GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Tazon de Estrellas

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Tazon de Estrellas

Colton Feller, Kevin Hwang, and Morgan Kinsinger in 2013

ESPN recently put out a great piece on the Tazon de Estrellas, the all-star game that pits the best players from Division III against the best players in Mexico. Over the years the Pioneers have represented team Stars and Stripes very well. Going back to 1998, ten different Pioneers have participated in the all-star game.

1998 - Richard Wemer - WR (known as the Aztec Bowl at the time)
2001 - Jeff Pedersen - TE (known as the Aztec Bowl at the time)
2010 - Marquis Bradley - LB
2011 - Logan Granera - WR
2011 - Robert Seer - WR
2012 - Tom Brinkman - DL
2012 - Brian Taylor - DL
2013 - Colton Feller - LB
2013 - Kevin Hwang - S
2013 - Morgan Kinsinger - OL

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.