NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Elmhurst’s Jordan Scrimpsher and North Park’s Ethan Sund were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Baseball Players of the Week on Tuesday.
 
Scrimpsher, a senior infielder from Decatur, Illinois and Warrensburg-Latham High School, helped lead the Bluejays to a sweep of the Illinois Institute of Technology on Saturday and Sunday in Jacksonville, Illinois. He batted .533 (8-for-15) with three home runs, seven RBI, one double, six runs and a 1.200 slugging percentage in the three-game sweep. He was 4-for-5 with three runs scored, one double, one walk and one RBI in a 17-7 game one victory on Saturday. In game two, he was 1-for-4 with one run scored, one home run and one RBI in a 6-2 Bluejay win. On Sunday, he ended the series by going 3-for-6 with two runs, five RBI and two home runs in a 16-7 win. Through four games this season, Scrimpsher is hitting .526 with four homers and 10 RBI.  
 
Sund, a junior pitcher from Huntley, Illinois and Huntley High School, moved his record to 2-0 following a 9-0 shutout of Mount Union on Saturday at the Central Florida Invitational in Auburndale, Florida. He pitched all seven innings in game two of a doubleheader against the Purple Raiders as he gave up no runs on four hits, with just one walk and 11 strikeouts. Sund has not surrendered a run in his 13 innings of work so far this season. In two appearances, he’s struck out 17 batters, allowed two walks and just nine total base runners.

2020 CCIW Baseball Players of the Week

Hitter
Jordan Scrimpsher - Elmhurst (3/10/20)
Sam Reichert - Wheaton (3/3/20)
Justin Rios - North Central (2/25/20)

Pitcher
Ethan Sund - North Park (3/10/20)
David Solfelt - Wheaton (3/3/20)
Charlie Klemm - North Central (2/25/20)   
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 2018-19 academic year, the CCIW honored over 2,200 academic all-conference recipients, 18 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 43 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, and over 100 all-Americans.