NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Elmhurst’s Orlando Hernandez, Wheaton’s Eric Stevenson and North Central’s Zane Lodico were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Football Players of the Week on Monday.
 
Hernandez, a sophomore quarterback from Peoria, Illinois and Peoria High School (Physical Education major), accounted for 214 of his team’s 371 yards during a 42-10 win over North Park in the CCIW opener on Saturday. He totaled 62 rushing yards on 13 carries (4.8-yard average) and completed 11-of-22 passes for 152 yards and four touchdowns against the Vikings, including three touchdown passes of 17 yards and a 10-yard TD pass.
 
Stevenson, a sophomore linebacker from Lewisville, Texas and Prestonwood Christian Academy (Business/Economics major), led the Thunder with a career-high 15 tackles (13 solo) in a 19-14 win at Carthage in the CCIW opener on Saturday. Stevenson made two tackles inside the Wheaton two-yard line as part of a goal-line stance that stopped the Red Men from scoring on first-and-goal from the six.
 
Lodico, a freshman punter from Lake Zurich, Illinois and Lake Zurich High School (Chemistry major), tallied 205 yards on five punts (41.0-yard average) during a 34-7 win against Illinois Wesleyan in the CCIW opener on Saturday. His longest punt of the night went for 52 yards and three of them were inside the Titans’ 20-yard line. Only one of his five punts was returned.
 
2016 CCIW Football Players of the Week
 
Offense
Orlando Hernandez – Elmhurst (9/19/16)
Broc Rutter – North Central (9/12/16)
T.D. Conway – North Park (9/6/16)
 
Defense
Eric Stevenson – Wheaton (9/19/16)
DJ Warkenthien – North Central (9/12/16)
Sean Wetherell – Elmhurst (9/6/16)
 
Special Teams
Zane Lodico – North Central (9/19/16)
Darquise Holman – Carthage (9/12/16)
Robert Martin – Augustana (9/6/16)
 
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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.