38  Trent Tignor
	Class: Junior Hometown: Hoschton, Ga. High School: Mill Creek Height / Weight: 6-5 / 213 Position: Holder/Punter Experience: 2L

Career Statistics

A model student-athlete who was extended a roster position and an immediate special teams starting position as an invited walk-on a year ago ... After quickly assuming the program's top holding job as a true freshman, will challenge incumbent Ben Ryan for the punting position as a sophomore ... Tall frame, leg strength, poise and maturity offer viable candidacy for starting honors in the near future, if not in the short term ... Recorded a boot of 48 yards in a stiff wind during the Purple-Gold Game (April 16).

2011 Game-by-Game Statistics

2010: Served as the team's holder for all 13 games last season ... One of just three true freshman to play in 2010 ... Integral part of kicking team that established a new school single-season records for points after touchdowns converted (56) and points by a kicker (104) ... Holder for Michael Barbour's ECU record-tying 52-yard field goal at UAB ... Held for Barbour's five games with two or more field goals.

High School: Lettered twice as a punter for coach Shannon Jarvis at Mill Creek (Ga.) High School, which is located northeast of Atlanta and northwest of Athens on I-85 ... Recorded an overall 38.1 yards-per-punt average, while placement prevented any return yards on 44 boots as a senior ... Earned First-Team All-Gwinnett County and First- Team All-Region 7-AAAAA honors in 2009 ... Selected as the winner of the program's Hawk of Steel Award as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Cited as team's player-of-the-week on four occasions during prep career (once as junior, three times as senior) ... Also earned two baseball letters for Hawks as a pitcher ... A four-time recipient of MCHS's Scholar-Athlete Award and Academic Letter ... Was Mill Creek's Homecoming King during senior year and was runner-up for Fellowship of Christian Athletes Male Athlete-of-the-Year honors.

Personal: Full name is Trent Harrison Tignor ... Born August 12, 1992 at Snellville, Ga. ... Son of Chuck and Robin Tignor ... An accounting/finance major ... Excels in the classroom with selection to the Dean's List during both semesters of the 2010-11 academic year ... Has ultimate occupational goal of becoming a CFO or CEO of a major corporation ... Provides leadership role in FCA chapter on ECU's campus, serving as organization's vice-president ... Brother Wes Tignor pitched at the collegiate level at Middle Georgia College (2006- 07) and Kennesaw State University (2008-09) ... Cousin Hampton Tignor was a four-year baseball (catcher) letterman at Florida who was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft ... An avid tennis fan who also enjoys playing the guitar and singing ... Picks a Wimbledon men's fi nal as a sporting event most wanting to attend ... Says the best thing about being a member of the ECU football program is "being able to have an infl uence to positively impact people in the community" ... Lists Steelers' punter Daniel Sepulveda as favorite NFL player and Boston Red Sox' pitcher Tim Wakefield as top professional athlete ... Cites transition from multi-sport athlete to just football as one of his biggest obstacles to overcome, but most rewarding pride has been development as a collegiate student-athlete ... Hometown of Hoschton (rhymes with pushton) set a world record recognized by the World Records Academy in 2008 for the "Most Scarecrows in One Location" (5,441) - an accomplishment which was also honored by the Georgia House of Representatives.