Athlete Awards

Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week

Karl Ruzgas - 2015 headshot

Karl Ruzgas

  • Award
    Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/11/2015
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • Bio
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Senior Karl Ruzgas had the best day of his career by going 4-0 against North Central College and Simpson College in the first matches of the season on February 7.  His previous best was three wins against Lake Forest College and St. Norbert College on April 5, 2014.

A four-year starter, Ruzgas defeated his #2 singles opponent from North Central 7-5, 6-2.  He made it two straight wins with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-0) decision against Simpson.

Ruzgas teamed up with senior Walter Palmer to post a pair of #1 doubles victories.  They downed North Central 8-4 and then rolled to an 8-2 win against their counterparts from Simpson.

Knox fell 6-3 against North Central and bounced back with a 5-4 win over Simpson to open the 2015 campaign.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/27/2019 Bhumika Gupta Women's Tennis
9/27/2019 Adetayo Adefioye Men's Soccer
9/20/2019 Adetayo Adefioye Men's Soccer
9/20/2019 Annie Peterson Women's Soccer
9/13/2019 Nick Janulis Men's Soccer
9/13/2019 Lydia Mitchell Women's Soccer
4/19/2019 Joshua Schumacher Men's Golf
4/19/2019 Katy Coseglia Softball
4/12/2019 Katy Coseglia Softball
4/12/2019 Andrew Ponce Baseball
3/29/2019 Brad Newland Men's Tennis
3/29/2019 Dobbin Pine Men's Tennis
3/22/2019 EJ Roncone Baseball
3/22/2019 Katy Coseglia Softball
3/15/2019 Austin Rauch Track & Field
3/8/2019 Austin Rauch Track & Field
3/8/2019 Alice Lee Track & Field
3/2/2019 Austin Rauch Track & Field
3/1/2019 Takira Koonce Track & Field
2/22/2019 Ajay Gustafson Men's Tennis
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