Wheaton sophomore Nyameye Adom has been named to the D3hoops.com All-Central Region Team for the 2019-20 season. Adom's recognition as a Third Team All-Region performer marks the 21st time that a Wheaton player has been named to the D3hoops.com All-Region Team since the website began its All-Region awards in 2001-02. Wheaton has had at least one player on the D3hoops.com All-Region Team in 17 of the 19 seasons that website has had the All-Region recognitions. A unanimous All-CCIW honoree this season, Adom had a breakout sophomore campaign. He is averaging a team-best 18.7 points per game this season, a mark that ranked second in the league. He posted a 46.4% (178-of-384) field goal percentage, including 42.1% (32-of-76) from three-point range, this season. Adom shot 77.3% (99-of-128) at the free throw line. He led the Thunder with 3.7 assists per game and has averaged 4.2 rebounds per game this season. He ranked in the CCIW top-10 in field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage, assists and free throw percentage in his sophomore campaign. In Wheaton's 16 CCIW games this season, Adom averaged 17.5 points per game. His 46.2% (102-of-221) field goal percentage in league games ranked third in the league, and his 46.5% (20-of-43) three-point field goal percentage in league play ranked third. His 4.1 assists per game against conference foes ranked third in the CCIW.

Wheaton senior Favor Ezewuzie has been named the Division III Women's Indoor Track & Field Midwest Region "Track Athlete of the Year" by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). A two-time recipient of the award, Ezewuzie also received the honor in 2019. She is the only Wheaton athlete two rin the regional indoor track athlete of the year award from the USTFCCCA since the organization began awarding it in 2006. Ezewuzie, the "Most Outstanding Track Athlete" at the 2018, 2019 and 2020 CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships, recently earned All-Region from the USTFCCCA in four events. Ezewuzie will represent Wheaton this weekend in the 60-meter dash, the 60-meter hurdles and the 200-meter dash at the 2020 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Ezewuzie posted the fastest time in Division III this season, and the 13th-fastest time in Division III history on Feb. 28 at the CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships. She posted a time of of 8.60-seconds in the event. Her time of 7.57-seconds in the 60-meter dash on February 7 at University of Chicago's "Windy City Rumble" is the second-fastest time in Division III this year. Ezewuzie's school-record effort of 24.05-seconds at the CCIW Championships on February 28 is the third-fastest time in Division III this season. Ezewuzie also posted the eighth-best effort in Division III in the women's long jump event this season with a mark of 5.74-meters (18' 10") at the CCIW Championships.

Wheaton freshman Abygale Ahn has been named the CCIW Women's Tennis Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon. For Ahn, this is the first weekly conference honor of her career. Ahn posted an overall record of 3-1 last week on Wheaton's annual spring trip. Ahn won both of her matches at number five singles, posting a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Lily Brandt of Saint Mary's (Ind.) and a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Morgan Jenkins of Millsaps. With the two singles victories, Ahn wraps up her season with an unblemished 17-0 record in singles play. She also posted an 8-6 victory over Saint Mary's at number one doubles along with Claire Browning.

Hannah Frazier of the Wheaton women's basketball team has been named to the 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-America Team for Division III Women's Basketball. A Second Team All-America selection this year, she is a repeat honoree, also earning Second Team recognition in 2018-19. Frazier is the first Wheaton women's basketball player to earn Academic All-America recognition twice in a career. Frazier earned Second Team Academic All-America recognition as a senior Mathematics major at Wheaton with a 3.75 cumulative grade point average. Recently, Frazier was named the 2020 CCIW Lori Kerans Most Outstanding Player, earning the award for the second-consecutive season. The senior led the Thunder in scoring this season with an average of 18.7 points per game and had a team-high 7.4 rebounds per game. Frazier contributed 2.0 blocked shots per game this season and 2.6 assists per game. The Academic All-America program honors student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level in athletics and in the classroom. Members of the eight First Team Academic All-District squads in each Division advance to the national ballot, where they have the opportunity to be selected for the Academic All-America Team. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA; a 2,000-plus member organization consisted of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Through the years, Wheaton student-athletes have earned a total of 97 Academic All-American selections through the prestigious program. Since 2000, there have been 72 Academic All-American selections from Wheaton. Three Wheaton women's basketball players have earned Academic All-America recognition: Frazier (2019 and 2020), Katie McDaniels (2017) and Janet Ahlborn (1994). To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Division I, II, III, NAIA and junior colleges covering all NCAA championship sports.

Wheaton College senior Favor Ezewuzie was named the Division III Female National Athletes of the Week by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday morning. This is the first time that Ezewuzie has been named National Athlete of the Week during the indoor season by the USTFCCCA and is the first time in the awards history that a female athlete from the CCIW has earned the honor indoors. Ezewuzie earned the award for her performance last weekend at the 2020 CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships. She won four events at the meet: the women's 60-meter dash, the 60-meter hurdles, the 200-meter dash and the long jump. Her remarkable performance earned her the Female Track Athlete of the Meet award, becoming the first student-athlete in CCIW history to win the award in three-consecutive seasons. Her performance in the women's 60M hurdles was a conference and school record time of 8.60-seconds that is fastest in Division III this season and is the 13th-fastest time in Division III history. She also set a conference and school record in the 200-meter with a time of 24.95-seconds that is the third-fastest time in Division III this season.She won the women's 60-meter dash at the CCIW Championships with a time of 7.62-seconds the first conference championship she claimed was in the women's long jump with a leap of 5.74m (18' 10") that ranks eighth in Division III this season.

After a weekend sweep of action over Loras College and Greenville University, the Thunder baseball team followed with a sweep of the weekly CCIW awards. Senior catcher Sam Reichert and sophomore pitcher David Solfelt were named the Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respecitively, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. For both players, this is their first career weekly honor from the conference. David Solfelt tossed five shutout innings in his first collegiate start on the mound. The sophomore right-hander scattered just two hits in total after retiring the first 11 Greenville batters he faced. Solfelt struck out eight Panther hitters and did not issue a walk.

Senior forward Hannah Frazier has been named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week for the second time this season. She also picked up the recognition on January 27, 2020 Frazier averaged 20.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots per game in Wheaton victories against Carroll and North Central last week. Frazier scored 22 points on 56.3% (9-of-16) shooting last Saturday in a victory against North Central that secured an outright CCIW Championship for the Thunder. She grabbed nine rebounds, with three blocked shots and three steals in the victory against the Cardinals. Last Wednesday in a victory at Carroll, Frazier scored 18 points, with six rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots. The First Team All-American is averaging team-highs of 18.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game this season for the Thunder. She also adds 2.0 blocked shots per game. In three seasons at Wheaton, Frazier has scored 1,431 points with 539 rebounds and 185 blocked shots. Frazier is ranked fifth in program history in career points and career blocked shots, and is 16th in career rebounds. Her 84.1% (354-421) career free throw percentage is tied for first in program history. Wheaton, the 2019-20 CCIW Champion, hosts the 2020 CCIW Women's Basketball Tournament this weekend in King Arena.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its All-Conference women's basketball team on Tuesday afternoon, with four members of the CCIW Champion Wheaton College women's basketball team earning selections. Hannah Frazier, Hannah Williams and Kirsten Madsen each earned All-CCIW recognition. Senior Kirsten Madsen picked up Second Team All-CCIW recognition for the first time in her career. Madsen is averaging 9.5 points per game this season, leading the Thunder with 52 three-point field goals. Madsen is shooting 39.7% (52-of-131) from three-point range and 86.5% (32-of-37) at the free throw line. Madsen adds 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. In Wheaton's 16 conference contests this season, Madsen averaged 10.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. She shot a team-best 42.7% (38-of-89) three-point field goal percentage in league play this season and shot 85.7% (24-of-28) at the free throw line.

After a weekend sweep of action over Loras College and Greenville University, the Thunder baseball team followed with a sweep of the weekly CCIW awards. Senior catcher Sam Reichert and sophomore pitcher David Solfelt were named the Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respecitively, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. For both players, this is their first career weekly honor from the conference. Sam Reichert led the Thunder in most offensive categories over the weekend. The Wheaton backstop batted .583 (7-for-12) at the plate with a slugging percentage of 1.083. Four of his seven hits went for extra bases including three doubles and a home run. Reichert also scored five runs and drove in five runs. After a three-hit opener against Loras that included two doubles and a home run, Reichert added two hits with three runs scored in the nightcap of the double header, and added two hits with three runs driven in against Greenville on Saturday.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its All-Conference women's basketball team on Tuesday afternoon, with four members of the CCIW Champion Wheaton College women's basketball team earning selections. Hannah Frazier, Hannah Williams and Kirsten Madsen each earned All-CCIW recognition. Junior guard Hannah Williams earned Second Team All-CCIW honors for the second-consecutive season. Williams is second on the team in scoring with 11.1 points per game and adds 3.8 assists per contest. Williams has a team-high 40% (28-of-70) effort from three-point range this season. In Wheaton's 16 CCIW games this season, Williams averaged 11.6 points per game, with 3.9 rebounds per game. She led the Thunder in assists in conference play, averaging 4.2 assists per game against CCIW foes.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its All-Conference women's basketball team on Tuesday afternoon, with four members of the CCIW Champion Wheaton College women's basketball team earning selections. Hannah Frazier, Hannah Williams and Kirsten Madsen each earned All-CCIW recognition. Frazier was honored as the Lori Kerans CCIW Most Outstanding Player for the second-consecutive year. Additionally, Thunder head coach Kent Madsen was tabbed as the Beth Baker Coach of the Year for the second-straight year as well. Frazier repeats as the conference's Lori Kerans Coach of the Year Award winner. Her selection marks the eighth time a player from Wheaton has received the CCIW's Most Outstanding Player award, joining: Jeanine Jankovsky (1992); Kerry Cole (1999); Sarah Clark (2004); Jill Trenz (2005); Laura Karsten (2011); Katie McDaniels (2016 & 2017). Frazier winning the award in back-to-back seasons marks only the fifth time that has occurred since the award was created in 1987 as she joins fellow two-time winners: Julie Roe of Millikin (1996 & 1997); Lindsay Ippel from Millikin (2007 & 2008); Stephanie Kuzmanic of Carthage (2013 & 2014) and Wheaton's Katie McDaniels (2016 & 2017) Frazier leads the Thunder with 18.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game this season. She also adds 2.0 blocked shots per game and 2.6 assists per game. In conference play, Frazier averaged 17.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. She also contributed 2.1 blocked shots and 2.4 assists per game against league foes this season.

The Wheaton men's basketball program placed two players on the 2019-20 All-CCIW Team, announced by the league on Tuesday afternoon. Sophomore Nyamaeye Adom picked up a unanimous First Team All-CCIW honor with fellow sophomore Tyson Cruickshank earning Second Team recognition. Cruickshank earns his first career All-CCIW recognition with a Second Team nod. The sophomore guard is averaging 14.8 points per game this season. Cruickshank is second on the team with an average of 5.9 rebounds per game and also second on the squad in assists with 3.0 per game. He leads the Thunder in steals with an average of 1.0 steals per game. In Wheaton's 16 CCIW games this season Cruickshank posted an average of 14.1 points per game and he shot 47.3% (79-of-167) from the field. He averaged 6.2 rebounds per game against league foes. He also averaged 2.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game in conference play.

The Wheaton men's basketball program placed two players on the 2019-20 All-CCIW Team, announced by the league on Tuesday afternoon. Sophomore Nyamaeye Adom picked up a unanimous First Team All-CCIW honor with fellow sophomore Tyson Cruickshank earning Second Team recognition. Adom earns his first All-CCIW recognition with a breakout sophomore campaign. He is averaging a team-best 18.7 points per game this season, a mark that ranked second in the league. He has posted a 46.2% (169-of-366) field goal percentage, including 43.1% (31-of-72) from three-point range, this season. Adom has shot 78% (99-of-127) at the free throw line. He leads the Thunder with 3.8 assists per game and has averaged 4.2 rebounds per game this season. He ranks in the CCIW top-10 in field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage, assists and free throw percentage. In Wheaton's 16 CCIW games this season, Adom averaged 17.5 points per game. His 46.2% (102-of-221) field goal percentage in league games ranked third in the league, and his 46.5% (20-of-43) three-point field goal percentage in league play ranked third. His 4.1 assists per game against conference foes ranked third in the CCIW.

Wheaton senior Favor Ezewuzie has been named the CCIW Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday morning. This is the third-straight week that Ezewuzie has won the award and marks the sixth time in her career. She also has won the award twice in her career during the outdoor season. Ezewuzie won three events last Friday at North Central's Pat Heenan Invitational, winning the 60 dash (7.65), 60-meter hurdles (8.72), and 200-meter dash (25.18). She also placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 5.31 meters. Her time in the 200-meter dash established a new program record and is the third-fastest time in Division III this season. Her time in the 60 dash and 60-meter hurdles rank second nationally. All three times are currently tops in the CCIW.

Favor Ezewuzie was named a CCIW Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, earning the honor for the second-consecutive week. The recognition marks the fifth time in her career that Ezewuzie has been named the Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week - also earning the recognition on February 4 2019; February 12, 2019; February 13, 2018 and February 21, 2017. She has also won the award in outdoor track & field twice: April 9, 2019 and March 26, 2019. Ezewuzie won three events (60-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, 200-meter dash) and was second in another (long jump) at University of Chicago's Windy City Invitational last Saturday. Her times of 7.57 (60 dash), 8.76 (60 hurdles) and 25.25 (200 dash) all rank first in the CCIW and second, third and fourth, respectively, on the NCAA Division III national list. Her time in the 60-meter hurdles also tied a facility record.

Favor Ezewuzie was named a CCIW Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday. Ezewuzie was recognized as the Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for the fourth time in her career - also earning the recognition on February 12, 2019; February 13, 2018 and February 21, 2017. She has also won the award in outdoor track & field twice: April 9, 2019 and March 26, 2019. Ezewuzie won the 60-meter hurdles on Saturday at the Olivet Nazarene Invitational. Competing in her first meet of the 2020 season, Ezewuzie finished with a time of 8.80, which currently ranks first in the CCIW and fourth on the NCAA Division III national list.

Wheaton junior Will Rinne won his second College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Swimmer of the Week honor on Tuesday. A native of Plymouth, Massachusetts and the American Community School of Abu Dhabi, Rinne set a new lifetime best in the 400-yard IM during a double dual meet versus Augustana and North Central on Saturday. His time of 4:05.05 is ranked 45th in the nation and is fourth all-time in program history. Rinne also swam a CCIW-leading 100-yard butterfly, clocking a time of 49.54, which is only 0.2 seconds off of an NCAA "B" cut and 0.5 seconds off of his own school record. His time is also ranked 31st in the nation.

Senior forward Hannah Frazier has been named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Player of the Week in women's basketball, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. Additionally, on Tuesday she honored as a selection to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Frazier has earned the CCIW Player of the Week recognition three times this season, and this is the 10th time in her career that she has been the recipient of the CCIW's Player of the Week award. She also earned the recognition on December 2, 2019; November 12, 2019; February 11, 2019; February 4, 2019; December 31, 2018; December 17, 2018; Jan. 8, 2018; Jan. 15, 2018, Feb. 2, 2018 and December 17, 2018. Frazier averaged 19.5 points and six rebounds per game in Wheaton's road victories at Illinois Wesleyan and Carthage last week. In Saturday's victory over the Lady Reds, Frazier finished with 25 points, 21 in the second half, to go with five rebounds, two assists, three blocks, and a steal. She finished with 21 points, seven rebounds, three assists, and two steals in Wheaton's 62-59 win over Illinois Wesleyan on Wednesday night. The First Team All-American is averaging team-highs of 17.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per game this season for the Thunder. In Saturday night's win over Carthage, Frazier moved into seventh on Wheaton's career scoring list with 1,297 career points.

Wheaton College junior Sarah Tomich and sophomore Sara Bakke have each been named a 2019 First Team All-American by United Soccer Coaches. Tomich is a repeat First Team All-American and Bakke earns the recognition for the first time in her career.

Sophomore guard Nyameye Adom is this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Player of the Week in men's basketball, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. Today's announcement marks the first time in his career that Adom has earned the conference's weekly award.

Wheaton College junior Sarah Tomich and sophomore Sara Bakke have each been named a 2019 First Team All-American by United Soccer Coaches. Tomich is a repeat First Team All-American and Bakke earns the recognition for the first time in her career. Bakke had a breakout sophomore season for the Thunder, also earning First Team All-Region recognition as a midfielder. She led Wheaton in total points with 22 this season. She scored five goals with a team-high 12 assists.

Wheaton freshman Abby Pardridge was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Swimmer of the Week on Tuesday. A native of DeKalb, Illinois and Rosary High School, Pardridge had a breakout weekend at the 39th Annual Wheaton Invitational held Friday and Saturday. On one week of rest, she swam lifetime bests in the 50 backstroke (27.46), 100 freestyle (52.95rs), 200 freestyle (1:58.36rs), 100 backstroke (58.84) and 100 butterfly (57.60). She also swam a season-best and CCIW-leading 200 backstroke (2:05.33), which was Pardridge's second-best time of her career. She now leads the CCIW in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 100 butterfly. Her 100 backstroke is fifth all time in Wheaton history, while her 100 butterfly is sixth all time, and her 200 backstroke is fourth all time.

Wheaton College senior Dallas McRae has been named to the Division III All-American Team by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). There have been 18 AFCA Division III All-American selections from Wheaton through the years, including seven since 2010.

Wheaton senior Corey Kennedy of the Thunder football team has been named to the 2019 Division III Football Academic All-America Team, as selected by CoSIDA. Kennedy is a First Team Academic All-American for the second-consecutive year.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its All-Conference football team on Wednesday. Wheaton was well represented with 17 All-CCIW selections, a new school best. Additionally, Wheaton won two special awards. Thunder head coach Mike Swider was named the Bob Reade Coach of the Year and defensive lineman Dallas McRae was named the Don Larson Defensive Player of the Year. Senior Phillip Nichols earned Second Team All-CCIW honors for his third career All-Conference recognition at wide receiver. He was a Second Team All-CCIW honor at receiver in 2018 and a First Team pick in 2017. In CCIW play this year, Nichols caught 41 passes in seven games. He averaged 15.7 yards per catch with 645 receiving yards. The senior made five touchdown catches in conference play this season.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its All-Conference football team on Wednesday. Wheaton was well represented with 17 All-CCIW selections, a new school best. Additionally, Wheaton won two special awards. Thunder head coach Mike Swider was named the Bob Reade Coach of the Year and defensive lineman Dallas McRae was named the Don Larson Defensive Player of the Year. Sophomore running back T.J. Williams also picked up Second Team All-Conference recognition. Williams ran for 693 yards in CCIW play this season on 108 attempts as he averaged 6.4 yards per carry. Williams had 15 receptions this season for 142 yards, averaging 9.5 yards per catch. He ran for six touchdowns this season and had a pair of touchdown catches.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its All-Conference football team on Wednesday. Wheaton was well represented with 17 All-CCIW selections, a new school best. Additionally, Wheaton won two special awards. Thunder head coach Mike Swider was named the Bob Reade Coach of the Year and defensive lineman Dallas McRae was named the Don Larson Defensive Player of the Year. Senior Caden Sigler earned Second Team All-CCIW recognition at defensive back. Sigler tallied 17 total tackles in league play, including nine solo stops. Sigler had three passes broken up and returned two interceptions for 100 yards in league play.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its All-Conference football team on Wednesday. Wheaton was well represented with 17 All-CCIW selections, a new school best. Additionally, Wheaton won two special awards. Thunder head coach Mike Swider was named the Bob Reade Coach of the Year and defensive lineman Dallas McRae was named the Don Larson Defensive Player of the Year. River Shindledecker earned Second Team honors on the defensive line. Shindledecker made 29 total tackles in league action, including 16 solo tackles. He made 11 tackles for loss in league play (-61 yards), including 6.5 sacks (-49 yards). He was tied for the team lead in sacks an added seven quarterback hurries, tying for the team lead.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its All-Conference football team on Wednesday. Wheaton was well represented with 17 All-CCIW selections, a new school best. Additionally, Wheaton won two special awards. Thunder head coach Mike Swider was named the Bob Reade Coach of the Year and defensive lineman Dallas McRae was named the Don Larson Defensive Player of the Year. Jake Holaday earned Second Team honors on the defensive line. Holaday was third on the team with 38 tackles in conference play, including 18 solo tackles. The junior made 7.5 tackles for loss (-28 yards) in conference play, including 2.5 sacks (-18 yards). He had three quarterback hurries, forced one fumble and recovered a fumble.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its All-Conference football team on Wednesday. Wheaton was well represented with 17 All-CCIW selections, a new school best. Additionally, Wheaton won two special awards. Thunder head coach Mike Swider was named the Bob Reade Coach of the Year and defensive lineman Dallas McRae was named the Don Larson Defensive Player of the Year. Thunder kicker Griffin Bowes earned First Team All-CCIW recognition. Bowed converted nine of his 13 field goal attempts in CCIW play this season. The senior had a season-long kick of 46 yards in league action. Bowes made 54 of his 56 PAT attempts this year.