Garfield Hoerschgen, ’64 • Baseball, Football
Garfield Hoerschgen, known as “Herk” by his Carleton teammates, had an outstanding career as a football and baseball player for the Knights. He earned All-Midwest Conference honors in baseball his sophomore, junior, and senior years while leading the team in slugging percentage, home runs and batting average. A third baseman and shortstop, he batted well over .400 during his career and held the school record for career home runs (12) for many years. As a senior, he served as captain and received the Kelly Memorial Award as the most outstanding baseball played on the 1964 “pennant express” team.
Hoerschgen earned three varsity letters in football and was named All-Conference and given Little College All-America honorable mention his senior season. He began his career at Carleton as a linebacker and backup quarterback, but moved to tight end and assumed place-kicking duties his junior and senior seasons.
As a junior, he was ranked among the nation’s leading receivers with 27 receptions for 389 yards and two touchdowns. He also kicked six extra points and one field goal for a team-high 21 points. One of the Midwest Conference’s top offensive players as a senior, he again led the Knights in scoring with 37 points on four touchdown receptions and 13 extra-point kicks.
M.E. “Casey” Jarchow • Men’s Golf Coach
From 1950-65, Casey Jarchow coached Carleton’s golf team to six Midwest Conference championships. He came to the College in 1946 as associate professor of history and associate dean of men. Prior to the 1946-47 academic year, he was named dean of men, a position he held until 1967.
In 1988 Carleton awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in honor of his outstanding contributions to the College. For many years he maintained an office on campus as historian-in-residence and wrote several historical books, including the official Carleton history published in 1966 and a biography of past Carleton president Dr. Donald J. Cowling.
Jarchow graduated from Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Minn., and earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota. He began his teaching career at South Dakota State, then spent three years in the Navy before coming to Carleton.
Cynthia Morris Starr, ’76 • Tennis
Cynthia Morris Starr played No. 1 in singles and doubles on Carleton’s tennis team after transferring from the University of Michigan in 1973. She was a singles finalist in the Minnesota Women’s Collegiate State Tournament in 1976 and twice participated in the National Collegiate Women’s Tournament. She majored in English, graduating magna cum laude, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Mortar Board Honor Society.
After Carleton, Starr earned a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and worked for several publications as a sports writer, copy editor, and cover-story writer. During her career, Starr won numerous awards for her sports writing. In 1984 she was named Tennis Writer of the Year by the Women’s Tennis Association.