Fall Frosty Awards Nominees: Male Athlete of the Year.

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Posted: Jan 02, 2020

From now until Jan. 2, the Carson-Newman Athletic Communications Department will debut the Frosty Award nominees for the fall semester. These are the fall nominees for Male Athlete of the Year.

The seventh annual Frosty Awards will take place in late April and honor athletic excellence in Carson-Newman's athletic department.

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Antonio Wimbush: Wimbush, the 2018 All-American and Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year has turned in one of the best careers by a Carson-Newman football running back. Wimbush became the third member of Carson-Newman's 4,000-yard rushing club. He finishes his career third all-time in rushing yards with 4,003. Wimbush had 17 100-yard rushing performances for his career, good enough for second on the all-time list. Wimbush is the sixth player in program history with 40 career rushing touchdowns. He had 41 in his career. This year, Wimbush has tallied 1,123 yards rushing on 150 carries and 11 touchdowns. He is the sixth playing in Carson-Newman history with multiple 1,000-yard rushing campaigns. He has joined the likes of Kenneth Tyson, Robert Thomas, Tyrone Westmoreland, Brandon Baker and Nate Inman. The senior has especially had a gleam in his eye down the stretch of his career. Over the last four weeks, Wimbush averaged 135 yards per game on the ground. He had eight rushing touchdowns in that span.

Dez Fairell: Fairell has put his name in the record books on Carson-Newman's all-time interceptions list. Fairell finished his Carson-Newman career with 19 career picks, that's the third most all-time. The seven interceptions Fairell has this year are tied for the third most for a single-season in school history. Fairell led the South Atlantic Conference in interceptions, he is eighth nationally. Fairell has also broken up 11 passes this year and is ninth nationally in passes defensed. He helmed a secondary that picked off 22 passes this season, the fifth most in a single season in school history.

Rondrow Peebles: A nominee for the Cliff Harris Award, Peebles earned a pair of SAC Defensive Player of the Week awards this year. He was Carson-Newman's leading tackler with 93 stops. Peebles also had 18.0 tackles for loss and 9.0 sacks. He tallied a game-changing interception against Limestone. Peebles was named national player of the week following his 12-tackle, 3.5-tackle for loss, 1.5-sack performance on opening night against West Florida. The 12 tackles are one of four double-digit tackle efforts on the year. He had 11 stops against Catawba, Newberry and Limestone. Peebles tied Temoris Coats for the third most TFL in a single season in program history with 18. His nine sacks are the most by a Carson-Newman linebacker in a single season.

Phillip McDowell: McDowell, recognized last year with All-America honors from Don Hansen's Football Gazette, becomes Carson-Newman's first two-time All-American since offensive lineman Michael Tribue was recognized in 2009 and 2010. He previously earned All-America honors from the AFCA earlier this year. McDowell has helped clear the way for an offense that ranks fifth in the country in rushing with 292.7 yards per game, 25th in scoring in 36.8 points per game and 39th in total offense at 417.3 yards per game. McDowell extended his school-record for knockdowns by an offensive lineman with another 44 knockdowns this year. He has a whopping 101 for his career, more than double Robby Ignagni, the previous record holder. Additionally, McDowell cleared the way for a 1,000-yard rusher in his final three seasons in and orange and blue jersey. Through his blocking, he helped Antonio Wimbush (Kingland, Ga.) become the program's third 4,000-yard rusher.

Braxton Westfield: Westfield becomes Carson-Newman's first first-team all-conference and all-region wideout in a decade and the first since Reggie Hubbard earned a spot on the first team in 2009. Westfield has been a big-play threat for Carson-Newman all year. In his second career game as a Carson-Newman football player, Braxton Westfield put his name in the record books. In a week two loss to Wingate, Westfield grabbed three passes, all for touchdowns, for a whopping 169 yards receiving. His scores traversed 81, 53 and 35 yards. The 81-yard catch is the seventh longest reception in school history. His 169 yards are the 10th highest single-game total in school history and the third most of the option era. Additionally, his 56.3 yards per catch are the most of any wide out with three catches or more in a single game and the fourth most among players with two or more receptions. His three touchdown catches are also tied a school record. For the year, Westfield has 36 catches for 680 yards. He set an option-era record for receptions with a 10-catch, 139-yard day against Lenoir-Rhyne. Westfield has found the end zone 11 times this season, the second most receiving touchdowns by an Eagle in a single season all-time and the most in the option era.

Conal McCambridge: Graduate transfer Conal McCambridge was the top men's finisher for every race for the Carson-Newman cross country team this season. McCambridge started his Eagle career off by taking third-place at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational on Sept.6. He then placed tenth at the Wingate Invitational 8k at a time of 26:27.6. He followed that up by finishing 50th out of 515 runners at the Louisville Classic on Oct. 5. After a 54th-place finish out of over 530 participants at the Queens Invitational, McCambridge went on to place 16th at the SAC Championships and 35th at the NCAA Southeast Regional.

Caleb Howell: Senior Caleb Howell of the Carson-Newman swim team has won two Bluegrass Mountain Conference Male Swimmer of the Week Awards this season. He won for the week of Sept.30th to Oct.6th after he took first place in five events, including two victories in the 200-yard individual medley, the 400-yard individual medley and the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke races. His excellence led C-N to a dominant win at the King Invitational, posting 1,085 while the second-place Tornado scored 471.5 points. The second BMC Male Swimmer of the Week Award was won for the week of Nov.11 to Nov.17, 2019. He received the honor after winning the 200-yard individual medley at the Emory Invitational at 1:51.56, the second-fastest time of any swimmer in all of Division II to that point of the season.

Andre Unger: After missing the start of the season, the sophomore has come roaring back and received his first-ever Bluegrass Mountain Conference Male Swimmer of the Week Award for his performance against Lees-McRae College on Nov.16. Ungur swam the 50-yard butterfly section of the team's 200-yard medley relay and secured a season-best time. He also secured the fourth-fastest time in the nation in the 200-yard backstroke.

Kensho Yoshikoshi: Kensho Yoshikoshi has had one of the most decorated seasons in men's soccer program history, becoming just the third to receive seven postseason laurels in a single season. The senior brought in two All-Southeast Region selections, Academic All-District, Scholar All-Region, All-South Atlantic Conference first team, SAC Defensive Player and Scholar Athlete of the Year. As the anchor for an Eagle defense that allowed just 1.18 goals per match with five shutouts, the senior provided three goals for the 2019 SAC Regular Season Champions, all coming off of headers.

Bram Kaarsgaren: With a 9-4-3 record throughout the 2019 season, Bram Kaarsgaren landed All-South Atlantic Conference first team accolades in his first season with the Eagles. In his 16 appearances, he started in 15 matches with 4.1 shoutouts to his name. The junior was honored with SAC Defensive Player of the Week plaudits twice on the year, making him the second keeper in program history to receive the accolade but the first to receive the laurel twice in one season. Kaarsgaren finished the season with 71 saves, a 0.789 saving clip, 19 goals against and a 1.13 goals against average

Tom Forster: Through the first half of the season, Tom Forster has already accounted for one tournament win with a dominant career-best 201 through three rounds of play at the North Georgia Fall Invitational. The senior has landed in the top three in two of the four events C-N has played in through the fall. His 70.4 scoring average is a team high through 12 rounds of play.

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