NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Ken Hoffman was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.

Hoffman, a senior from Apple Valley, Minnesota and Eastview High School (Actuarial Sciences major), was the highest-placing CCIW athlete at the UW-Oshkosh AAE Invitational on Saturday at Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winnecone, Wisconsin. He placed sixth in the 8K with a time of 24:43.5 as the Cardinals finished second in a 45-team field.

2015 CCIW Men's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
Ken Hoffman – North Central (10/20/15)
Alex Holle – Wheaton (10/13/15)
Zach Plank – North Central (10/6/15)
Keith Sands – Augustana (9/29/15)
Dereck Woodcock – Wheaton (9/22/15)
Keith Sands – Augustana (9/15/15)
Zach Plank – North Central (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.