NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Carthage’s Rachel Szydlowski was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.
 
Szydlowski, a sophomore forward from Genoa City, Wisconsin and Wilmot Union High School (Biology major), helped lead the Lady Reds to a 2-0 record against CCIW competition last week. She scored a career-high 32 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the field and added six rebounds, four assists, one block and a steal in a 106-95 win over North Central last Wednesday. She then totaled a double-double of 20 points and 13 rebounds in a 73-62 win over Augustana on Saturday. Szdlowski added four blocks and one steal against the Vikings.
 
2016-17 CCIW Women’s Basketball Players of the Week
Rachel Szydlowski – Carthage (1/30/17)
Mikaela Eppard – Elmhurst (1/23/17)
Molly McGraw – Illinois Wesleyan (1/16/17)
Maddie Merritt – Illinois Wesleyan (1/9/17)
Liz Rebherger – North Park (1/3/17)
Rebekah Ehresman – Illinois Wesleyan (12/19/16)
Olivia Mayer – Augustana (12/12/16)
Izzy Anderson – Augustana (12/5/16)
Mikaela Eppard – Elmhurst (11/28/16)
Katie McDaniels – Wheaton (11/21/16)
 
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), 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 2015-16 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,600 academic all-conference recipients, 14 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 36 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients and over 100 all-Americans.