GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Recruiting Class of 2017: Nick Pero

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Recruiting Class of 2017: Nick Pero

Nick Pero is an offensive lineman and long snapper from MaxPreps High School National Champion Bishop Gorman. Nick has experience as a center (junior year) and as a guard (senior year). He also brings another strong option at the long snapper position, and a team can never have enough of those!

I'm excited to have Nick joining us next fall. Besides fighting for the long snapper position, Nick provides valuable depth on the offensive line, and will bring a wealth of winning experience. I hope that becomes a common theme across the recruiting class of 2017, that we're bringing in guys that have been a part of a winning program or part of a program that made a dramatic turnaround. I'm excited to keep adding to this recruiting class and to get the entire team working together in August!

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.