GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: More Honors for Ternes

Sunday, December 14, 2014

More Honors for Ternes

Ternes with the INT on Senior Day

With the conclusion of a decorated career, David Ternes received yet more national recognition. Ternes was announced as a second team all-region player by D3Football.com, the second time in his career Ternes was recognized as all-region (he was a third team selection in 2012). This week he was also recognized as a Cliff Harris Award Finalist, the second year in a row he has been named a finalist. The Cliff Harris Award is for the top defensive player in small college football. David is one of only 18 Division III players named as finalists, and the only from the Midwest Conference.

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.