GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: May 2012

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Interview with Harpreet Mann-Singh '12

Grinnell College SID Ted Schultz interviews the George B. Critchett '25 Service Award winner, Harpreet Mann-Singh '12

Monday, May 21, 2012

Rob Seer '12 and Harpreet Singh-Mann '12 Win Major Awards

A half-dozen male senior student-athletes were honored at the annual Grinnell College Honor G Banquet Sunday at Herrick Chapel.

Among the 6 honorees were two Pioneer Football players. Harpreet Singh-Mann '12 claimed the George B. Critchett '25 Service Award (most varsity letters earned - Harpreet had 12) and Robert Seer '12 won the Coaches Award (given to the student-athlete whose contributions both on and off the field set an example for all student-athletes).

Congrats guys and enjoy today's graduation!

Photos by Ted Schultz, Grinnell College SID

Friday, May 18, 2012

Four Pioneer Seniors Named to Hampshire Society

Four Grinnell College football players have been named members of the 2012 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.

Those earning the honor were Jimmy Borrasso '12, Logan Granera '12, Chris Jarmon '12 and Brian Westerlind '12.

The society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who maintained a 3.2 GPA or better. A total of 727 players qualified for membership in the society's sixth year.

Congrats guys! And congrats on graduation!

Monday, May 7, 2012

Thriller Video by Harpreet Singh-Mann '12

Grinnell holds a College Film Festival every year called Titular Head, and this spring wide receiver Harpreet Singh-Mann '12 created and starred in a video that finished in 2nd place. Inspired by Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and late night science studying, this is his video:

Congrats Preet!

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.