GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Six Pioneers Named to the Hampshire Society

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Six Pioneers Named to the Hampshire Society

Six senior Pioneers were named to the National Football Foundations Hampshire Society. Andrew Clark, Colton Feller, Seth Gustafson, Seth Howard, Kevin Hwang, and Quinn Rosenthal all received the honor from the NFF.

Six Pioneers being named to the Hampshire Society in one year is a new high for the program. Following the 2011 season four Pioneers received the honor: Jimmy Borrasso, Logan Granera, Chris Jarmon, and Brian Westerlind.

Learn more about the Hampshire Society 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.