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Sarah Lyman won the 2017 CCIW Women's Golf Championship with a two-day score of 149 (+5). Lyman became the fourth Lady Red to land the CCIW Women's Golf Individual Championship, joining Kayla Meyer (2015), McKenzie Parks (2014) and Joanna Polley (1996). The 2016 CCIW Women's Golf Championship saw Lyman register second place with a three-day score of 236 (+20), trailing champion Jordan Koehler by one stroke (235, +19). Fast forward to the 2017 event, and Lyman edges Koehler by eight strokes (157).

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced on Tuesday that Carthage College's Megan Behrendt and Ellie LeCount have swept the week's CCIW Women's Volleyball Player of the Week honors. Behrendt, a sophomore outside hitter from Lindenhurst, Illinois, averaged 4.29 kills per set and hit .306 for the 3-1 Lady Reds last week. She finished with 14 kills, hit .444 and added seven digs in a sweep of Elmhurst on September 27. LeCount, a sophomore setter from Racine, Wisconsin averaged 10.14 assists and 2.57 digs per set for the 3-1 Lady Reds last week. She finished with 30 assists and 10 digs vs. Elmhurst, 40 assists and eight digs against Augustana, 37 assists and four digs vs. Coe, and 35 assists and three digs against UW-Stevens Point.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced on Monday that Carthage College's Tommy Bazarek has been named the week five CCIW Football Special Teams Player of the Week following his performance against Carroll University this past Saturday. Bazarek, a junior punt returner and wide receiver from Park Ridge, had a 57-yard punt return for a touchdown during the Red Men's 55-20 win over Carroll on Saturday. He finished the game with four punt returns for 89 yards and his 22.25 yards per punt return was a season best. Bazarek added 101 receiving yards and two touchdowns, giving him 190 all-purpose yards against the Pioneers.

The 15 juniors in Carthage's first nursing cohort received their white lab coats in a Sept. 23 ceremony, a rite of passage signaling the transition to the clinical portion of their education.

The Modern Languages Department would like to congratulate Andrew Igl on his winning of the MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship! The scholarship will fully fund his yearlong study abroad at Tokyo Gakugei University from Fall 2017 to Spring 2018.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced on Monday that Carthage College sophomore running back Jamel Davis has been named the CCIW's Offensive Player of the Week following his career day at Augustana. The honor is the first of Davis's career and Jamel becomes the first Offensive Player of the Week since Jamahl Wright received the award on Sept. 29, 2014. Davis, a sophomore running back from Naples, Florida, rushed for a career-high 177 yards on 20 carries in helping lead the Red Men to a 55-14 win at Augustana on Saturday. He also tied a career high with three rushing touchdowns and he was never tackled for a loss of yardage. As a team, Carthage rushed for a season-high 294 yards.

The newest Carthaginians include 720 freshmen and 90 transfer students. They come from 23 U.S. states and five foreign countries: Canada, China, Japan, Kenya, and Serbia.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced on Tuesday that Carthage College men's soccer's Jamie Tausend has been named the CCIW Defensive Player of the Week.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced Monday that Carthage College's Shawntrel Garner has been named the CCIW Defensive Player of the Week following his performance this past Saturday. Garner, a senior nickel back from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, helped the Red Men defense orchestrate their second-straight shutout in a 31-0 win over Bethel (Minn.) on Saturday. He totaled a game-high nine tackles (seven solo) five tackles-for-loss, one sack and an 84-yard interception return for a touchdown.

A hallmark of the Carthage experience since the mid-1990s, the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience offers students across academic divisions the opportunity to engage in collaborative full-time research with professors. Students work closely with a faculty mentor on a new or developing line of research.

These students presented their research based on the Ising Model, a mathematical model for the polarization ferromagnetic materials. They have been working together this summer to study and extend this model as part of the SURE program, and are advised by Professor Haley Yaple. The students gave two talks at MathFest, an annual conference for mathematics and math education that was held July 26-29 in Chicago.

Each member school in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin selects student-athletes from each of the three sport seasons (fall, winter, spring) to be honored as Academic All-Conference members. To be eligible, an individual must have an overall grade point average of 3.30 or above and must have lettered in their respective sport for that season. These are the spring and winter sport recipients.

Each member school in the CCIW selects two student-athletes (one male & one female) from each of the three sport seasons to be honored as Jack Swartz Academic All-Conference members. To be eligible, an individual must have an overall grade point average of 3.50 and have lettered in their respective sport for that season.

The National Science Foundation has awarded Carthage College about $1.2 million to recruit strong STEM students to fill gaps in the high school teaching field. With this grant from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, Carthage can provide partial scholarships for up to 26 students over the next five years. The program is open to enrolled students majoring in biology, chemistry, mathematics, or physics.

The Carthage Enactus team headed to Kansas City for the organization's National Exposition for the ninth consecutive year. The group earned their bid at the Chicago Regional Competition. Only about 175 of over 450 teams are invited to nationals.

More than 550 students graduated from Carthage College in December 2016, January 2017, or May 2017.

A total of 830 students have been named to the Carthage College Dean's List for the Spring 2017 semester.

The roster of the 2017 Carthage Baseball team.

The roster of the 2017 Carthage Men's Lacrosse team.

The roster of the 2016-17 Carthage Women's Tennis team.

The roster of the 2016-17 Carthage Men's Tennis team.

The roster of the 2017 Carthage Women's Track and Field team.

The roster of the 2017 Carthage Men's Track and Field team.

The roster of the 2017 Carthage Softball team.

The roster of the 2017 Carthage Women's Lacrosse team.

The roster of the 2017 Carthage Men's Volleyball team.

The roster of the 2017 Carthage Water Polo team.

Five members of the Carthage College Red Men Baseball team have been named to the 2017 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin All-Conference Baseball Team.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced on May 15 that Carthage College's Herman Abban, Pawel Jaworski and Chris Conley have been named to the 2017 CCIW All-Conference Men's Tennis Team.

Herman Abban received the individual honors of CCIW Player of the Year as well as CCIW Newcomer of the Year. Abban becomes the seventh CCIW Men's Tennis Player of the Year in program history and the first since Jeff Lotz in 2012. The Newcomer of the Year award is the first in program history for the Red Men.