Tommie, a sophomore from Greenwood, South Carolina was near perfect in his two outings for the Pioneers in November as he recorded a team-high 19 points in a pair of Tusculum victories.  He missed his first field goal try to start the month, but connected on four in a row to end the season.  He also went 7-for-7 on extra points and averaged 63.9 yards on his 13 kickoffs, with two going for touchbacks.

In TC's 38-28 road win at defending South Atlantic Conference champion Catawba, Tommie connected on all five of his extra point tries and made a 26-yard field goal as he finished with eight points.  He matched a career-high with his 11 points in Tusculum's 31-30 overtime win over Carson-Newman.  The 2015 All-SAC honoree made all three of his field goal tries including a 46-yarder, matching the longest in his collegiate career.  He also made both his extra point attempts and was named the AstroTurf SAC Special Teams Player of the Week.

Garnett, a senior from Cincinnati, Ohio, posted a team-best .353 hitting percentage for the month. The two-time All-SAC selection averaged 2.43 kills and totaled 51 kills, six digs, seven blocks and accounted for 55.5 points in her six matches for November.

In TC's 3-0 sweep over Newberry, Garnett posted a .533 hitting percentage as she finished with nine kills, one error in 15 attacks. She also contributed three blocks in the win.  She followed with 11 kills and a .290 hitting percentage at Coker.  She capped her stellar collegiate career with 12 kills and a .435 hitting percentage against Wingate in the SAC Quarterfinal.

Garnett ends her collegiate career with 1,069 kills, which are the sixth-most in program history. Garnett also finishes ranked with her .241 career hitting percentage (8^th in TC history), 2,968 career attacks (8^th in TC history) and 443 career sets played (9^th in TC history). She finishes her TC career with 1,159.5 points. An outstanding student, Garnett was also named to the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District first team.

The Tusculum College Student-Athlete of the Month Award is sponsored by Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar of Greeneville.  The Applebee's Student-Athlete of the Month Award honors one male and one female student-athlete each month from an in-season sport during the 2016-2017 academic year, recognizing their hard work, effort and performance.

2016-2017 Applebee's Student-Athletes of the Month