NEW ORLEANS (January 7, 2026) – Tre Garrison, the workhorse running back for the Edna Karr High School football team, has been selected as December's Allstate Sugar Bowl Athlete of the Month presented by LCMC Health. Athletes of the month have been selected by the New Orleans Sports Awards Committee since 1957. The athlete must be a native of the greater New Orleans area or must compete for a team in the metropolitan region to be eligible. Garrison is the second Karr football player to earn the honor this season as quarterback John Johnson was recognized for October.
 
Garrison was a primary force as Karr finished an unbeaten season with two wins in December for a second consecutive LHSAA Division I Select state championship. In two December games, Garrison rushed 67 times for 310 yards and a touchdown and caught two passes for 10 yards. In the state championship game victory over St. Augustine, the 5-11, 195-pound Garrison set a school record with 41 carries for 189 yards and a touchdown as he was named the MVP of the game.
 
"That's amazing," said Karr head coach Brice Brown, of the 41 carries, which also set a Division I/Class 5A title game record. "I don't think we've ever (had a back rush 41 times) in our school's history, because we like to throw it."
 
"I trust my team," said Garrison. "As long we play together, everything's going to fall into place."
 
He also had 26 carries for 121 yards in a state semifinal win over Catholic-Baton Rouge on Dec. 5. Garrison has signed to play at Oregon State.
 
Garrison was selected for the Sugar Bowl honor over two other high school football stars, a high school basketball standout, and two collegiate basketball stars.

• Rowan Brumbaugh, a 6-4 junior for the Tulane men's basketball team, is the AAC's second leading scorer with 18.6 points per game to go with 4.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. The Washington, D.C., native also ranks third in the conference with 2.0 steals per game. The Green Wave posted a 5-2 record in December as Brumbaugh averaged 17.3 points per game. He scored in double figures in all seven games, including a big game against Tougaloo (12/10) when he recorded 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists, hitting 7-of-11 from the floor.
• Jakevion Buckley averaged 14.3 points per game in six December games for the UNO men's basketball team. The junior guard erupted for a career-best 32 points in an 85-69 win over UTRGV on the road on Dec. 29. The 6-2, 173-pound transfer from Southeastern also had 18 points, seven assists and three steals in an 84-83 win over UIW on Dec. 8. Buckley leads UNO with 15.0 points per game this season and also had a team-best 25 steals and 69 assists.
• A West Virginia signee, John Johnson was a primary force as Edna Karr finished an unbeaten season with two wins in December for a second consecutive Division I Select state championship. In two games, Johnson completed 27 of 38 passes for 295 yards and 2 touchdowns and rushed 27 times for 67 yards and 5 touchdowns.
• A senior kicker, Tyler Milioto hit a season-long 44-yard field goal with five seconds remaining to cap a wild finish as St. Charles Catholic won its fourth state championship with a 23-21 victory over Archbishop Shaw for the Division II Select title Dec. 12. Milioto had missed a game-tying extra point moments earlier but got a chance at redemption after a wild sequence of events. A week earlier, Milioto hit a pair of 33-yard field goals in the Comets' 34-27 overtime victory in the semifinals over University Lab. He finished the season 7-of-9 on field goals and 55-of-59 on extra points. In addition to his performance on the gridiron, Milioto was overlapping as a star on the Comets' soccer team, scoring nine goals in five matches in December, including a four-goal performance against Belle Chasse less than 24 hours after his title-winning field goal.
• Madyson Parker has been the key for a Slidell girls basketball team that has raced to a 14-0 start – one of just three teams to finish 2025 undefeated. Parker, a sophomore guard, is averaging 17.9 points per game.

Recent Allstate Sugar Bowl Athletes of the Month:
 

December	Tre Garrison	Football	Edna Karr High School
November	Avery Daigle	Swimming	Mandeville High School
October	John Johnson	Football	Edna Karr High School
September	Easton Royal	Football	Brother Martin High School
August	Albert Edwards	Track & Field	New Orleans Metro Stars
July	Varenka Zhuk	Track & Field	New Orleans Metro Stars
June	Jade Neves	Golf	Academy of the Sacred Heart
May	Kade Anderson	Baseball	LSU
April	Elizabeth Hamilton	Bowling	Archbishop Chapelle High School
March	Drew Timmons	Basketball	Archbishop Hannan High School
February	Richie Clementi	Wrestling	Brother Martin High School
January	Cherie Spencer	Basketball	Northshore High School

 
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 29 national champions, 110 Hall of Fame players, 55 Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners in its 91-year history. The 92nd Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will double as a College Football Playoff Quarterfinal, is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2026. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee annually invests over $1 million into the community through the hosting and sponsorship of sporting events, awards, scholarships and clinics. Through these efforts, the organization supports and honors thousands of student-athletes each year, while injecting over $2.5 billion into the local economy in the last decade.