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.


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Date Athlete Sport
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1/12/2018 Jarrelyn McCall Women's Basketball
1/5/2018 Hailey Leinart Women's Basketball
12/15/2017 Morgan Potter Women's Basketball
12/8/2017 Kyra Huffman Women's Basketball
12/1/2017 Kyra Huffman Women's Basketball
11/3/2017 Rebecca Katz Cross Country
10/27/2017 Nick Janulis Men's Soccer
10/20/2017 Braeden Westfall Football
10/13/2017 Jessica Petersen Women's Soccer
10/6/2017 Michael Dobin Men's Soccer
9/29/2017 Rose Griffin Volleyball
9/22/2017 Kayla Brown Women's Soccer
9/15/2017 Jacob Paul Football
9/8/2017 Matt McCaffrey Football
5/12/2017 Stryker Davies Baseball
5/5/2017 Emily Stevenson Softball
4/28/2017 Drake Sykes Baseball
4/21/2017 Val Varanese Track & Field
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