GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Staff Profiles: Ted Schultz

Friday, February 5, 2010

Staff Profiles: Ted Schultz

Throughout the season we profiled each of our 14 senior players, recently we profiled our coaching staff, and finally we present the profiles of Grinnell Football's support staff. These folks do an insane amount of work behind the scenes to help us reach our goal of a MWC Championship. From Saturday afternoons in the fall to a Tuesday in February, their commitment to Grinnell Football is unparalleled and we are deeply thankful for them!

Next up is Ted Schultz!

Name: Ted Schultz
Hometown: Denison, Iowa (home of actress Donna Reed)
Family: wife, Marsha, two dogs, Archie and Oscar
Position/Title at Grinnell: Sports Information Director
Years at Grinnell: 3

What brought you to Grinnell College?
Seemed like a great College and great community.

What do you enjoy most about working at Grinnell?
Watching our student-athletes perform and dealing with them as student-workers.

What is your favorite Grinnell Football memory?
Brett Maloney breaking the record for tackles in a season... we literally had somebody tracking his tackles in the final game of the season (above and beyond the computer) to make sure we were right.

Favorite movie: Where to start... "The Horse Soldiers" (or anything John Wayne), "Rocky", "Rocky Balboa", "The Jerk", "Uncle Buck", "Weekend at Bernie's"...

Favorite book: The Bible

Favorite food(s): Spaghetti

Favorite travel location: Germany

Hobbies and Interests: RAGBRAI (biking), reading, stimulating conversation

List at least one random or interesting fact about you: I was the third baby born in the new Ida Grove hospital... that should warrant a bronze medal, right?

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.