GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Ten Footballers Named Academic All-Conference

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Ten Footballers Named Academic All-Conference

On Wednesday, 10 Pioneer football players were named to the Midwest Conference Academic All-Conference team. These 10 stellar student-athletes helped Grinnell land the most honorees from the fall sports on this list with a combined 84 among all the sports.

Congrats to Ryan Boehm, Mike Bogard, Trenton Bush, Chad Christoff, Ryan Fletcher, John Hereford, Marc Heronemus, Ben Johnson, Joe Sinnwell, and Jake Thompson on this terrific honor!

See the MWC release here.

The Honor G

The Honor G, the official emblem of Grinnell College athletics, was first used at the Iowa state track championship in 1892. Designed by Earnest "Skip" Atherton, class of 1895, the original Honor G consisted of a scarlet maltese cross with a black "I and "C" (for Iowa College) superimposed on the cross. Two years later in 1894, the "I" and "C" were replaced by a black gothic "G", and the modern day Honor G was born. The gothic "G", which was also used on letter sweaters and is now used on letter jackets, was replaced by an Old English "G" in the mid-1930's. After some protest, it was quickly changed back to the gothic "G", and it has remained unchanged since that time.