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
10/14/2016 Evan Economos Football
10/7/2016 Kayla Brown Women's Soccer
9/30/2016 Keiyah Triplett Volleyball
9/23/2016 Samantha Nichols Women's Golf
9/16/2016 Alex Robertson Women's Soccer
9/9/2016 Justin Dunn Men's Soccer
5/20/2016 Val Varanese Track & Field
5/13/2016 Drake Sykes Baseball
5/6/2016 Kaly Davidson Softball
4/29/2016 Brennan Mc Glauchlen Track & Field
4/22/2016 Duncan Wheeler Men's Golf
4/15/2016 Drake Sykes Baseball
4/8/2016 Drake Sykes Baseball
4/1/2016 Patrick Martin Men's Golf
3/25/2016 Chelsey Howard Softball
2/19/2016 Rebecca Katz Track & Field
2/12/2016 Val Varanese Track & Field
2/5/2016 Madeline Bruce Swimming and Diving
1/29/2016 Jamie Blue Women's Basketball
1/14/2016 Jasmine Binion Women's Basketball
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