Bramlett, Philpott named Simpson Athletes of the Month for November

INDIANOLA, Iowa – Football sophomore Tanner Philpott and women's swimming freshman Audrey Bramlett have been selected as the Simpson Athletics Athletes of the Month for November.

Philpott closed one of Division III's top punting seasons with a dominant three-game finish, while Bramlett made an immediate splash in her first month of collegiate competition by breaking school records and piling up event wins.

Tanner Philpott, football

• Averaged 44.1 yards on 18 punts for 794 total yards across the final three games of the season
• Launched six punts of 50+ yards
• Dropped six punts inside the 20-yard line to consistently pin opposing offenses deep
• Matched his career-long punt with a booming 78-yarder
• Reset his career high for single-game punt yardage in back-to-back weeks, capped by 398 yards at Loras
• Finished the season with the third-best punt average in Division III (43.9)
• Voted A-R-C Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 3), his second consecutive honor

Audrey Bramlett, women's swimming

• Shattered two program records in her first month of collegiate competition
• Broke an 8-year-old school record in the 200 butterfly by a tenth of a second
• Added a second record in the 400 individual medley, eclipsing a mark set in 2021
• Posted the second-fastest 200 backstroke time in school history
• Won three events in the dual against Loras (200 free, 500 free, 200 medley relay)
• Added a victory in the 500 freestyle against Nebraska Wesleyan
• Earned A-R-C Swimmer of the Week honors on Nov. 17

2025-26 Female Athletes of the Month
September: Morgan Denbeste, volleyball
October: Elle Street, soccer
November: Audrey Bramlett, swimming

2025-26 Male Athletes of the Month
September: James Johnson, cross country
October: Noah Noland, football
November: Tanner Philpott, football