Carthage College

The Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League announced on Tuesday that for the first time this season the Carthage College Red Men have swept the weekly awards as Griffin Shields earned the Offensive Player of the Week and Cody Bolan received the Defensive Player of the Week.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced on Monday that Carthage College's Maddie Griffin has been named the CCIW Women's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Lady Reds last week.

"An exciting season," said head coach Bosko Djurickovic. "Great credit to a resilient group of guys. As I said earlier, I have certainly coached more talented teams, but I don't know if I have ever had more fun with a team. When you win as many games as we have there is something that is right. These guys from one-to-twelve really did a good job all year long of picking each other up, making plays as they needed to be made."

The roster of the 2016-17 men's basketball team.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced on Wednesday that Carthage College's Pawel Jaworski has been named the CCIW's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following the Red Men's weekend in Iowa. Jaworski becomes the second Red Men to receive the honor in 2017, joining Herman Abban who received the honor on February 22nd.

Carthage College softball players Katie Herron and Hailey Rothstein were named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Softball Players of the Week. Herron earned CCIW Pitcher of the Week while Rothstein pulled down CCIW Hitter of the Week. This marks the second time Herron registered the weekly honor in her career as she captured CCIW Pitcher of the Week on March 22, 2016. Rothstein's honor was the first of her career.

The MCVL announced that Carthage College senior libero, Cody Bolan, has been named the MCVL's Defensive Player of the Week following Carthage's win at Lakeland on Saturday. In the five set thriller over Lakeland University on Saturday, Bolan recorded a new Carthage College men's volleyball program record with 34 digs to give him 6.80 digs per set in the Red Men's lone match of the week.

The CCIW announced on that Rachel Mussell has been named the CCIW Women's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week following her performance in Tennessee on the Lady Reds' opening weekend. Mussell totaled eight goals and one assist for the 1-1 Lady Reds last week. She finished with two goals in the season opener at Sewanee on Saturday, followed by six goals and one assist in a 19-16 win against Birmingham Southern on Sunday.

The Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League announced that Carthage outside hitter Marc Hansen has been named the MCVL Offensive Player of the Week following his two performances last weekend. Hansen led Carthage to a 2-0 week with home wins over Greenville College and Fontbonne University to move the #6 Red Men to 7-1 overall and 6-0 in the MCVL.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced that Carthage College's Herman Abban has been named the CCIW Men's Tennis Player of the Week. The honor is the first of his career and the first by a Carthage player this season. Abban, a junior from Accra, Ghana, went 4-0 between No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles over the weekend, which moved his record to 12-0 this spring.

For the first time under head coach Seth Weidmann and for the seventh time in program history the Carthage College Red Men have won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.

Carthage College women's basketball junior guard Morgan Harris was named to the 2016-17 College of Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District Team on Thursday morning. Harris was named to the District 6 team, which comprises of schools in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. The Arlington Heights, Ill. native holds a 3.94 cumulative grade point average as a biology major.

Carthage College women's track & field junior Mia Bennett was named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Field Athlete of the Week for the second time this season. The Lindenhurst, Ill. native paced the Lady Reds at the Illinois Wesleyan Division III Keck Select on February 4 with a first-place toss of 18.16m ("59-7.00") in the weight throw. This ranks her third among NCAA Division III women's weight throwers.

For the second time this season Carthage College men's diver Connor Pierson has been named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin following his performance this past weekend at the Wisconsin Private College Championships. Pierson, a freshman from Kenosha, Wisconsin, won the one-meter event Saturday. His score of 460.40 was his first regional qualifying score and also established a new school record.

Rachel Szydlowski's 26.0 points per game, 9.5 rebounds, five blocks and .576 (19-33) field goal percentage led Carthage to a 2-0 record the past week. This includes a 106-95 win over North Central College on January 25, and a 73-62 victory over Augustana on January 28. Brad Perry helped lead the Red Men to two CCIW wins last week including one against nationally-ranked Augustana. He scored 17 points in a 74-70 overtime win against the 16th-ranked Vikings.

Carthage College women's track & field junior Morgan Young was named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Indoor Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon. The Mahomet, Ill. native claimed the Cardinal Opener shot put title with a toss of "44-07.50," which ranked her fifth in NCAA Division III.

For the second time this season the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin has named Aaron San Juan as the conference's Diver of the Week. San Juan, a sophomore from Novi, Michigan, finished first on the one-meter board during a dual meet with Wheaton on Saturday. He achieved a score of 256.80 for an 11-dive event as the Red Men won the meet by a score of 202-92.

Mack Ryan and Phillip Vaccarello have been named CCIW Swimmer of the Week. Hailey Hathaway was named CCIW Diver of the Week. Ryan swam a lifetime best in the 200-yard butterfly to help the Lady Reds to a 205-77 dual-meet victory over Augustana on Saturday. Vaccarello helped lead the Red Men to a 184-93 win over Augustana in a dual meet at home on Saturday. Hathaway earned a personal best score for 11 dives in a dual meet with Augustana on Saturday.

The CCIW announced that Mike Stevenson has been named the Men's Basketball Player of the Week. Stevenson, a senior forward from Burlington, Wisconsin, helped lead the Red Men to a 1-1 record last week including a win over ninth-ranked North Central. He scored 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field along with seven rebounds and three assists in an 85-75 win at North Central on December 7. He added 16 points, 10 rebounds and two assists at Augustana on December 10.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced that Carthage College Lady Reds swimmer Kate Hugo has been named the Women's Swimmer of the Week for the second time this season following her performance at this past weekend's A3 Carthage Classic. Hugo, a junior from Neenah, Wisconsin, earned lifetime bests in all four of her individual events during the A3 Classic over the weekend.

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America announced that Carthage College's Austin Bitta has been named to the 2016 NSCAA NCAA Division III Men's All-America Third Team.

These student athletes were named All-CCIW First Team.

These student athletes were named All-CCIW Second Team.

The anchor of the Carthage midfield and first line of the Carthage defense, Adrian Herrera, becomes the third Red Men player to receive the Newcomer of the Year award, joining Giles Phillips from a season ago and Ryan Crane in 2014. Since its introduction in 2012, Carthage has received three of the five honors.

Senior forward Austin Bitta becomes the third Red Men in program history to receive the honor and second to earn the award outright. Previous winners include Mike Domin, who shared the award in 1997, and Zak Khoshbin. Statistically, Bitta led the CCIW this season in each of the major scoring categories with 39 points on 13 goals and 13 assists. Each of which will place him in the top five in each respective categories single season records list in Carthage history.

The Carthage College men's soccer team completed a sweep of the 2016 CCIW regular season and tournament titles Saturday with their second straight CCIW Tournament championship, defeating Wheaton College, 2-1, at Art Keller Field. The win also gives Carthage the CCIW's Automatic Bid and guaranteed berth into the 2016 Division III Men's Soccer Championship.

"We have gone undefeated in the league before and won conference championships," said head men's soccer coach Steve Domin, "but this one feels good because of the amount of work and traveling we have done with such a young group. Tournament and regular season Championships take great talent, some luck and a huge sense of want. This group has time and time again come back from the many doubters, deficits, adversity, and each day someone else picks us up."

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced that the Carthage College Red Men and Lady Reds programs have programs have swept the CCIW's weekly honors as Mattea Arndt has been named the women's swimmer of the week, Cooper Hawkins has been named the men's swimmer of the week and Connor Pierson has received diver of the week recognitions.

Rodriguez, a junior from Kenosha, Wisconsin, placed first on the one-meter board with a score of 255.50 during the Lady Reds' dual meet against Lake Forest on Saturday. Her score was a school record and lifetime best for a six-dive event, as well as a regional qualifier.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced Tuesday that Carthage College men's soccer has swept the final weekly honors of the 2016 season, as Johnny Rimkus and Adrian Herrera have been named the offensive and defensive players of the week respectively.