ROSELAND, N.J. --- Three Tusculum College student-athletes have been named to the 2015 USA College Football Division II All-America Team. Senior receiver Justin Houston earned a spot on the All-America first team, while senior wideout Ken Funnye and senior offensive tackle Billy Munker garnered second team recognition.
Houston, a 5-8, 170-pound product from Cleveland, Tennessee, garners All-America honors for a second time in his career. The two-time D2CAA All-Region honoree led the South Atlantic Conference in receptions for a third consecutive year, averaging 9.6 catches per game, which are ranked third nationally. He finished the year with 106 receptions for 799 yards and tied a school single-season record with nine touchdowns. His 106 catches are the second-most in TC history, four shy of the school record 110 grabs he made in his 2013 campaign.
Houston, a 2013 All-American and three-time All-SAC standout, finished his career with a school and league record 322 receptions, which are the fourth-most in NCAA Division II history. Houston also finished with a school-record 3,182 receiving yards, which are sixth in the SAC record book. He is also the program's all-time leader for kickoff returns (68) and all-purpose yardage (4,622). Houston also recorded 13 games with 100 or more receiving yards, the most in program history.
Funnye, 6-1, 170-pound native of Georgetown, South Carolina, finished second in the league in receiving yards, averaging 84.4 yards per game (36th in NCAA Division II). The 2015 All-SAC second team selection finished third in the conference averaging 6.5 receptions per game (21st in NCAA II).
Funnye opened the season with a school single-game record 232 yards and two touchdowns at Virginia-Wise. Two weeks later, he posted 182 yards on 13 receptions with a pair of TD scores. He answered that performance with 162 yards on just four catches with two TDs.
Funnye was also a threat on special teams where he averaged 24.2 yards per kickoff return (2nd in SAC/50th in NCAA II), including a career-best 94-yarder for a touchdown at nationally-ranked Carson-Newman University in the season-finale.
He wraps up his career eighth all-time with 1,978 receiving yards on 180 receptions (6th in TC history). His 23.1 kickoff return averaged is ninth in school history, while his 2,994 career all-purpose yards are ranked ninth in the Tusculum record book.
Munker, a 6-4, 305-pound senior tackle from West Palm Beach, Florida, also earned a spot on the All-SAC second team offensive line earlier this fall. Munker anchored the offensive front which boasted the top passing offensive in the league (292 ypg - 20th in NCAA II), while allowing 12 sacks in 478 pass attempts. TC allowed 1.09 sacks per game, which was third in the league and 18th fewest in the country.
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