New Jerseys!

Techfit jerseys are in! Momo Quinn @MattMedrano58 @grantkoch and Drove @SamPoulos1 jersey better be this white in Nov pic.twitter.com/YbTthown2j
— Jeff Pedersen (@GCCoachP) June 26, 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!

Grinnell Food in The New York Times

Those of us that know the town of Grinnell, know that despite it's relative small size, the variety and quality of local restaurants is top notch.  Now the whole country knows, thanks to a spotlight on one of Grinnell's newest and best spots, the Prairie Canary, in The New York Times!

James Kopeck for the NYT

“We needed to have something for everyone,” from meat-and-potatoes to more adventurous dishes, said Ms. Groben, 31. She grew up near Grinnell (population, about 9,200) and made a splash with her previous two restaurants, about 55 miles west in Des Moines. “Grinnell is a really unique town because it does have the college, so there are people living here from different parts of the country, even the world,” she said. “We also have our more rural or farming community, people who have lived in Grinnell for generations.”

Check out the Prairie Canary's website as well!

Coach Pedersen in Chicago

Pizza with a few Pioneers form Chicagoland (Ed, Quinn, Aamir, Barrett, Cedric, Poulos). Dang Ed, lookin good! pic.twitter.com/TWJIlIftVq
— Jeff Pedersen (@GCCoachP) June 17, 2013

Founders' Day!

Tomorrow, Monday June 10th, is Grinnell College's Founders' Day!  The College asks that Grinnell students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and supporters all across the world to "wear Grinnell".

Pioneer Football will be sporting our #GCPride tomorrow and would love to see photos of you in yours.  Upload a picture to our Facebook page and show the world how proud you are to be a Grinnellian!

Top 5 Offensive Plays of 2012!

This is the second in a series of "Top Plays" from our 2012 season, this is the Top 5 Offensive Plays of the Pioneer Football 2012 Season.

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Pioneers Summer Plans

As the Pioneers head out into another summer, we asked them what they were up to during their time away from Grinnell (though a handful of players are still in town). Here's a sampling of some of their plans:

Andrew Clark '14:   "Interning as a Software Developer at Koch Industries (in Wichita, KS) and running my first 5k early August (fundraiser for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training program."

 Ed Hardman '16 : "Eat, sleep, lift, run, repeat."


Sam Poulos '16:  "I am coaching football at my high school working with the varsity quarterbacks as well as the freshman sophomore quarterbacks. It will really teach me a lot and hopefully give me good experience to be a coach in the future."

Danny Reynolds '15:  "I'm going to Bonnaroo Music Festival. Then in July I'm heading out to Israel en route to Nepal for an engineering program."


Kevin Hwang '14:  "Working a 9-5 at the law offices of Jae Y. Kim."

Jordy Manker '15:  "This summer I'm helping kids and adults (with and without learning disabilities) improve their reading and writing."

Cedric Abdul-Hakeem '15:  "I'll be teaching entrepreneurship to people, ages 12-21 and potentially serving ice cream for an ice cream parlor."


Brogan McWilliams '16:  : I'll be working part time as a waiter in my moms restaurant, a coffee house/Bistro. And then part time as a farm hand on a cattle farm of a family friend."

Morgan Kinsinger '14:  "This summer I'm working full-time at a company called GELITA and I'm an accounting intern. I've also been working part-time as a research assistant in financial economics at the London business school for a Grinnell football alum."

Pioneer Prospect Football Camp!

Just a reminder about our upcoming Pioneer Prospect Football Camp for all high school age football players!

This year's camp will run on June 28th and 29th.  Please see the above brochure or this link for more information.

Registration is online here!