Athlete Awards

Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week

Matt Surprenant

Matt Surprenant

  • Award
    Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/19/2014
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • Bio
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Surprenant won title in the 184 pound bracket at the 2014 Northern Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Championships hosted by Milwaukee School of Engineering on February 15.

Surprenant, the bracket’s #2 seed, received a bye in the opening round.  He posted a 14-0 major decision over Jared Schaaf of Lakeland College in the semifinals to advance to the championship match.

Standing in the way of Surprenant and a conference championship was #1 seed Austin Bellile of MSOE.  A familiar foe, Bellile defeated Suprenant in three close decisions during the regular season.

The fourth time was the charm as Surprenant pinned Bellile at the 4:33 mark of the match to win the conference title.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/6/2015 Courtney Dramm Women's Soccer
11/1/2015 Mathew Hemmingsen Football
10/25/2015 Phelipe Graske Men's Soccer
10/16/2015 Nathaniel Logie Men's Soccer
9/30/2015 Ilir Emini Football
9/24/2015 Sarah Texter Women's Soccer
9/16/2015 Matt McCaffrey Football
9/12/2015 Nathaniel Logie Men's Soccer
5/7/2015 Drake Sykes Baseball
5/1/2015 Brian Cole Track & Field
4/22/2015 Frankie Larsen Track & Field
4/16/2015 Kayla Behrens Softball
4/8/2015 Matt McCaffrey Baseball
4/1/2015 Walter Palmer Men's Tennis
3/25/2015 Drake Sykes Baseball
3/11/2015 Alex Bell Baseball
3/5/2015 Jeremy Rainey-Brown Track & Field
2/25/2015 Jessica Howard Women's Basketball
2/19/2015 Clarice Bernett Swimming and Diving
2/11/2015 Karl Ruzgas Men's Tennis
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