Athlete Awards

Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week

Karl Ruzgas

  • Award
    Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/13/2012
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • Bio
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Ruzgas is the latest Prairie Fire Performer of the Week after he won five of the six matches he played last weekend at the Principia College Invitational in Elsah, Illinois.

He posted a 2-1 record at #4 singles and teamed up with fellow first-year player Walter Palmer to win all three of their #2 doubles matches for a 5-1 overall record.

Ruzgas and Palmer took the overall #2 doubles tournament title with victories against doubles teams from host Principia College, Greenville College, and NCAA Division II Quincy University.

Ruzgas won singles matches against Quincy’s Dan Martin 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 and Greenville’s Alex Dowley 6-2, 6-1.  His only loss of the tournament was in singles play against Principia’s Nate Waters 4-6, 6-2, 1-10.

A much improved Prairie Fire squad won both the #2 and #3 doubles competition at the tournament as well as #4 and #7 singles.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/6/2015 Courtney Dramm Women's Soccer
11/1/2015 Mathew Hemmingsen Football
10/25/2015 Phelipe Graske Men's Soccer
10/16/2015 Nathaniel Logie Men's Soccer
9/30/2015 Ilir Emini Football
9/24/2015 Sarah Texter Women's Soccer
9/16/2015 Matt McCaffrey Football
9/12/2015 Nathaniel Logie Men's Soccer
5/7/2015 Drake Sykes Baseball
5/1/2015 Brian Cole Track & Field
4/22/2015 Frankie Larsen Track & Field
4/16/2015 Kayla Behrens Softball
4/8/2015 Matt McCaffrey Baseball
4/1/2015 Walter Palmer Men's Tennis
3/25/2015 Drake Sykes Baseball
3/11/2015 Alex Bell Baseball
3/5/2015 Jeremy Rainey-Brown Track & Field
2/25/2015 Jessica Howard Women's Basketball
2/19/2015 Clarice Bernett Swimming and Diving
2/11/2015 Karl Ruzgas Men's Tennis
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