NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Wheaton’s Ricky Samuelson was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.
 
Samuelson, a senior guard from Northfield, Illinois and New Trier High School (Business/Economics major), averaged 31.5 points and shot 87 percent from the field for the 2-0 Thunder last week. He scored a career-high 34 points on 12-of-15 shooting from the field including 8-of-9 from three-point range during a season-opening 80-59 win over DePauw on Friday. He scored 29 points, shot 10-of-11 from the field and 3-of-3 from three-point range in a 75-74 win over Baldwin Wallace on Saturday as Samuelson knocked down a post-up basket and the ensuring free throw with nine seconds left in regulation. He was named MVP of Wheaton’s Lee Pfund Classic.
 
2017-18 CCIW Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Ricky Samuelson – Wheaton (11/20/17)
 
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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 2016-17 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,900 academic all-conference recipients, 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, one CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and over 100 all-Americans.