Knox in the News

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 soccer player from Knox to be honored on any All-Conference team in ten years, since 1999.

This season the 5′9″ forward finished fifth in the Midwest Conference in goals (13) and finished sixth in the conference in points (31). Dorman cemented her place in Knox College women’s soccer history, as she is now the school record-holder for goals in a season by a freshman and she tied the record for most points in a season, while also finishing second all-time for assists (5) by a freshman in a single season.

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 College.

Perrot, swimming in only her second collegiate meet, won three individual events and was a member of the 400 Freestyle relay team that finished in second - setting new school records in each event.

Perrot began the meet by swimming the 400 yard individual medley, breaking the 23-year old school record with her time of 4:45.38. She shaved more than ten seconds off of the previous record of 4:55.50.

Perrot followed that up by taking first-place in the 100-yard backstroke, breaking her second school record of the meet in the process. Her time of 1:03.98 in the 100 backstroke was less than a second quicker than the previous school record of 1:04.78.

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. There’s not as much traffic, that’s for sure. Here, you can get from one side of town to the other in 10 minutes.”

Lexie wore a plaid flannel shirt, ready for the Midwest’s chill.

“I was looking to get out of the South and the Midwest is not too far away. One of the reasons I came to Knox is the lure of Chicago — it’s only three hours away.”

Lexie smiled.

“I wanted a new perspective. My parents got divorced about 19 years ago and my mom is very Southern Baptist. I was raised ‘Yes ma’am, no ma’am. Yes sir, no sir’ at home. It is a very conservative household.”

The barista shifted and leaned against the counter. The coffeehouse and tearoom’s patrons were quiet, plugged into laptops or engrossed in books.

“I’m not a Southern Baptist. I know this is cliché to say, but I think I’m more spiritual than religious.

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 St. Francis, was the Prairie Fire’s brightest flame, leading the Midwest Conference with 449 kills in 103 games for a 4.36 average and putting her name among the NCAA Division III leaders.

“She made us a better team in every part of the game,” said Schrader, who admitted even she wondered how many matches Knox would have won without her. “She’s a very talented player and makes every player on the team better because of her skill, passion and energy.

It took a year-long sidetrip to an NAIA school — St. Francis in Joliet — before she returned to Galesburg, where she set nine school volleyball records for the Silver Streaks.

“I had no second thoughts.  I love it here,” said Ricketts of the transfer. “I’m so happy.”

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 recorded five pass break ups and three tackles.

Zirkle now has 38 tackles for the season, and leads the team with 11 pass break ups.

From the Register-Mail:

The sound of children singing. Half-seen images of women, dark hair dangling over their faces. And the Japanese urban legend of a beautiful woman who sheds a surgical mask to reveal a cut mouth.

The horror offered Friday night inside Knox College’s Lincoln Room was based on implication — and comforting images twisted in terrifying ways.

A group of about 20 Knox College students in the Japanese Club offered a different take on Halloween horrors, hosting what they called a “Kimodameshi.” The haunted house with a distinctly different flavor was free and based on ghost stories from both long-standing and popular Japanese culture.

“A kimodameshi is translated as a kind of test of courage,” said 22-year-old Yumi Kusunoki, a Knox student from Osaka, Japan and co-president of the Japanese club.