NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Dan Kerley was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week Tuesday.

Kerley, a senior from Vienna, Illinois and Vienna High School (Psychology major), won his second athlete of the week honor by placing fifth at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational on Saturday. He finished with a time of 25:08.66 on a rain-soaked 8K course as the Cardinals placed second as a team.

2012 CCIW Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Dan Kerley – North Central (10/16/12)
Jake Mahaffey – Carthage (10/9/12)
Dan Kerley – North Central (10/2/12)
Jonathan Smith – Augustana (9/25/12)
John Crain – North Central (9/18/12)
Tim Hird – North Central (9/11/12)
Jake Mahaffey – Carthage (9/11/12)
John Crain – North Central (9/5/12)


The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services eight member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2011-12 academic year, the CCIW honored 1,323 academic all-conference recipients, 16 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year, 89 all-Americans and three national championship teams.