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
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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.


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Date Athlete Sport
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10/8/2014 Nathaniel Logie Men's Soccer
10/1/2014 Terry White Football
9/24/2014 Abdulsalam Oganla Men's Soccer
9/17/2014 Taytem Chapman Women's Tennis
9/10/2014 Matt McCaffrey Football
9/3/2014 Alyssa Stepanian Women's Soccer
5/14/2014 Ezekiel Jere Men's Outdoor Track and Field
5/7/2014 James Fenner Men's Golf
4/30/2014 Amber Eisha Softball
4/23/2014 Amber Eisha Softball
4/16/2014 Ryder Borre Baseball
4/9/2014 Walter Palmer Men's Tennis
4/2/2014 Erik Smoy Baseball
3/26/2014 Ryan Weitendorf Baseball
3/12/2014 Jonathan Ng Men's Tennis
3/5/2014 Walter Palmer Men's Tennis
2/26/2014 Rohail Khan Men's Tennis
2/19/2014 Matt Surprenant Wrestling
2/12/2014 Jodi Marver Women's Basketball
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