Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2020
Selected preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference by Phil Steele … saw action in all nine games … served as the team’s snapper on every punt, field goal and extra point attempt … also made two tackles.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2019
Redshirt season … did not play in any games.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018
Saw action in all 11 games … served as the team’s long snapper on punts … had one tackle on special teams, against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 27) ... earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017
Played in all 11 games as a freshman … served as the team’s long snapper on punts … recorded two special teams tackles, one at Kentucky (Sept. 9) and one against Tennessee State (Oct. 7) ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Led Bardstown High School in tackles as a senior … coached by David Clark … three-time first team academic all-state selection … four-time Rubio Long Snapping camp attendee, ranking as high as 29th nationally … played varsity baseball for four years … National Honor Society … ranked fourth in a class of 131 students.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Thomas Kendrick Bowling ... son of Paul and Stacy Bowling … has two sisters – Samantha and Emily … his sister Samantha earned second team all-state honors in the pole vault while a member of the Bardstown High School track team … his assistant coach at Bardstown High School, Justin Grundy, played football at EKU from 2003-06 … majoring in management.