NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Layten Binion was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Wrestler of the Week on Tuesday.
 
Binion, a senior from Mishawaka, Indiana and Mishawaka High School (Exercise Science major), won the 141-pound weight class at the Concordia-Wisconsin Open on Saturday. He opened with a 7-3 decision over UW-Steven’s Point’s Frank Lor, followed by back-to-back decisions over Chicago’s Grant Morrison and UW-Madison’s Patrick Spray. He then topped Elmhurst’s Robbie Hauser 7-6 in the championship match. Earlier in the week, Binion defeated Augustana’s Brendan Gould 3-1 in a dual match at 141 pounds.
 
2016-17 CCIW Wrestlers of the Week
Layten Binion – North Central (11/22/16)
Austin Bellile – MSOE (11/15/16)
Mikey Swider – Wheaton (11/8/16)
 
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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.