GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Three Pioneers Make Dean's List!

Monday, June 24, 2013

Three Pioneers Make Dean's List!

Three Pioneer Football players made the 2013 Spring Semester Dean's List, Colton Feller '14, Seth Gustafson '14 and new Pioneer Football player, Greg Ruzich '16. Making the Dean's List requires a GPA of 3.75 or better within the semester while taking a full 16-credit course load.

Congrats guys!

Also, the entire Pioneer Football team pulled a 3.10 GPA for the semester helping raise the cumulative team GPA to 3.08, the highest since 2008. Further proof that smart kids do play football!

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.