NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Carthage’s Herman Abban was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Tennis Player of the Week on Wednesday.
 
Abban, a junior from Accra, Ghana and Accra High School (Exercise Sport Science major), went 4-0 between No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles over the weekend, which moved his record to 12-0 this spring. He teamed with Pawel Jaworski at No. 1 doubles and beat Hope’s Mark VanderStoep and Christian Rhoades (8-1) and Wabash’s William Reifeis and Patrick McAuley (8-3). Abban also beat Reifeis (6-3, 6-3) and Hope’s Michael Kiley (6-2, 6-3) at No. 1 singles.  
 
2017 CCIW Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Herman Abban – Carthage (2/22/17)
Matt Steiner – Wheaton (2/15/17)
Kurt Meyer – Illinois Wesleyan (2/8/17)
 
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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.