Athlete Awards

Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week

34 Manuel Espitia '26

Manuel Espitia

  • Award
    Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/10/2024
  • Sport
    Football
  • Bio
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Espitia (ess-PEE-thee-uh), a junior from Whittier, California, was part of the Prairie Fire defensive effort that held visiting Eureka to six points and 226 total yards in the Lincoln Bowl this past Saturday as Knox earned a 7-6 victory in its season opener. The linebacker recorded four tackles, but it was his interception in Prairie Fire territory with under two minutes to play that sealed the first Knox victory in the series since 2017 and brought the Lincoln Trophy back to Galesburg.


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12/10/2019 Kyra Huffman Women's Basketball
12/3/2019 Nyah Daniels Women's Basketball
11/26/2019 Eric Thompson Men's Basketball
11/26/2019 Jarrelyn McCall Women's Basketball
11/19/2019 Andrew Ledezma Football
11/19/2019 Catessa Duran Women's Basketball
11/12/2019 Ean Rau Football
11/12/2019 Katy Coseglia Women's Soccer
11/5/2019 Alessandro Benelli Men's Soccer
11/5/2019 Kaitlyn Cashdollar Swimming and Diving
10/29/2019 Mady Ferris Volleyball
10/29/2019 Nick Janulis Men's Soccer
10/22/2019 Bhumika Gupta Women's Tennis
10/22/2019 Lucas Piqueras Men's Soccer
10/15/2019 Patrick Mattar Men's Golf
10/15/2019 Shelby Keen Women's Golf
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