Honors:
- USA South All-Academic (2016-17)
Career Game-by-Game Stats: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
2018-19 (Senior): Played in five games before being sidelined with an injury... Made three starts on the year... Scored four points with four rebounds in a season-opener at Birmingham Southern (Nov. 10)... Was part of a senior class that finished with a 68-41 four-year record, the best winning percentage of a four-year class in program history... Ends career with 209 points, 132 rebounds, and 37 steals
2017-18 (Junior): Appeared in 27 games, making 10 starts and averaging 18.8 minutes per game… Averaged a career-high 5.1 points per game and scored a career-high 138 total points on the season… Scored 15 points in a loss at Emory (Dec. 6), a career-high… Tallied a career-best seven rebounds in a win at Rhodes (Dec. 19)… Recorded a career-high four assists in a game three different times… Posted a career-high four steals in a win against Huntingdon (Jan 6.)… Recorded his first collegiate block at Averett (Jan. 12)
2016-17 (Sophomore): Appeared in 25 games, averaging 9.2 minutes per game... Averaged 2.2 points per game... Scored a career-high 11 points in a loss at Greensboro (Jan. 14)... Shot 64.3 percent from the free throw line... Grabbed a career-high four rebounds in a win over Oglethorpe (Dec. 6)... Earned USA South All-Academic accolades
2015-16 (Freshman): Appeared in seven games... Made collegiate debut in a victory over Sewanee (Nov. 17)... Scored a career-high six points, with a pair of 3-pointers, in a win at Huntingdon (Feb. 13)... Notched first career field goal with a 3-pointer in a victory over Methodist (Jan. 30)... Went 3-for-6 from behind the 3-point line on the year
High School: Attended Pinecrest Academy... Was a four-year letterwinner for the Paladins and head coach Jay Lynch... Scored 1,001 career points and was a two-time all-region and all-county selection... Holds several school records at Pinecrest including the mark for most 3-pointers made in a game (8), season (74) and career (169)... Also dished out a school record 88 assists in a season and had 223 for his career... Ranked fifth in his graduating class with a GPA of 4.1... He was a National Honor Society Vice President and member of the Math, Spanish, Science and History Honor Societies and was an AP Scholar with Distinction
Personal: Parents are Tim and Jackie Palmer... Has one sibling, Hogan... Favorite Bible verse is Philippians 4:8... Majoring in biology
Palmer's Single-Game Highs:
Points: 15, at Emory - 12/06/17
Rebounds: 7, at Rhodes - 12/19/17
Assists: 4, 3 times
Steals: 4, Huntingdon - 01/06/18
Blocks: 1, at Averett - 01/12/18; Maryville - 01/31/18
