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
    View Full Bio

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
11/30/2023 Sean Gallery Men's Basketball
11/30/2023 Kylee Callahan Women's Basketball
11/23/2023 Kylee Callahan Women's Basketball
11/23/2023 Andrew Milot Men's Basketball
11/16/2023 Andrew Milot Men's Basketball
11/16/2023 Sarina Dacio Women's Basketball
11/9/2023 Kaile Williams Football
10/27/2023 Kaile Williams Football
10/27/2023 Abbie Layne Volleyball
10/20/2023 Abbie Layne Volleyball
10/20/2023 Lance Miller Cross Country
10/6/2023 Adrian Segura Men's Soccer
10/6/2023 Chiho Okada Volleyball
9/29/2023 Allie Dockins Volleyball
9/29/2023 Nicolas Lantzendorffer Men's Soccer
9/15/2023 Davis Brumbaugh Football
9/15/2023 Arito Nakamichi Men's Soccer
9/8/2023 Jake Schabes Men's Golf
9/8/2023 Emme Patton Volleyball
5/19/2023 Tyrell Pierce Track & Field
Previous...678910...Next