Garrett Biel Among Honorees for Placekickers Award

San Antonio – Trinity University Tigers sophomore kicker Garrett Biel is a September honoree of the Fred Mitchell Award, for excellence on the football field and in the community.
 
Biel, from Clayton, Calif. (De La Salle), leads the Tigers in scoring with 19 points. He has connected on 4-4 field goals in three games, and made 7-9 PATs. Biel’s 48-yard field goal against Rhodes tied for the third-longest in Trinity history. His 45-yard FG against Millsaps tied for the eighth-longest in Tiger history. He ranks fifth in school field goals made (21) and attempted (23), in his second season of competition. Biel also holds the highest-ever Trinity field goal percentage (91.3 percent).
 
Biel was earlier selected as a Preseason All-American by D3football.com.
 
In 2009, Biel was elected to the D3football.com All-America Third Team, the All-South Region Team, and to the All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team. Biel led the NCAA Division III in field goals made last season, connecting on 17 of 19.
 
A young man with a strong sense of community service, Biel assists families unable to care properly for their dogs. He volunteers with a San Antonio organization which distributes coupons, dog food, leashes, toys and more. In addition, Biel mentors youth place-kickers at De La Salle, his former high school in Clayton.
 
The recipient of the inaugural Fred Mitchell Award will be announced in mid-December. The award is named for Fred Mitchell, the record-setting place-kicker, Wittenberg University Hall-of-Famer, author, philanthropist, and Chicago Tribune sports columnist. A blue-ribbon panel evaluates place-kickers nominated by their schools. Included on the panel are Lou Holtz, Paul Hornung, Marv Levy, Steve McMichael, Don Pierson and Gale Sayers.  Thirty-two place kickers were chosen for September honors.
 
Nominations are accepted from Football Championship Subdivision schools, the NCAA II and III teams, and the NAIA.
 
The Tigers (1-2, 0-2 SCAC) travel to Birmingham, Ala., for a Saturday SCAC game against Birmingham-Southern College at noon. The game does not count in SCAC standings this season, as Birmingham-Southern is in transition from Division I to Division III.