Athlete Awards

Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week

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Kyle Walenga

  • Award
    Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/26/2012
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • Bio
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Walenga's clutch hitting helped the Prairie Fire win the second game of a doubleheader at Illinois College on Sunday, March 25.

Walenga doubled in two runs in the top of the fourth inning against the Blueboys to give the Prairie Fire a 4-1 lead.  Knox went on to win the game 8-3 and pick up a Midwest Conference South Division victory.

Walenga was 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI in game two and 4-for-7 overall in the twinbill against IC.

A former catcher, Walenga has been playing third base this season.  The transition has been good as he has only one error this season and a fielding percentage of .978.

Offensively, Walenga began the week hitting .303 with eight runs batted in.  He’s also been a threat to run while on base with three steals, the second most on the team.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/29/2014 Chantal Heckman Women's Basketball
1/22/2014 Madeline Bruce Women's Swimming & Diving
1/14/2014 Grace Theisen Women's Basketball
1/8/2014 Matt Surprenant Wrestling
12/18/2013 Clarice Bernett Women's Swimming & Diving
12/11/2013 Esai Ponce Wrestling
11/20/2013 David Jones Men's Basketball
11/13/2013 Madeline Bruce Women's Swimming & Diving
11/6/2013 Gabe Moreno Men's Cross Country
10/30/2013 Terence Lau Men's Soccer
10/23/2013 Maxwell Gatyas Men's Soccer
10/16/2013 Jordan Willits Football
10/9/2013 Terence Lau Men's Soccer
10/2/2013 Charlie Harned Men's Soccer
9/25/2013 Lauren Metcalf Volleyball
9/18/2013 Nathaniel Logie Men's Soccer
9/11/2013 Maxwell Gatyas Men's Soccer
9/4/2013 Ella Petersen Women's Soccer
5/14/2013 Joe Puntoriero Men's Outdoor Track and Field
5/8/2013 Phil Tallman Baseball
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