NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Park’s T.J. Cobbs was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.
 
Cobbs, a senior guard from Evergreen Park, Illinois and Evergreen Park High School (Physical Education major), helped lead the Vikings to a 2-0 record and their first-ever berth in the CCIW Men’s Basketball Tournament last week. He scored 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field (2-of-2 from the three-point line), along with seven rebounds, two assists and three steals during a 64-53 win at Carroll on February 15. He then scored 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting (2-of-3 from the three-point line), along with seven rebounds, six assists and two steals during an 87-82 overtime victory against Augustana on February 18.
 
2016-17 CCIW Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
T.J. Cobbs – North Park (2/20/17)
Aston Francis – Wheaton (2/13/17)
Jagger Anderson – North Central (2/6/17)
Brad Perry – Carthage (1/30/17)
Nick Penny – Carroll (1/23/17)
Juwan Henry – North Park (1/16/17)
Aston Francis – Wheaton (1/9/17)
Jordan Robinson – North Park (1/3/17)
Trevor Seibring – Illinois Wesleyan (12/19/16)
Mike Stevenson – Carthage (12/12/16)
Jordan Robinson – North Park (12/5/16)
Jordan Robinson – North Park (11/28/16)
Aston Francis – Wheaton (11/21/16)
 
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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.