Monday, November 13, 2006

TUSCULUM'S GLEN BLACK NAMED SAC FOOTBALL SCHOLAR ATHLETE

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum College kicker Glen Black has been named the 2006 South Atlantic Conference Football Scholar Athlete announced league officials Monday. This marks the second straight year Black has earned this honor. Tusculum has also claimed this award for the fourth time in the last five years.

Black, a senior from Bristol, Tenn., carries a 3.83 cumulative grade point average as an Accounting majoring, with minors in Management and Mathematics. He led the Pioneers in scoring with 43 points, hitting 22 of-24 extra points and seven of 11 field goals. Black was also named to the All-South Atlantic Conference Second Team this season.

The Tennessee High School graduate is ranked second in Tusculum history with 111 career points (kicking) and is the all-time leader in extra points (69) and extra point attempts (77).

Black is a campus leader, serving as vice president of student government association. He leads weekly Bible studies with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as well as working with a local church to develop a Tusculum Baptist College Night. He has volunteered with numerous community service projects through Nettie Day at Tusculum College and through church activities.

Black was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV First Team earlier this month and was tabbed to the 2006 American Football Coaches Association of America Good Works Team which recognizes community service, along with athletic and academic achievement. He is one of only 22 collegiate football players in the country to earn this prestigious honor.

Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn., is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA and is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference which is comprised of nine colleges and universities in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

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