GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Pioneer Jermaine Marks Selected for Coveted Educational Opportunity

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Pioneer Jermaine Marks Selected for Coveted Educational Opportunity

Jermaine is recognized at the football banquet

Jermaine Marks, Pioneer football photographer and manager and student assistant for the men's basketball team, has been selected to participate in the NCAA Division III Student Immersion Program. This is a great honor for Jermaine and we're very excited for him. Jermaine shows great promise for a future in coaching!

Congrats Jermaine!

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.