GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum punter Stefaan Forbes and middle blocker Martina Foster have been named the initial Zaxby's Athletes of the Week for the 2024-25 season.
Forbes, a senior from Tulsa, Oklahoma, averaged 43.6 yards on seven punts for the Pioneers in Saturday's game at West Alabama, with a long of 52 yards and four inside the 20-yard line. It is the ninth time in program history that a Tusculum punter dropped four inside the 20 in a game, which is tied for the fourth-most in program history. Three of Forbes' punts ended up inside the UWA 10.
Foster, a junior from Hickory, North Carolina, recorded 28 kills and hit a team-high .351 as the Pioneer women's volleyball team opened the 2024 season by going 2-2 at the Redderson Invitational in Greenwood, South Carolina. She also led the team with seven service aces and 12 blocks across 15 sets. In a 3-2 comeback win against North Greenville, Foster had 11 kills along with five aces, five digs and five blocks.
The Tusculum University Athlete of the Week Award is sponsored by Zaxby's, located at 3280 Andrew Johnson Highway in Greeneville. The Zaxby's Athlete of the Week Award honors one male and one female athlete each week from an in-season sport.
