Tomlinson, Sumpter sign letters of intent

Christopher Bullock

April 27, 2015

Palomar’s Lee Lee Tomlinson (center) with Head Coach Leigh Marshall, Assistant Coach Damian Cephas, and Assistant Coach Chris Kroesch on April 8, 2015 in The Dome prior to signing her letter of intent to Presentation College. Tomlinson will be attending Presentation, located in Aberdeen South Dakota, on a basketball scholarship. (Stephen Davis/The Telescope)

Palomar's Lee Lee Tomlinson (center) with Head Coach Leigh Marshall, Assistant Coach Damian Cephas, and Assistant Coach Chris Kroesch on April 8 in The Dome prior to signing her letter of intent to Presentation College. Tomlinson will be attending Presentation, located in Aberdeen South Dakota, on a basketball scholarship. Stephen Davis/The Telescope — Palomar’s Lee Lee Tomlinson (center) with Head Coach Leigh Marshall, Assistant Coach Damian Cephas, and Assistant Coach Chris Kroesch on April 8 in The Dome prior to signing her letter of intent to Presentation College. Tomlinson will be attending Presentation, located in Aberdeen South Dakota, on a basketball scholarship. Stephen Davis/The Telescope

Palomar women’s basketball has another reason to celebrate after their best season in history.

Sophomore guards Lee Lee Tomlinson and Daijon Sumpter have accepted basketball scholarships to Presentation College and Bethel College, respectively.

Presentation College, located in Aberdeen, S.D., finished the 2014-15 season 8-17. Bethel College, a Christian school in Newton, Kan., finished 10-18, but had the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) Player of the Year in April, Harpe.

Tomlinson, who originally came from Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, finished her sophomore season averaging 2.9 points per game to go along with 2.1 assists per game.

Palomar's Daijon Sumpter (center) with Head Coach Leigh Marshall (left), Assistant Coach Damian Cephas, and Assistant Coach Chris Kroesch (right) prior to signing her letter of intent to Bethel College on April 16 in The Dome. Stephen Davis/The Telescope — Palomar’s Daijon Sumpter (center) with Head Coach Leigh Marshall (left), Assistant Coach Damian Cephas, and Assistant Coach Chris Kroesch (right) prior to signing her letter of intent to Bethel College on April 16 in The Dome. Stephen Davis/The Telescope

Her biggest contributions, however, were on defense. She finished fourth on the team with 34 steals.

Sumpter, a product of Fallbrook High School, was primarily a bench player in her two years at Palomar. She finished her season averaging 1.5 points per game and had 10 steals.

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