COMMERCE – East Texas A&M University football linebacker Tramar Gilbert and women's cross country runner Anete Randma are this week's Dixie Turman State Farm Agency Student-Athletes of the Week. 

Gilbert (Peaster) guided the Lions to a 38-14 win over Northwestern State in their home opener last Saturday, with the Lion defense holding the Demons without a point in the second half, doing so for the second time this year. He led the team with nine tackles, including 2.5 for loss, and a sack. The Lion football team takes on Tulsa at 7 p.m. on Saturday. 

Randma (Tallinn, Estonia) raced her in first cross country race in two years and finished the five-kilometer race at the Gerald Richey Invitational with a time of 17:34.1, which is a new personal best and fourth at the race. The Lions finished third on the women's side in Fort Worth and are next in action on October 3 at the Southwestern Showdown in Georgetown. 

The Dixie Turman State Farm Agency Student-Athletes of the Week is awarded by Lion Athletics each week during the academic year in partnership with Dixie Turman State Farm Agency.
 
2026-27 DIXIE TURMAN STATE FARM STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Date	Female	Male
Sept. 1	Ariana Brown, Volleyball	Micah Simpson, Football
Sept. 8	Haley Mullaney, Volleyball	Samuel Pepe, Men's Cross Country
Sept. 14	Anete Randma, Women's Cross Country	Tramar Gilbert, Football