NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Kelsey Forkin was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women’s Tennis Player of the Week on Wednesday.
 
Forkin, a junior from Orland Park, Illinois and Lockport Township High School (Pre-Health major), helped lead the Cardinals to three wins last week to move their record to 6-1 this spring. She picked up three wins at No. 2 singles, beating Purdue University-Calumet’s Ashley Pabey (6-1, 6-0), Concordia-Wisconsin’s Hannah Tresedder (6-0, 6-0) and Webster’s Kaylen Kress (7-5, 6-1). Forkin and teammate Clare O’Conner were 2-1 at No. 1 doubles with wins over Purdue-Calumet’s Lori Haas and Pabey (8-6) and Concordia-Wisconsin’s Ashley Solberg and Bailey Kelly (8-2).  
 
2015-16 CCIW Women's Tennis Players of the Week
Kelsey Forkin – North Central (4/6/16)
Max Mella – Carthage (3/30/16)
Melissa Donovan – Millikin (3/23/16)
Katie Park – Wheaton (3/16/16)
Caitlyn Schaffer – Augustana (3/9/16)
Molly Angell – Millikin (10/21/15)
Dana Goggin – Augustana (10/14/15)
Julie Buursma – Wheaton (10/7/15)
Angelica Emmanouil – Carthage (9/30/15)
Lauren Goggin – Augustana (9/23/15)
Ava Kolman – Elmhurst (9/16/15)
Mollie Magee – Augustana (9/9/15)
 
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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.