Athlete Awards

Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week

Katie White

  • Award
    Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/13/2013
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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White had the best offensive performances of her career over a three-day stretch and is the latest recipient of the Prairie Fire Performer of the Week Award. 

White played a big role in a 108-103 Knox win at Beloit College on February 9.  The victory completed a sweep of the Buccaneers for the second straight season.

White was a major factor in the game with 12 points and five rebounds, which matched her top rebounding total in a game earlier this season.  The Prairie Fire established a season-high for points in a game with 108, the second-highest single game total in the history of the women’s basketball program.  The record is 114 points, accomplished in January of 2012 against the Buccaneers at Memorial Gym.

Knox also set a new record last week against Beloit with 52 free throw attempts, topping the previous all-time mark of 49 attempts against Beloit in the same contest the Prairie Fire broke the record for the most points scored in a game.

White nearly doubled her previous career-high with 13 points, including three baskets from 3-point range, against Monmouth College on February 6 at Memorial Gym.   Her previous top scoring game was seven points earlier this season in the first meeting against Beloit at home.

White, averaging 3.6 points and 2.8 rebounds prior to the game against Monmouth, averaged 12.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in last week’s two games.  Four of her six baskets were 3-pointers and she sank 9-of-13 free throws to boost her accuracy at the foul line this season from 51.4 to 54%.

White had never reached double-figures in back-to-back games until last week.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/31/2012 Sean Choate Men's Cross Country
10/24/2012 Derek Mortensen Football
10/17/2012 Derek Mortensen Football
10/9/2012 Luke Oosterbaan Football
10/3/2012 Gabe Moreno Men's Cross Country
9/26/2012 Charlie Harned Men's Soccer
9/19/2012 Kaylie Prince Volleyball
9/12/2012 Maxwell Gatyas Men's Soccer
9/5/2012 Mike Schroeder Football
5/14/2012 Jonas Mack Men's Outdoor Track and Field
5/9/2012 Bobby Stuebi Men's Golf
5/2/2012 Rhiannon Neuville Softball
4/25/2012 Bryan Leslie Baseball
4/18/2012 Brittney Price Softball
4/11/2012 Weston Chenoweth Men's Outdoor Track and Field
4/4/2012 Joe Puntoriero Men's Outdoor Track and Field
3/26/2012 Kyle Walenga Baseball
3/19/2012 Caleb Weaver Baseball
3/7/2012 Michael O'Connell Baseball
2/29/2012 Weston Chenoweth Men's Indoor Track and Field
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