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. Three Thunder offensive lineman earned All-CCIW honors as Jake Hibben and Gabriel McGill earned First Team honors. Clay Wagner was a Second Team All-CCIW honoree. Wagner is a two-time All-CCIW selection, picking up First Team honors in 2018. The trio played a key role for a Wheaton offense that averaged 48.9 points per game. Wheaton averaged 501.8 yards per game this year, with 233.8 yards on the ground per game and an average of 268.0 yards per pass.

Wheaton, Ill. -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. Three Thunder offensive lineman earned All-CCIW honors as Jake Hibben, Gabriel McGill, and Clay Wagner earned First Team honors. The trio played a key role for a Wheaton offense that averaged 48.9 points per game. Wheaton averaged 501.8 yards per game this year, with 233.8 yards on the ground per game and an average of 268.0 yards per pass.

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. Three Thunder offensive lineman earned All-CCIW honors as Jake Hibben, Gabriel McGill, and Clay Wagner earned First Team honors. The trio played a key role for a Wheaton offense that averaged 48.9 points per game. Wheaton averaged 501.8 yards per game this year, with 233.8 yards on the ground per game and an average of 268.0 yards per pass

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. Adam Terrini picked up First Team All-CCIW honors at wide receiver. Terrini led the Thunder in conference play with 42 catches for 730 yards. The senior averaged 17.4 yards per play and had 10 touchdown catches in conference 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.

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. Ryan Schwartz picked up First Team All-CCIW honors at linebacker. In eight conference games, Schwartz had 58 total tackles, including 40 solo tackles. He recorded five tackles for loss (-24 yards) in conference action with one sack (-yards). He recovered one fumble 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. McRae was named as the Defensive Player of the year and picked up First Team All-CCIW honors. It is McRae's second-consecutive All-Conference selection, earning Second Team honors in 2018. The senior defensive tackle is the 13th Wheaton student-athlete to win the Don Larson Defensive Player of the Year Award. His selection marks the fifth time in six years that a Wheaton player won the Defensive Player of the Year Award. Overall this season McRae had 43 total tackles, including 28 solo hits. He lead Wheaton with 15.5 tackles for loss (-86 yards), including 6.5 sacks (-57 yards). In CCIW play, McRae led the Thunder with 13.5 tackles for lost yardage this season (-77 yards), and he tied for the team lead with 6.5 quarterback sacks (-57 yards). He tallied 34 total tackles this season, including 23 solo stops. McRae forced a fumble and registered a team-best seven quarterback hurries.

Wheaton junior Will Rinne was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Swimmer of the Week on Tuesday. A native of Plymouth, Massachusetts and the American Community School of Abu Dhabi, Rinne achieved his best un-tapered time in the 200-yard IM during the University of Chicago Phoenix Fall Classic over the weekend. His time of 1:53.27 was good enough for fifth and is currently first in the CCIW by over four seconds and 16th in the nation. Rinne also placed 20th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:06.91) and was part of the ninth place 200-yard medley relay (1:37.71).

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. McRae is joined on the All-CCIW First Team by fellow defensive lineman Patrick O'Connell. In CCIW play, O'Connell had 30 total tackles, with 22 solo stops. He made 10 tackles for loss (-39 yards), including five sacks (-24 yards). O'Connell is a three-time All-CCIW selection earning First Team honors in 2018 and Second Team recognition in 2017.

Five members of the Wheaton College women's soccer team have been named to the 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region team. Juniors Sarah Tomich, Izzy McNally and Carney Blake were joined on the All-Region First Team by sophomore Sara Bakke. Sophomore Lauren Ketchum was a Second Team honoree.

Five members of the Wheaton College women's soccer team have been named to the 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region team. Juniors Sarah Tomich, Izzy McNally and Carney Blake were joined on the All-Region First Team by sophomore Sara Bakke. Sophomore Lauren Ketchum was a Second Team honoree. Tomich and McNally each earned their First Team recognition as Thunder defenders. Tomich earns First Team All-Region recognition for the second-consecutive season, also earning All-American recognition from United Soccer Coaches in 2018. Tomich and McNally anchored a Thunder defense that allowed just two goals in 22 matches, including only one goal allowed in eight conference matches. The Thunder defense posted a 0.44 goals against average this season, recording 15 shutouts. Bakke and Blake picked up First Team All-Region honors as midfielders. Bakke led Wheaton in total points with 22 this season. She scored five goals with a team-high 12 assists. Blake tallied five goals with one assist for Wheaton this year. Ketchum played in all 22 matches for the Thunder, playing 1,777 minutes this year. She allowed just 10 goals, with a 0.51 goals against average with eight shutouts to her credit.

Senior forward Hannah Frazier is this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Player of the Week in women's basketball, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. Frazier has earned the recognition twice this season, and she is an nine-time recipient of the CCIW's Player of the Week award. She also earned the recognition on 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 24.7 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Thunder last week. She scored a career-high 38 points, with 13 rebounds, four assists, three steals, and one block in a 73-70 win at UC-Santa Cruz on Friday. Frazier scored 28 points, five rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal in a three-point loss to Birmingham-Southern on Saturday. Earlier in the week, she had eight points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals in a 66-54 win at Dominican (Ill.).

Wheaton senior Isaac Odell was named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Wrestler of the Week by the conference office on Tuesday. Odell is the first wrestler to earn the recognition for the 2019-20 season. This selection marks the third time that Odell has earned the award, also picking up the recognition on November 6, 2019 and December 12, 2018. Odell opened the 2019-20 season by claiming the 184-pound title at the Messiah Invitational last Saturday. He recorded a four-pin performance en route to the individual title, beginning with a fall in 1:30 over Messiah's Spencer Clements, followed by a fall in 0:59 over Elizabethtown's Jakob Latham in the quarterfinals. Odell then pinned Ursinus' Kyle Schaffer in 4:18, followed by a fall in 6:57 over Johns Hopkins' Nathan Wertheimer in the championship. This was the second-straight year that Odell won the 184-pound title with four pins at the Messiah Invitational.

Thunder junior Isabelle Oliver has been named this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. Oliver, a five-time recipient of the award, is picking up the recognition for the first time this season. Oliver scored four goals and added two assists for the Thunder last week, helping Wheaton to a 2-0-0 record. She had a goal and two assists in a 5-1 win at Carthage last Wednesday that clinched Wheaton a share of the CCIW regular season title. She followed up with a hat trick in a 9-0 win over North Park on November 1. The win over the Vikings earned the Thunder their 21st title in program history and fourth-straight CCIW Championship. Oliver is tied for Wheaton's team lead with seven goals this year. She has three assists this season with 17 total points on the year.

Senior forward Hannah Frazier is this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Player of the Week in women's basketball, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. Frazier is an eight-time recipient of the CCIW's Player of the Week award, also earning the recognition on 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 and the Thunder opened the 2019-20 with a 66-62 victory against 12th-ranked UT-Dallas last Saturday. The senior scored 26 points, as she shot 3-of-4 from three-point line and was a perfect 13-of-113 at the free throw line. She grabbed seven rebounds, blocked four shots and dished out three assists in the victory against the Comets.

Two members of the Wheaton volleyball team earned recognition on the 2019 All-CCIW Volleyball Team, as announced by the conference earlier today. Sophomore Colleen Smith and freshman Allie High were each Second Team selections. High had an impressive freshman season for the Thunder. She led Wheaton with 5.66 digs per set, a mark that ranks 34th in Division III in the category. High had just 17 reception errors on 510 reception attempts this year for a reception percentage of 96.7%. High led the CCIW in digs per set in conference matches this season. The rookie averaged 6.0 digs per set in Wheaton's eight CCIW contests this year.

Two members of the Wheaton volleyball team earned recognition on the 2019 All-CCIW Volleyball Team, as announced by the conference earlier today. Sophomore Colleen Smith and freshman Allie High were each Second Team selections. Smith picks up Second Team All-CCIW honors for the second-consecutive season. Smith led the Thunder with 242 kills in 30 matches this season, as she averaged 2.30 kills per set. Smith was third on the team with an average of 2.25 digs per set and she had a 94.7% service reception percentage. Smith ranked 10th in the CCIW in kills per set in CCIW play this season with 2.46 kills per set in conference play. She was eighth in the CCIW in points, with 3.04 per set in league matches.

Three members of the Wheaton men's soccer team were named to the 2019 All-CCIW Men's Soccer Team, as announced by the conference on Tuesday. Juniors Justin Hill and AJ Moyes joined freshman Silas Galvao on the Second Team. Addtionally Galvao was recognized as the CCIW Newcomer of the Year. Galvao, a forward, picked up Second Team All-CCIW recognition and the CCIW Newcomer of the Year award for a strong freshman season in 2019. Galvao is the the second Wheaton player to earn the Newcomer of the Year award since it began in 2012. Wheaton's Marshall Hollingsworth won the inaugural Newcomer of the Year award in 2012. Galvao led the Thunder with a team-high six goals this season. His four assists tied for the team lead and his 16 total points led the Thunder. In conference play, Galvao scored three goals with two assists.

Wheaton sophomore Abigail Rutledge was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Swimmer of the Week on Tuesday. A native of Cary, North Carolina and Panther Creek High School, Rutledge won two events during the Thunder's dual meeet against Calvin on Saturday as she clocked in-season bests in both races. She edged out Calvin's Robyn Ellens by only 0.10 to win the 500-yard freestyle in 5:27.06. Rutledge was also a winner in the 200-yard buttlerfly with a time of 2:14.92, which is now the top time in the CCIW by five seconds.

Wheaton's Maggie Franke was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Swimmer of the Week on Tuesday. Franke, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota and Wayzata High School, opened the 2019-20 season with a pair of un-tapered best times during the Thunder's dual meet against the University of Chicago on Saturday. She finished second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.80 and second in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 54.40. Franke now leads the CCIW in the 100-yard freestyle.

Three members of the Wheaton men's soccer team were named to the 2019 All-CCIW Men's Soccer Team, as announced by the conference on Tuesday. Juniors Justin Hill and AJ Moyes joined freshman Silas Galvao on the Second Team. Addtionally Galvao was recognized as the CCIW Newcomer of the Year. Hill and Moyes both earn their All-CCIW recognition as defenders. Hill is a repeat selection, also earning All-Second Team honors in 2018. Hill and Moyes keyed a Wheaton defense that allowed 21 goals in 18 matches, for a 1.10 goals allowed averaged. The Thunder recorded seven shutouts this season. In eight CCIW matches, the Thunder allowed 11 goals with a 1.30 goals against average in conference play.

Wheaton's Dawson Bremner was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Swimmer and Women's Swimmer of the Week on Tuesday. Bremner, a freshman from Cedar Falls, Iowa and Cedar Falls High School, kicked off his collegiate career with two lifetime bests and just missed a lifetime best in a third event during the Thunder's dual meet against the University of Chicago on Saturday. He dropped nearly four seconds in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.01), and dropped a full second in the 100-yard butterfly, splitting a time of 51.63 on the 400-yard medley relay. Bremner missed a lifetime best in the 200-yard IM by 0.5 seconds, clocking a time of 2:01.2.

An electric opening nine holes set up a high-stakes finish on the final day of action at the 2019 CCIW Women's Golf Championship. Starting the day two strokes behind Carthage's Adrienne Rohwedder, Halvorsen finished the day with a one-over par 73 to record a one-shot victory over Rohwedder. Halvorsen becomes the first women's golfer since Lindsay Haines (Illinois Wesleyan) in 2008-09 to win individual medalist honors and is the first to do so since the tournament switched to the current three-round format. The Thunder junior is just the third women's golfer in CCIW history to record multiple CCIW Championships. Halvorsen came charging on Saturday, recording a birdies on the par-three third and par-three eighth holes. After a bogey on the ninth, she dropped to two-under for the day again with a birdie on the par-four 11th. With the finishing stretch playing tough all afternoon, three bogeys dropped Halvorsen to one-over on the day and set the mark at seven-over for the weekend.

Outside hitter Audrey Gerze was named this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Offensive Player of the Week in volleyball by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. The sophomore helped lead Wheaton to a 2-1 record last week as the Thunder earned victories against Lake Forest College and Albion College. Gerze averaged 3.67 kills per game in Wheaton's three matches last week. She had a team-high 16 kills, with a .303 (16-6-33) attack percentage last Wednesday in a 3-1 Thunder victory at Lake Forest.. On Friday, she led the Thunder to a 3-0 victory against Albion with a team-high 15 kills and a .286 (15-5--35) attack percentage. Additionally, she two service aces and 11 digs in the win against the Britons. In Wheaton's final match last week, she had 13 kills and 21 digs against Dubuque. Gerze is averaging 2.0 kills per game this season for the Thunder.

Senior wide receiver Phillip Nichols was named this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Offensive Player of the Week by the conference office on Monday. Today's selection marks Nichols' first career recognition as a CCIW Player of the Week. He is the first Wheaton player to earn the conference's Offensive Player of the Week award this season, and overall he joins Defensive Player of the Week selections Spencer Rowland (Sept. 30) and Robby Schwartz (Sept. 23) along with John Bickle's selection as the Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 9). On Tuesday, Nichols was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week. Nichols scored three touchdowns in the second half of Wheaton's 35-21 win against fifth-ranked North Central on Saturday. He caught 10 passes for 207 yards as four of his 10 receptions went for more than 20 yards. Nichols' first touchdown was a 47-yard catch midway through the third quarter that tied the game at 14-14. He came back to tie the game again at 21-21 late in the third quarter on a five-yard catch in the corner of the end zone. Nichols' final touchdown catch was for 58 yards early in the fourth quarter to give Wheaton its first lead at 28-21. In four seasons at Wheaton, Nichols has 159 career receptions with 17 touchdown catches. His 2,273 career receiving yards ranks seventh in program history.

Wheaton senior defensive lineman Dallas McRae earned selection to this week's D3football.com Team of the Week for his performance in Saturday's 63-0 victory at North Park. This week's selection marks the second time this season that the defensive tackle has earned the recognition, also receiving the honor following Wheaton's win at Monmouth in the opening game of the season. All four of McRae's solo tackles on Saturday were tackles for lost yardage as he totaled four tackles for a loss of minus-12 yards in Saturday's win at North Park. He keyed a Thunder defense that held the Vikings to just 99 yards of offense (only 1.6 yards per play). McRae is tied for second in the CCIW in tackles for lost yardage (TFL) this season, with an average of 1.88 TFL in Wheaton's five games. His season average in tackles for loss ranks 35th in NCAA Division III. He has nine TFL this year for minus-47 yards. He is sixth in the conference in sacks with three, averaging 0.60 sacks per game.

Thunder junior Sarah Tomich has been named this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. Tomich, a six-time recipient of the award, has won the award twice this season. Tomich, the reigning CCIW Defensive Player of the Year, helped lead Wheaton to shutout victories against Carroll and Augustana last week. She scored Wheaton's second goal last Wednesday in a 2-0 victory at home against Carroll. The Thunder shut out Carroll last Tuesday, holding the Pioneers to six shots, with only three shots on goal. Wheaton's second shutout of the week was a 2-0 victory at Augustana as Tomich keyed a Thunder defense that held the Vikings to just five shots with only three shots on goal.

Wheaton sophomore Bethany Hoogerheide has been named this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Tennis Player of the Week by the conference office on Wednesday. This is the first time in Hoogerheide's career that she has earned the Player of the Week recognition. Hoogerheide went 4-0 last week in conference competition. She and teammate Emme Lindquist went 2-0 at No. 3 doubles, beating North Central's Ellie Gallagher and Yaitova Spiegel, 8-7 on October 8, and they earned a victory against Augustana's Kalli Majewski and Leraaen Abbott (8-6) on October 12. She was 2-0 at No. 6 singles with straight-set wins over Gallagher (6-0, 6-1) and Majewski (6-2, 6-2). Hoogerheide is a combined 22-0 in singles and doubles play so far this season.

Junior linebacker Ryan Schwartz was named this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Defensive Player of the Week by the conference office on Monday morning. Today's selection marks Schwartz's first career recognition as a CCIW Player of the Week. Schwartz was the leading tackler for a Wheaton defense that held Illinois Wesleyan to to just 151 total yards in last Saturday's 24-10 victory against the No. 17 ranked Titans. Schwartz's 11 total tackles was a team-high as was his eight solo tackles. Schwartz and the Thunder defense held the Titans' offense to just 2.6 yards per play on 57 plays. The Wheaton defense has been impressive in Wheaton's two victories to open the season. Wheaton leads Division III in total defense (103.5 YPG), and the unit has allowed just 13 first downs this season to rank first in Division III. Opponents have just a 52.47 passing efficiency against the Thunder this season, a mark that also ranks first in Division III. The 70 passing yards allowed per game by Wheaton is second in Division III. Wheaton is holding teams to just 5.0 points per game early in the season, a mark that ranks third among the 245 Division III institutions that sponsor football. Wheaton has held opponents to just 33.5 rushing yards per game, a mark that ranks sixth in Division III.

Wheaton senior Aryn Embretson was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, by the conference office. Embretson is the recipient of the word for the second-consecutive week, also winning the award on September 17. Embretson placed second out of 171 competitors at the Gil Dodds Invitational on Saturday at the St. James Forest Preserve. She finished with a time of 22:24.3 in the 6K, helping the Thunder to a fourth place finish out of 11 teams. Wheaton was the top finishing CCIW team at the meet and Embreston was the top overall CCIW finisher in a field that boasted five CCIW programs in the race.