Athlete Awards

Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week

Walter Palmer 2014 MTEN

Walter Palmer

  • Award
    Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/5/2014
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • Bio
    View Full Bio
Palmer swept the day against Lawrence University and Wartburg College on March 1 at Lakeside Tennis Center.

Palmer won both of his #1 singles matches and contributed to a pair of #1 doubles wins in a split for Knox.  Lawrence clipped the Prairie Fire 5-4 before Knox rebounded with a 5-4 win against Wartburg.

Palmer teamed up with fellow junior Karl Ruzgas to defeat LU's Brian DeCorte and Jeremy Andereck 8-1 in their doubles contest.  Palmer then won his singles match against DeCorte 6-2, 6-2.

The results were nearly identical against Wartburg.

Palmer and Ruzgas rolled to an 8-1 victory against the Knights' doubles team of Dayton Stevens and Koo Miyake.  Palmer earned his second singles win of the day by defeating Miyake 6-2, 6-1.

The victory against Wartburg was the third for the Prairie Fire in their last four matches.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
3/15/2019 Austin Rauch Track & Field
3/8/2019 Austin Rauch Track & Field
3/8/2019 Alice Lee Track & Field
3/2/2019 Austin Rauch Track & Field
3/1/2019 Takira Koonce Track & Field
2/22/2019 Ajay Gustafson Men's Tennis
2/22/2019 Jared Schwarz Men's Tennis
2/1/2019 Austin Rauch Track & Field
2/1/2019 Takira Koonce Track & Field
1/26/2019 Justin Windt Men's Basketball
1/18/2019 Jarrelyn McCall Women's Basketball
1/11/2019 Jarrelyn McCall Women's Basketball
1/11/2019 Justin Windt Men's Basketball
1/4/2019 Jarrelyn McCall Women's Basketball
1/4/2019 Wes Jolly Men's Basketball
12/14/2018 Jordan Rayner Men's Basketball
12/14/2018 Morgan Potter Women's Basketball
12/7/2018 Karlie Thorn Women's Basketball
11/30/2018 Jarrelyn McCall Women's Basketball
11/23/2018 Karlie Thorn Women's Basketball
Previous...1112131415...Next