Tommy Ciarletta, 1983

Football 6th grade through 12th grade

Basketball 6th grade through 10th grade

Track and Field 9th grade through 12th grade

Tommy was the first SCP student athlete to complete the "cycle" in football, meaning being on the SCP football teams from 6th grade through 12th grade, and therefore received the "Original Raider Award" from his Raider football coaches after his 12th grade football season.

4 year high school letterman in football

3 year high school letterman in track and field

3 year starter on the Raider football offensive line, winning 3 State Football Championships during his 4 years of high school, while accumulating an SCP all-time best cumulative 4 year winning percentage with 44 wins and only 4 losses.

1982 Raider team captain in football

1982 Raider football Offensive Lineman of the Year Award

1982 Raider football Leadership Award

2x All Region honors in football

All State honors in football and track in 12th grade

Selected to play in the Georgia/South Carolina All-Star football game 1983

All City honors in football, 12th grade

All Coastal Empire honors in football, 12th grade

Multi week offensive lineman of the week with Savannah Quarterback Club

College football scholarship: 1983-1986, Original 1983 football scholarship class for Georgia Southern (Coach Erk Russell) 4 year letterman

2 NCAA National Football Championships at Georgia Southern (1985, 1986)

Distinguished Alumni Award, Georgia Southern 2003

Member of Savannah Quarterback Club, 1990-1996

Member of Touchdown Club of Atlanta, 1998-2010

Member of Board of Trustees Georgia Southern Athletic Foundation (2007-2022)

Executive Member 2020-2022/ Chairman of Governance

Member of Board of Directors for South Georgia Fellowship of Christian Athletes 2012-2015 

Tommy is now retired and living in Acworth, Ga (a suburb of Atlanta), where he and his wife, Jennifer, of 36 years have three children, Josh, Laura & Ben. 

Tommy also has three grandchildren, Aila, Barrett & Palmer, which all reside in the Atlanta area. 

Tommy worked for BlueLinx Holdings, a National Building Materials distributor, for 36 years in various leadership roles culminating in an Executive role he held for the last 16 years of his career. 

Tommy enjoys spending time with his family, involvement within his church, and various philanthropic interest within the Atlanta area. Tommy still gets together with several high school and college teammates each year to enjoy the lifelong friendships that were made during his developmental years at Savannah Christian and Georgia Southern.