Knox in the News

Knox College’s Dornam Earns All-Conference Recognition

Karrie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:02 +0000

From WGIL radio: Knox College’s Arielle Dorman has been named to the 2009-10 All-Midwest Conference Women’s Soccer Second Team. The freshman forward from from Bothell, Washington (Inglemoor High School) led the Prairie Fire in goals, points, shots, and shots on goal. She also finished the season second on the team in assists. Dorman is the first women’s [...]

Knox College Swimmer Perrot MWC Swimmer of the Week

Karrie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:09 +0000

From WGIL radio: Emilie Perrot, a junior from Bescancon, France (Jules Hagg), has been named the Midwest Conference female swimmer of the week for her record-setting performance at the Monmouth Invitational on November 14th. Perrot led the Prairie Fire women’s team to a first-place finish out of the eight-team field that included conference rivals Monmouth and Illinois [...]

Tom Loewy: Finding faith in grace

Karrie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:09 +0000

From the Register-Mail: Lexie Frensley was stationed behind the counter, between the espresso maker and a refrigerator filled with gallon jugs of milk. The coffee aficionado knows Lexie as a barista. “I’m a junior at Knox College,” the 21-year-old explained. “I’m from Murfreesboro, in Tennessee. “It’s a city of just over 100,000, so Galesburg has definitely been an adjustment. [...]

Study looks at officiating in college basketball, finds patterns that reward aggressive play

Karrie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:58:03 +0000

From Indiana University: A study co-authored by a professor in Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business suggests that fans do have a great impact on games and that officials often are not objective in their efforts to be fair to both teams. An examination of 365 major conference games played during the 2004-05 college men’s basketball [...]

Generosity helps fills food bank

Karrie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:36:07 +0000

From the Register-Mail: The sunshine in Galesburg was pretty much gone by noon Saturday, but the relatively mild temperatures still helped the Community Food Drive for FISH. Galesburg Broadcasting and United Parcel Service teamed up from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to fill up four of UPS’ “Big Brown Trucks” with non-perishable food items for the [...]

Knox swimmers in fundraiser

Karrie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:18:00 +0000

From the Register-Mail: The Knox College swim team will participate in the fourth annual Ted Mullin “Leave it in the Pool” Hour of Power Relay for Pediatric Sarcoma Research, sponsored by the Carleton College swimming and diving teams Tuesday. The Knox “Hour of Power” will run from 5-6 p.m. The swimmers will enter the pool at 5 [...]

For Ricketts, there’s no place like home: Former GHS star enjoying life after Knox transfer

Karrie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:19:51 +0000

From the Register-Mail: The young team will graduate just three seniors and has no juniors on its roster, so there really isn’t a whole lot for Schrader to talk about, until it comes to Galesburg native Kelly Ricketts and that gets Schrader excited. The 6-0 sophomore, who transferred to Knox after a year at the University of [...]

Beloit Peace Corps veteran still helping

Karrie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:44:00 +0000

From the Beloit Daily News: Mary Batterman, a 2003 graduate of Beloit Memorial High School and the daughter of Mark and Gillian Batterman, decided to join the Peace Corps after attending Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. An anthropology major who graduated from college in 2007, she had studied abroad in Thailand and wanted to do overseas [...]

Fall concerts at Knox

Karrie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:34:43 +0000

From the Register-Mail: The Knox College Music Department will present fall-term concerts by the Knox-Sandburg Community Concert Band and the Knox Wind Ensemble and three recitals by music students. All performances are free and open to the public in Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts. The Knox-Sandburg Community Concert Band will perform at 3 [...]

Knox’s Zirkle honored by MWC

Karrie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:33:03 +0000

From the Register-Mail: Calvin Zirkle, a junior from Kankakee Bishop McNamarahas been named the Midwest Conference defensive performer of the week for his efforts in Knox College’s 12-7 win over Lake Forest College on Saturday. It was Knox’s first win of the season. Zirkle shut down the second-leading receiver in the MWC in Lake Forest’s Dan Carter, and [...]