Baseball Newsletter (3/25/15)

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Elmhurst’s Brandon Kressner and North Central’s Bryan Polowy were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Baseball Players of the Week on Tuesday.

Kressner, a sophomore infielder from Carol Stream, Illinois and Glenbard North High School (Physical Education major), posted a team-leading .579 batting average (11-for-19) with two doubles, seven RBI and a .684 slugging percentage for the 2-2 Bluejays last week. He finished 4-for-6 with two runs scored and three RBI in Elmhurst's 24-11 win over Lawrence. He added two hits, a run and an RBI in the Bluejays' loss to Lawrence. He collected a team-leading three hits and scored a run in the Bluejays' 7-2 win over Hamilton. He added two hits in the Bluejays' loss to Westminster.

Polowy, a junior pitcher from Carol Stream, Illinois and Glenbard North High School (Accounting major), posted his first career shutout and third complete game in a 4-0 shutout of Liberty League champion Union on March 21. He gave up just one hit and had two strikeouts and did not allow a hit for the first five innings.

2015 CCIW Baseball Players of the Week

Hitter
Brandon Kressner – Elmhurst (3/24/15)
Zach Tsiodras – Elmhurst (3/17/15)
Chris Hill – North Central (3/10/15)
Brandon Jasper – Augustana (3/3/15)
Peter Newman – Wheaton (2/24/15)

Pitcher
Bryan Polowy – North Central (3/24/15)
Seth Davis – Augustana (3/17/15)
Alex Vannucci – North Park (3/10/15)
Seth Davis – Augustana (3/3/15)
Seth Davis – Augustana (2/24/15)

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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 2013-14 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,400 academic all-conference recipients, 14 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients and 87 all-Americans.