NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Millikin’s Julian Gutierrez and North Central’s Russell Hoh were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Baseball Players of the Week on Tuesday.
 
Gutierrez, a sophomore outfielder from Orland Park, Illinois and Carl Sandburg High School (Digital Media Marketing major), batted .440 (11-for-25) with nine runs, four doubles, three home runs, nine RBI and a .960 slugging percentage for the Big Blue last week. He finished with four multi-hit games including going 3-for-5 with a home run in game one against North Central on April 5 and was 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in game two. He was 3-for-4 with two runs, five RBI, two doubles and a home run in a 14-7 win over Eureka on April 7 and was 2-for-4 with a run and two doubles in a 2-1 win over Elmhurst on April 9.
 
Hoh, a sophomore pitcher from Lockport, Illinois and Lockport High School, was 2-0 against CCIW competition last week. He went seven innings at Millikin on April 5 as he gave up one earned run, struck out seven batters and gave up one walk in a 6-4 win over the Big Blue. He pitched six innings and gave up no earned runs, along with six strikeouts, in an 11-3 win over North Park on April 11. For the week, Hoh finished with a 0.69 ERA and lowered his conference-leading ERA to 0.72 on the season.
 
2016 CCIW Baseball Players of the Week
 
Hitter
Julian Gutierrez – Millikin (4/12/16)
Matthew Mardis – Illinois Wesleyan (4/5/16)
Matt Rave – Carthage (3/29/16)
John Bosco – Illinois Wesleyan (3/22/16)
Andrew Laucella – Wheaton (3/15/16)
Chris Hill – North Central (3/8/16)
Ryan Kairis – Augustana (3/1/16)
 
Pitcher
Russell Hoh – North Central (4/12/16)
Michael Kaufman – Wheaton (4/5/16)
Jordan Van Dyck – North Central (3/29/16)
Josh Arevalo – Wheaton (3/22/16)
Nick Huskisson – Illinois Wesleyan (3/15/16)
Bryan Polowy – North Central (3/8/16)
Zach Morgenstern – Augustana (3/1/16)
 
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services eight member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), 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 2014-15 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,500 academic all-conference recipients, 19 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 46 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients and 102 all-Americans.