Athlete Awards

Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week

Stephanie Nelson

Stephanie Nelson

  • Award
    Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/2/2025
  • Sport
    Track & Field
  • Bio
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Stephanie Nelson, hailing from Newton, Kansas, opened the outdoor season by throwing the hammer 38.18 meters (125 feet 3 inches), the fourth longest toss in Prairie Fire history in her first outdoor event at Knox. In the indoor season, the daughter of head coach Mark Nelson set a new school record in the weight throw and was named the Knox Female Athlete of the Week twice.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/12/2018 Jarrelyn McCall Women's Basketball
1/5/2018 Hailey Leinart Women's Basketball
12/15/2017 Morgan Potter Women's Basketball
12/8/2017 Kyra Huffman Women's Basketball
12/1/2017 Kyra Huffman Women's Basketball
11/3/2017 Rebecca Katz Cross Country
10/27/2017 Nick Janulis Men's Soccer
10/20/2017 Braeden Westfall Football
10/13/2017 Jessica Petersen Women's Soccer
10/6/2017 Michael Dobin Men's Soccer
9/29/2017 Rose Griffin Volleyball
9/22/2017 Kayla Brown Women's Soccer
9/15/2017 Jacob Paul Football
9/8/2017 Matt McCaffrey Football
5/12/2017 Stryker Davies Baseball
5/5/2017 Emily Stevenson Softball
4/28/2017 Drake Sykes Baseball
4/21/2017 Val Varanese Track & Field
4/14/2017 Alec Jordan Baseball
4/7/2017 Alec Jordan Baseball
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