NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan’s Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore, along with North Central’s Tommy Sora and Pat Cravens were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Football Players of the Week on Monday.
 
Shoemaker-Gilmore, a senior running back from Kankakee, Illinois and Bishop McNamara High School (Business Administration major), scored three touchdowns and threw for another during a 45-10 win at North Park on Saturday. He rushed for 150 yards on 20 carries and two touchdowns, ran a kickoff back 88 yards for a touchdown and threw a 32-yard score in the third quarter. The 88-yard return was the sixth-longest kickoff return in Titan history.
 
Sora, a junior linebacker from Morton Grove, Illinois and Notre Dame College Prep (Finance/Economics/Management major), helped lead a Cardinal pass rush which produced a season-high 13 tackles-for-loss and six quarterback sacks in a 42-7 win over Millikin on Saturday. He totaled seven tackles (five solo), three tackles-for-loss and two sacks as North Central limited a second-straight CCIW opponent to single-digit scoring.
 
Cravens, a junior defensive back/punt returner from Chicago and Notre Dame College Prep (Management major), had four punt returns for 85 yards (21.3-yard average) against the Big Blue on Saturday. He had a 25-yard return deep into Millikin territory in the second quarter and added a 42-yard return to the Big Blue 28-yard line late in the third quarter that set up a two-play scoring drive.
 
2016 CCIW Football Players of the Week
 
Offense
Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore – Illinois Wesleyan (9/26/16)
Orlando Hernandez – Elmhurst (9/19/16)
Broc Rutter – North Central (9/12/16)
T.D. Conway – North Park (9/6/16)
 
Defense
Tommy Sora – North Central (9/26/16)
Eric Stevenson – Wheaton (9/19/16)
DJ Warkenthien – North Central (9/12/16)
Sean Wetherell – Elmhurst (9/6/16)
 
Special Teams
Pat Cravens – North Central (9/26/16)
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.