Kenny Kolquist '05 named Sept. Alum of the Month

Kenny Kolquist has been named Alum of the Month for September 2009 at The College of St. Scholastica. The Alum of the Month designation recognizes alumni who are role models to current students and an inspiration to St. Scholastica alumni.

Kolquist graduated from St. Scholastica with a bachelor's degree in applied economics in 2005. He is a registered investment advisor with the firm Securities America Inc. as his broker dealer.

"There is not a day that goes by that I don't benefit from the Benedictine values instilled in me at St. Scholastica," he said. "I am very lucky and blessed to have attended a college that focuses on much more than just the content in the classroom. The College prepared me and gave me all the tools to be successful in every phase of life."

Kolquist was a member of the baseball team for four years and was inducted into the St. Scholastica Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008. "I had the pleasure to play for and learn from the great, late Coach John Baggs," he said. "From him I learned that with a little hard work, truly anything is possible. Also, I learned the impact and the benefits of simply putting people first."

The College of St. Scholastica is regularly recognized as one of the finest colleges in the Midwest. The 2010 "America's Best Colleges" survey by U.S. News & World Report magazine ranks St. Scholastica in the top tier of Midwestern universities. The Princeton Review recommends it as one of the "Best in the Midwest," and The Washington Post has rated it one of the nation's 100 "hidden gems" among U.S. colleges and universities.