NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Nathan Fitzenreider was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Wrestler of the Week Tuesday.

Fitzenreider, a senior from Winfield, Illinois and Wheaton North High School (Mathematics Education major), won the title at 133 pounds during the Pete Willson Invitational at Wheaton College over the weekend. After a first round bye, Fitzenreider pinned Ohio Northern’s Jeremy Jones in 3:51, followed by a 9-6 decision over Elizabethtown’s Chad Lammer. In the semifinals, he beat Messiah’s Kyle Coblentz by a 6-0 decision and then won the championship by a 10-0 major decision over UW-Parkside’s Joseph Her.

2012-13 CCIW Wrestlers of the Week
Nathan Fitzenreider – North Central (2/5/13)
Dan Olsen – Wheaton (1/29/13)
Nick DiNardo – Elmhurst (1/22/13)
Darren Faber – Wheaton (1/15/13)
Jacob Scholten – Augustana (12/18/12)
Nathan Fitzenreider – North Central (12/11/12)
Mitch Steed – Wheaton (12/4/12)
Miguel Venecia – Elmhurst (11/20/12)
Dan Olsen – Wheaton (11/13/12)

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.